[Discussion] Zenkai Girl

Olja wrote: jeanie i was saying the same thing before epi 8. that epi did wakaba in for me. i wonder if u will feel the same way kawaikochan and i felt after epi 8. when u watch 8 and 9 come back and tells us if u still feel the same. and i agree she does not deserve sota.

Viktoriya Koroleva wrote: Yea, in my mind I was thinking that she has a messing separation with Shindo sensei and her boss gets push out so she can't work at her current firm, but simultaneously she has a change of heart and wants to work for normal people who need legal services but can't afford them, people like her father or the local factory. Maybe she'll start a small firm with her boss (who seems to be softening as well). In the end we see her giving her all for her job, but with a new purpose. (I guess I have subconsciously thought about this a lot, lol).

amrita828 wrote: Here I am. I like her. She is so horrible at times that I can't help feeling completely drawn to her. I would like to hug her and just let her cry out everything she has bottled up.
And what's truly fantastic about this show is that the "evil woman" is exactly the kind of person someone like Sota needs - and viceversa. I can very well envision his future with Soyoko, a future in which neither of them develops into anything else than what they already are. He will keep on apologizing for things he's not guilty of and she will back him up with a cute smile, bowing with him.
Just like Wakaba and Shindo are going to feed each other poverty of spirit and coldness.

I know you're going to think I'm as heartless as Wakaba. In fact, I'm a very non-materialistic person and I'd definitely chose love over any prospect of wealth. So rest assured I cringed at episode 8 - and other instances - just as much as you rightly did. I was horrified at her treatment of her father. But what this drama ultimately aims at, is to show what love compatibility really is. The two main leads are just perfect for each other, they had all to gain from a relationship: he would grow a backbone and she would grow a heart.

And I believe the episode with the chicks was the most meaningful one in trying to comprehend Wakaba's character. It's all good and nice and cute to hug a chick and wisper sweet words to it, but if you don't use your head, the creature's going to die.
This is the way she saved her father so many years before: she sprang to action, instead of hugging her father. He would probably prefer a 100 hugs to any money debt repaid, but this is HER way to show her love, as well as his was in putting away the little sum of money every year.

So, ultimately I am praying these two will end up together, because it makes me hope that everyone in this world - with the notable exception of serial killers and the likes - has someone who's able to see the true self of someone else and love this person for what he/she is, and not because someone else was "nicer", or loved the conventional way.

By the way: I agree with you on giving both thumbs up to the cast. I've loved Aragaki for quite a long time, she was the reason why I enjoyed Koizora the movie a lot more than the drama and why I loved Hanamizuki despite the lame storyline of that movie. So in a way I guess I'm a little biased towards the actress and can't bring myself to hate her.
They are all doing a splendid job in making us viewers love or hate each character with passion. I have been moved to tears more than once during the 9 episodes I've completed, and this is something that doesn't happen so often to me.

Sorry for the length...