Your Fukubukuro (2019)

This is a fantastic episodic-ish (8 stories in 12 ep) drama with fresh face that bought us quality acting, soothing sountrack and down to earth storytelling. I was super surprised it came with awesome english subtitles by itself, I later found out that the main creators consist of mostly oversea background, largely female, it started to make sense.

The stories are mostly unrelated to each other, they all just happened to happen in same place, the fukubukuro is mostly a gimmick for some magical realism. The stories could be hilarious body swapping between boss & employee, or heartfelt story about family, or finding true love in the most unlikely places or all of the what ifs and we all learn to grow up and find what's best for us. I really appreciate one of the story focused on a middle age couple that doesn't make a lot of money, they can find beauty in everyday life, and comfort with what they have, cdrama deeply needs stories like this. There was also one about being busy and always on the go, and touches on infidelty which is a rather difficult subject but I found the story pretty poignant and on point.

The themes all hit pretty close to home for 20 something, and even when the tone of some stories can be bittersweet, it's generally fairly positive about the future, something I sorely need, I really hope the team can create more dramas like this.

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