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The large age gap between husband and wife was explored with the various issues they encountered: societal gossip, family disapproval, former lovers becoming obstacles, worry about the age gap bothering the other partner (one feeling old; the other feeling childish), and the pressing need to communicate the insecurities each felt. As a person with a May-October (not quite December!) romance, I can testify that each one of those issues rang true (down to the difference in music). The reviews complained about the addition of an intrusive ex, friend, and relative as annoying tropes, but I swear those happened in my life. Tropes come about because they repeatedly occur.

The more Japanese fare I indulge in, the more I appreciate the ability to tell a full story in an abbreviated time. Someone once said that K-dramas are about feelings, and J-dramas are about learning, and there's a bit of truth to that.

Add a half star for the drama getting so much right.