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No review and not even a comment, what a shame!
So we have this a truly Hidden Gem!

People say that it's slow-paced. I think it's true, but for a good reason. In the beginning, Kondo and some other guys lack enough motivation, but Kotera brings movement to the atmosphere and then the story proceeds faster and faster. So the movie pace reflects these people's hearts.
Overall I'd like it, especially the epic ending scene!

The mother's boyfriend has some intentions it seems

Haha, this is a movie totally based on 'Touma Ami''s face & look"! Just look at her face for a second and you can predict all the story:)

Back then, I watched it without sub, and I don't know Japanese, I could just get some general ideas about the story, but I just watched it with subs and really enjoys it! In fact, I shed some tears as well:) "Arigato":)

FYI, Now it's available on some private streaming websites, so I expect it to be available for everyone soon!
And I should add that I really liked it!

Thanks a million:)

Docchi?:)

:) My life is now divided between before and after watching the scene, quite a shock:)

Sorry for the late response! If you mean funny dramas with the guy, I don't know any more that I said, but if you mean generally, I enjoyed:
Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
Tokusatsu Gagaga
TRICK (2000)
Futari Monologue

I just said that the subs weren't great, but as fansubbing is for free, it wasn't a complain. Some fansubbers do the subbing to improve their language and their subs have mistakes here and there, but because they spend time and provide subs for us for free, I'm grateful.

Can you please read and understand things correctly? I didn't say any horrible stuff about the fansubber. I just said I'm waiting for a mature and honest subber to sub it. If this happens, I'll be happy, but it's nothing that important. In any case, I just talked about that imaginary person.

This is surely your right to not share your subs and this is surely my right to wait for a mature and honest subber; no conflict, whatsoever.

As a bit of consolation, I can add that the sub weren't that great.

I tried hard to take Doronjo's character seriously, but I couldn't. God forgives me, Amen!

:) I know but thought your Japanese might be good enough!
Anyway, because it has a big age gap, maybe even a romance between an adult and an underage (?), I'm not sure it's a drama for our time. Back then, these things were different.

Yeah, I only find a place to buy it, but even here, I'm not sure if they have if for people outside Japan
https://www.buyuru.com/item_1055062_1.html

I don't think the Eng sub is available, but you can watch the Hong Kongian-Japanese spinoff with the Eng subtitles
Kitchen (1997) (Hong Kong spinoff)
https://kisskh.at/21112-kitchen
I've read some positive reviews on this, so fingers crossed!:)

Like many other J-movies, one should not take things realistically. Instead, the adult not seeing the 11-year-old's pregnancy should be taken symbolically: that regarding sex and many other things, they leave their kids alone.
Still, I don't like the movie; not much content and not much appeal. But the Fl, 'Haruna', was super-cute, so maybe because of that, I managed to finish it.

Available on AvistaZ, if you have access to it