Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi decides to head for the ocean. En route, he crosses paths with Kaito, an elite employee of a large multinational trading company in Tokyo who is running away from his problems at work after losing a key client. The two stumble into a quiet B&B on the beach run by the aging surfer Masaru and his high-school-aged granddaughter Makoto. Hiromi immediately applies to work there for the summer, and Kaito is forced to join him after he loses his wallet. The two share a room, with Hiromi trying to make friends, and Kaito at first resisting, unimpressed by Hiromi's devil-may-care attitude. Slowly over the ensuing episodes, Kaito becomes more and more at home in this sleepy rural town, and begins to wonder if he should give up his pursuit of success in the big city, and try to relax, and enjoy himself more. When he returns to Tokyo to finish his work, Hiromi and Makoto come to lure him back, but when he returns to the B&B, his boss and girlfriend Sakura likewise come looking for him.
The similarity in names is just ironic!
Similar feeling. The instant connection, the slow romance, the gazes, and the tension.
Beautiful dramas that focus on the romance, with a similar story.
Similar stories. A wounded man, and a girl in a long committed relationship who's soon to get married. They meet in a similar manner.
Of course OSN has a different quality since it is newer, but Summer Scent has a really good quality given the time it was aired.
Both are slow and quiet dramas.
Similar feeling. The instant connection, the slow romance, the gazes, and the tension.
Beautiful dramas that focus on the romance, with a similar story.
Similar stories. A wounded man, and a girl in a long committed relationship who's soon to get married. They meet in a similar manner.
Of course OSN has a different quality since it is newer, but Summer Scent has a really good quality given the time it was aired.
Both are slow and quiet dramas.
Shuta, Saku and Michiru have been best friends since they were kids. Tragedy strikes the friends when during the winter of 2010, Saku dies from a heart attack. After Saku's death, Shuta and Michiru become more distant. On the second year anniversary of Saku's death, Shuta boards a train in the Enoshima subway. Somehow, Shuta travels back in time to 2010, before Saku died from a heart attack. Although Shuta is confused by the time change, he attempts to save Saku by changing the past.
Taiga Kusunoki is a less than popular, tsundere, second-generation actor. Although he is the son of the famous and popular actor, Kotaro Kusunoki, his career is far below the level of his father's. Taiga develops an inferiority complex due to the huge difference between his image and his father's popularity to the point that his management company struggles to find work for him. Due to his lack of roles, he spends his days with Keita Ueno, a fellow second-generation actor with a similar plight as Taiga. As fate goes, the two friends go sky diving one day and Taiga loses control of his parachute, landing himself in a tree several miles away from his destination point. Shiori, a beautiful, cheerful woman, rescues him. Laughing away all her worries, Shiori is the exact opposite of Taiga and a huge fan of his famous father.
Sena is a college music graduate who dreams of becoming a professional musician and a world-class pianist. Unfortunately, he has not been able to find any breakthrough opportunities and has to settle for currently teaching piano at a local piano school.
Minami is an out-of-work model. On her wedding day, she was dumped by her fiancé, and when she rushed to her fiancé's apartment, she finds out that not only was her fiancé Sena's flatmate but that her fiancé had also skipped town along with all her savings. Rendered penniless, she then moves into Sena's apartment, occupying the empty room that was her former fiancé's.
The two down-on-their-luck persons with very different personalities find themselves bonding over their similar situations in life.
Minami is an out-of-work model. On her wedding day, she was dumped by her fiancé, and when she rushed to her fiancé's apartment, she finds out that not only was her fiancé Sena's flatmate but that her fiancé had also skipped town along with all her savings. Rendered penniless, she then moves into Sena's apartment, occupying the empty room that was her former fiancé's.
The two down-on-their-luck persons with very different personalities find themselves bonding over their similar situations in life.
Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a fateful traffic incident. Despite their confrontational meeting, they soon find themselves falling in love, with Shuji drawn to her courage and enthusiasm and Kyoko attracted to his ability to look beyond her physical limitations and into her heart. However, Kyoko's protective older brother and her worsening condition begin to test the bounds of their love for each other and threaten to end their beautiful life together.
Xiao Lei and Xiao Feng are brothers who depend on each other. They live in an orphanage and have been abused by the headmaster of the place. One day, Xiao Lei sets out to find the Snow Angel who he believes will be able to help make his wish come true. On the way, he meets a girl named Xue Tong. Xue Tong lost her mother and was severely devastated that she stopped talking. The two went hand in hand, although they could not find the Snow Angel in the end, through this encounter they forged a friendship.
Fast forward to their adult years, Xiao Lei with a new name called Ji Teng, meets Xue Tong by accident and they form a bond again. At the same time, Xiao Feng who is now named Xing Feng, also has a crush on Xue Tong. He attempts to prevent Ji Teng and Xue Tong from falling in love.
Fast forward to their adult years, Xiao Lei with a new name called Ji Teng, meets Xue Tong by accident and they form a bond again. At the same time, Xiao Feng who is now named Xing Feng, also has a crush on Xue Tong. He attempts to prevent Ji Teng and Xue Tong from falling in love.
