idontwanttothanks

Two weeks later and I'm still not over it.

I'm just relaying information, I'm not trying to argue. Far as I was aware they only said four. Perhaps others know more.

I think originally there was only supposed to be four. This one was a surprise.

Man, yesterday I was at such a loss. I'm so used to waiting impatiently for new eps of this show it was weird & kinda sad not to be doing that (I know there's a fifth drama and I do intend to watch it, I'm just...not as excited for it as I was for this).

I also kinda wish that Komiya Rio and Inoue Sora had been cast in another drama, because they set a new standard for chemistry for me and I know the possibility of them working together again like this is slim to none.

Tied with Utsukushii Kare for me for all time fave, but 100% agreed on it being the best of the year for me.

Oh, same. I'm worried I'll low key resent the new one for not being this one. I feel like it'll be fluffy but ultimately forgettable like pretty much every other MBS drama has been (MBM aside) and I'm just not ready to move on from this.

Yes! I love them both so much, they are tied for my favorite drama.

I have been wondering if people have been rating it low for being sad, or maybe for not being exciting enough (I've seen both complaints here). I guess people who go only by ratings here will give it a miss but personally I only look at ratings after I've already made up my own mind.

Do the ratings here even do anything?

I thought so! I felt like I was losing *my* mind for a second there. Thank you!

I respect your view, I just think that you're being entirely too simplistic about it.

I would agree with you had this drama not been clear from the very beginning exactly what it was. I'm unsure what you wanted from this - or if you think it's possible to have an unhappy ending in media that isn't some sort of "gay people can't be happy" attack. That there is stuff like that out there I am not denying - even now, there are things that are being put out where a person is clearly being punished for being gay with death, etc - but I am truly missing why you feel this should be lumped in with things of that ilk. Just because Koichi dies? Then I have to respectfully disagree with your opinion and hopefully we can both move on.

I am sorry that you did not like it, but tragedy is not the purview of straight people.

Felt the same way. This has been a palate cleanser of sorts for weeks to get me over the EY melancholy, but not this week. Nope. Can't do it. Have to wait.

Saw this on Viki:

"I do need to mention that there is an additional segment on GagaOOLala that shows an ending scene that is not on Viki."

Does anyone know what they are talking about? I didn't notice any added segment, but to be fair I was a sobbing wreck through the back half so maybe I missed something.

There's two bottles of water too. That killed me. So now I assume that the end credits are Mitsuru's wish, since he's wearing the same outfit.

I wonder if he goes there every summer... 😭

Did you watch it?

Random thing that I absolutely love is Mitsuru saying meeting Koichi could statistically be a miracle but he doesn't like to call it that...

...fast forward to the final episode, where Koichi says that meeting Micchan was a miracle.

I adore it. To me, it showcases both how different and how similar they are.

Not at all. I am planning on doing a whole marathon today before the final ep drops on Viki too, to make it all the more painful at the end. Because apparently I am way more of a masochist than I knew.

Agreed. Nailed it (and my heart to the wall, but that's fine). I feel like now I know why we're getting a fifth drama...

Well that messed me up but good.

On the one hand, I love this drama so much that I look forward to every single episode no matter how much it hurts.

On the other hand, this is the end and I am entirely not ready for it. I don't want to say goodbye.

I feel like I have never understood Mitsuru as well as I do right in this moment. I'm not ready!