I didn't know exactly what to expect when going into watching "Nishi Ogikubo Mitsuboshi Yoshudou", and I won't lie when I say I only really started watching it because a favourite actor stars in it. But I quickly found myself positively surprised by the series, by how easy it was to become interested in the three main characters and their stories, and also wondering "what WILL happen once they run out of all of those cans of food?" because it could either result in just the way the promise was made - they close the bar, and go on about their lives. Or they continue running the bar. I kept bouncing back and forth between both options and am glad to find out that they decided to keep it running at the end.

One particular episode that reduced me to tears was the third episode, with the man whose deceased wife had a sweet tooth, while the man himself wasn't much of a fan of sweets. But he comes to the bar one evening, orders [canned] chocolate cake, and tells the story about his wife with the sweet tooth. I feel like every episode left me with some sort of impression or life lesson to learn, and that's far more than I think you can really expect out of a TV series, especially one as short as this one (with the longest and most complicated name that I won't keep repeating or I'll lose my mind). They packed so much into six single episodes, and it's impressive. That's the only fitting word for it.

I will definitely rewatch this series at some point. And probably again, because I think it really was that good.