Drawing Closer (2024)

Both the female leads are good at painting. Both are tearjerker films. That's all I can say to avoid spoiler. Happy watching ?

-both films have terminal illness issues
-School setting
-tearjerker
-wonderful plot and acting
-slow-burning story
-pov of the 3rd person

Both depict a high school aged female lead with a terminal illness and a bubbly persona, and male leads that don’t have any large reaction to learning about the illness. Acting is wonderful, and each movie depicts unique and meaningful friendships amongst the characters. Both movies have unexpected twists and turns with emotional voice overs/narrations.

- Both films are about terminal illness
- Hospital setting
- Bittersweet romance
- Heartbreaking stories that will make you appreciate life

Both have ML/FL with clinical issues. They both make each other want to live or better versions of themselves

Both dramas follow a plot where one of the leads have a life threatening illness. Both stories are centered around how the characters try to make most out of their remaining time left as they face medical hardships in the presence of the love they have for one another.

The female leads both have terminal illness. Male lead meets female lead in hospital and get closer.

How could I forget my first jdrama and the reason why I'm a fan of this kind of films. If you cried a cup of tears in Drawing Closer, then be ready for a liter of tears here.

Akito and Haruna both love art and painting. In Taiyou no Uta, the leads are bind with music. Both the female leads have an illness that they got since birth.

A drama with the same ML together with Suzu Hirose. It doesn't include any terminal illness. But just like as Drawing Closer, it shows how someone can find a new purpose and meaning in life by a fateful encounter.

When Sendawara Ichika was in the 2nd grade of high school, a doctor told her she only had two years left to live. More than two years has passed since that diagnosis. Sendawara Ichika is now a university student. She spends her days not knowing if this will be her last day. Sendawara Ichika enjoys attending Yurugi Akifumi’s philosophy class. Yurugi Akifumi’s class is popular, but the students don't pay attention to his lectures. Sendawara Ichika though listens attentively. He often talks about the meaning of life and its importance. Sendawara Ichika and Yurugi Akifumi slowly get closer, but Yurugi Akifumi suddenly quits his job at the university and disappears. One day, Sendawara Ichika meets Yurugi Akifumi again and she hopes to continue their relationship, but Yurugi Akifumi tells her something unexpected.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Satsuki's lover Hitoshi dies suddenly. She is unable to get over his death and is mired in deep sadness. Satsuki keeps thinking about the moon shadow phenomenon, which she heard about in the past. The moon shadow phenomenon is a mysterious event that allows a person to meet the dead at the end of a full moon

This will give the same feelings
Both have a good story
Amazing visuals drawing closer is newer so it does have more modern effects.

Both are worth watching