More people need to watch this drama!
This is one of my all-time-favorite Jdramas. Almost everything is perfect in this drama...the cast, the plot, the acting, the ost, the pacing... At first this drama might look like typical medical/ forensic drama, but trust me it gets better after each episode. Ueno Juri did very well portraying Asagao's character. Asagao seemed distant to everyone at first, but in fact she has such a fragile heart. The 4 member-family (Asagao, her father, her husband and her daughter) has a great chemistry. Saburo Tokito, Kazama Shunsuke and the child actress Yuzuna Kato did well too!!!The sensitive topic (the main characters are struggling to move on from Tohoku's trauma) might be the reason why this drama is not popular in Japan (cmiiw), but watching this will make you realize how important life is, and appreciate the little things that happened in life...
The most deciding factor for my 10/10 rating is probably the OST.
Yuta Orisaka's song "Asagao" fits this drama so well, so well...makes me filled with emotions every time I listen to it. I don't know if it's originally created for the drama or not, but either way, it is a great song :') couldn't think of any other song to replace it. Even to this day if I remember the song I'd remember the drama too :")
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Underrated Beauty~
The story of this drama is amazing! There aren't any big, epic dramatics, nothing is exaggerated, cheesy, or too complicated... This story is simply the story of life, growth, love, and death.The major "epic" of this story is really Mother Nature and the natural disaster(s) she throws humanity's way, and then the aftermath of how humanity rebuilds, grows, strengthens, and fights to live in many, many different ways. This show is truly the definition of the "slice-of-life" genre. Giving the viewers a little piece of the aftereffects/affects of what happened on March 11th was truly eye-opening, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking. I don't know if this was the studio/staff/director/writer/etc or the government's choice, but the fact that the show only told a little bit of the March 11th story was, in my eyes, respectful to the citizens and the country. While we can watch what happened on the news, we will never know the true horrors of what really happened; and I don't think we should know. I'm glad that the story showed respect in this way, is what I think.
Watching the characters go through their hardest and happiest times during this story was really interesting. Each one had their own circumstances, each one had their own "traumas", each one had their own difficulties, each one had their own faults, and so on. It was as if the story I was watching wasn't a drama created by writers or the manga creator, but a docu-drama based on a true story.
Watching the characters develop throughout the story was fascinating. I was rooting for the best of each character throughout the entire show. A few episodes were devastating to watch, but seeing how every bit of each episode's story fit together to create the perfect puzzle only made me even more curious to watch and find the truth and circumstances of each person. I could really relate to the panic and anxiety that was felt during a few of the episodes; and the heartbreak of losing someone tragically, traumatically, and without warning.
This story is a very beautiful, heartfelt, respectful, loving, raw, unique, genuine, and honest story. It's strong because it shows its weaknesses, the cracks that we try to hide away from society, the relationships we lose and build and rebuild as life continues. This show shared the truth of life with the viewers, truly a tearful and loving story.
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