Oshin Episode 123

Women gave women hope

Men made women suffer, women gave women hope. That's how I have been feeling when watching Oshin. I just checked the crew and found that the screenwriter of this asadora is a woman. I feel like she was mocking every Japanese man in this era lol. There are very few decent men in this asadora so far.

I'm so happy to see the people in Kaga-ya again in this episode. I love how they gathered with Oshin's mother like a family and talked about Oshin so proudly. If only Oshin stayed in Kaga-ya. She would have two loving mothers (including her biological mother and Kayo's mother), a loving grandmother and an open-minded sister.

It's funny that what Kayo's grandmother and mother told her is very similar to what a lot of people keep telling me everyday: "She should think more of her future... Oshin's found herself a nice husband and has a son already... But poor Kayo..." I think Kayo would love to be in the 21st century. She wouldn't have to give up her dream of being an artist to marry someone whom she doesn't love for the sake of her family. However, instead, she would have to worry about how to survive in this capitalist world.

Meanwhile, Oshin was suffering in her in-law's house as an outsider and being hated by everyone while her loser husband was not on her side. It's painful for me to watch because my mother is badly treated by her in-laws too and my father is never on her side for once. I'm glad that When Life Gives You Tangerines is based on a real couple and not fantasy. I also know that good husbands do exist.

A letter from her caring teacher in Tokyo gave her a little hope and a smile. But I doubt that she might not be able to run away from her husband's house any time soon.

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