☆ Rec: JAPAN ☆

Destroy the family, to rebuild the family.

Idiosyncratic main character again!! Strongly character-driven. Always the best. Representative voice of my single AF life. Cute main pairing.

A group ordinary people doing ordinary things together, pursuing their ordinary love. Not everybody's passion gets realised in the most conventional ways of acclamation, fanfare, and limelight.

There are many different mothers of the world. But if anything, bonds and feelings are built and fought for.

Womanhood. Women supporting women - every person is worthy, accomplishing self-love and togetherness, with a little dream of theirs on the rooftop, under the starry night sky.

Cute guys galore in cute leotards - yumz!! Lol jk. But yeah, teamwork and friendship. YAS. And I fell in love with watching rhythmic gymnastics, as someone who never cared about sports. Very beautiful and mesmerising to watch.

Just plain cute feelings!! Shuunin has my whole damn heart. Lowkey finding Michiko relatable. A pretty good adaptation.

Having spent so much time with Meiko's life and her family, I feel like I have been part of their life. The tenacity of a woman.

(+ season 2 + movie)

Plain, guilty good, addictive fun.

Preach. it.

Has been a long time since I watched it - but I definitely remember loving this so much with warm feels in my heart.

Also another one I watched a long time back. I just remember it was an epic experience - tugged at my heart strings and got me sitting at the edge of my chair through the episodes.

(+ movie)

Kageyama and Reiko bickering is the best.

(+ season 2)

Komikado's idiosyncracy is everything. Anti-hero yay. Episodic, but every episode captivates a bigger and deeper idea of humanity. With some batshit comedy, of course.

Very good watch. Some historical nerd shit. Makes you laugh, makes you cry.

(+ season 2)

Guilty pleasure. Part of my life.

A classic not to be missed. Sad endings are not bad endings.

(+ SP)

A very good adaptation of the manga. Night has my heart. And this is definitely beyond mere romance.

Expect lots of tears. Lots. Quirky and touching.

Not too bad a watch.

Cry a lot, and feel the urge give your mum a big hug.

Surprised me, because I disliked the main character at first. Turns out she isn't really the centre of the story. All other characters have a heart of their own.

Very good exploration of family relationship. But didn't quite answer to the topic its title set out. It's ok though. Slightly cute stuff going on.

(+ SP)