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Got a chance to watch this on my TV cable on Women’s Day. Lovely family and slice of life movie, very slow pace and quiet, almost no climax. Mostly focus on Taiwanese food tho.

that walking sequence in ep 8 was so good.

Eriko's house... I've seen it in at least 4 different Japanese dramas and movies. do all rich families in Japan live in houses like that or sth lol

i didn't expect any real romance or couple in this but wow Haru and Taishi really make a good couple here, nice chemistry.

very lovely and heartwarming drama.

Her voice is so soft and soothing.

so far there's been no info or hint about new season.

what's the context of this comment? are you comparing the awards of these 2 movies? and Departure won 1 Oscar though.

yesss, beautifully filmed indeed. glad that you enjoyed it ^^

if i remember correctly, 2 or 3 of the female characters are in love with the male lead. Nanaka, Hitomi and Minami, i think.

so far i can't find the english translation but you can find the raws of Vol.1-3 of the manga on Nya if you search its Japanese name :)

the manga has the same name.

it's so cheesy and embarrassing yet unexpectedly so entertaining. i had a really good time watching it. honestly i could watch 20+ episodes of this drama and still not get bored. i hope they'll continue the drama with new seasons when they have enough material from the manga because it deserves more than 8 episodes.

It's like a dorama version of Love Actually with many couples and the xmas theme, they even recreated the iconic scene from that movie in this drama lol.

Overall it's a very lovely and positive drama about illness, I like how they didn't mention the name of her disease because the disease itself doesn't matter, what matter is her willing to live and his desire to stay by her side.

Other comments here were right about it being slow though, somewhere after the first fews episodes it started to feel like this drama was dragging and I found myself keep expecting it to end. It's not a bad drama, I just I don't think I'd give it another watch.

Your welcome~

yes ^^

he probably got the highest average filmography ratings i've seen among Japanese actors on MDL.

in case you haven't found it yet, i'm pretty sure it's the drama called 'Second Love' ^^ https://kisskh.at/12096-second-love

I'm surprised no one mentioned it here before but there should be a little warning that some supporting characters did blackface while wearing afro hair (for comical purpose of course) in this special epsiode. I first watched this drama about 10 years ago and as an Asian I admit I was totally ignorant about this matter so I didn't notice it. The drama itself is still a good one anyway but this special is kinda unnecessary imo. So if blackface matters are offensive to you, I suggest not watching the special ^^

why is Sakamoto Yuji so good at making the audience feel so many different characters' pains at the same time?