Hi! I come from the future. Year 2024.
Is it really good for a girl to have a child at 14 years old? Definitely not. It's like a child taking care of another child.
But it leaves you reflecting for a long time. To the people who commented on this 3 years ago, well a lot has happened in these 3 years, like Miura's death.
Many say that this drama is anti-abortion. I don't know what your opinion really is regarding this, but Japan having a very low birth rate, it is understandable that it does not give a message of "go and get an abortion."Nowadays, women suffer a lot if they want to have an abortion, because they need their partner's authorization, EVEN THOUGH IT IS THEIR BODY, and many are such children of... that they do not give permission. And if you get them the pills are really too expensive to buy. They also can't have their tubes tied or anything like that. It's not that easy.
The issue of abortion has never been easy in any country. Even in my country, when the law was approved in 2020 and it was a great debate throughout the entire society. Even though it was approved, many doctors refuse to practice it and there is also a very large sector that looks down on women who have abortions for reasons of religion. It has never been an easy topic to deal with and at the end of the day you realize that in reality you are not even the owner of your own body.
Now, if I had been Miki, I think I would have been terrified and scared to death. Even at my age, I am terrified that something like this will happen to me because I don't feel ready to be a mother.
I agree that you are dissatisfied because they do not show the consequences that it can bring in the future. Because we all know that bringing a child into the world is not like buying something and throwing it away when you no longer use it. You are no longer a woman, you are a mother and you must dedicate a large part of your life to your child. Your life stops and you can no longer do things that you had planned to do with your life in the future. But in the end, it is each person's decision and whether we like it or not, we cannot force that person to see things the way we see.
Cases like Miki, there are millions today. I see more and more girls like Miki having children.
I've had close calls where I actually wondered "What the hell? Why did you decide to have it if you weren't going to properly care for them and if you weren't prepared?"
My answer came faster than I thought at the time, in an open conversation with a girl I realized that she had dropped out of school and had never properly had a good sexual education. In Japan, sex education is non-existent. I remember when I was 13 they gave me a little talk about "sexual education" (they actually just showed me how to put on a condom, nothing more lol).
I had that famous awkward talk with my parents. They did explain everything to me in detail, especially my father. I really appreciate having that talk with them today, it wasn't awkward or anything. Maybe it was because my parents found a way to explain it to me in a way that wasn't uncomfortable for me.
But the Japanese never have those talks with their parents.
In conclusion, my answer was the little or no lack of education, in all areas and that the vast majority came from unstructured families. So I could better understand the things that happen today.
I wouldn't say it's the best I've ever seen. But I also can't deny that I enjoyed watching it and it left me thinking a lot about it.
From your point of view, the answer may be very clear. But it's not so clear when you face that situation. There is no right or wrong, in these cases, there are only decisions and consequences, nothing more. It depends on the decision made by the person who is going through this, whether the consequences were good or bad.
But it leaves you reflecting for a long time. To the people who commented on this 3 years ago, well a lot has happened in these 3 years, like Miura's death.
Many say that this drama is anti-abortion. I don't know what your opinion really is regarding this, but Japan having a very low birth rate, it is understandable that it does not give a message of "go and get an abortion."Nowadays, women suffer a lot if they want to have an abortion, because they need their partner's authorization, EVEN THOUGH IT IS THEIR BODY, and many are such children of... that they do not give permission. And if you get them the pills are really too expensive to buy. They also can't have their tubes tied or anything like that. It's not that easy.
The issue of abortion has never been easy in any country. Even in my country, when the law was approved in 2020 and it was a great debate throughout the entire society. Even though it was approved, many doctors refuse to practice it and there is also a very large sector that looks down on women who have abortions for reasons of religion. It has never been an easy topic to deal with and at the end of the day you realize that in reality you are not even the owner of your own body.
Now, if I had been Miki, I think I would have been terrified and scared to death. Even at my age, I am terrified that something like this will happen to me because I don't feel ready to be a mother.
I agree that you are dissatisfied because they do not show the consequences that it can bring in the future. Because we all know that bringing a child into the world is not like buying something and throwing it away when you no longer use it. You are no longer a woman, you are a mother and you must dedicate a large part of your life to your child. Your life stops and you can no longer do things that you had planned to do with your life in the future. But in the end, it is each person's decision and whether we like it or not, we cannot force that person to see things the way we see.
Cases like Miki, there are millions today. I see more and more girls like Miki having children.
I've had close calls where I actually wondered "What the hell? Why did you decide to have it if you weren't going to properly care for them and if you weren't prepared?"
My answer came faster than I thought at the time, in an open conversation with a girl I realized that she had dropped out of school and had never properly had a good sexual education. In Japan, sex education is non-existent. I remember when I was 13 they gave me a little talk about "sexual education" (they actually just showed me how to put on a condom, nothing more lol).
I had that famous awkward talk with my parents. They did explain everything to me in detail, especially my father. I really appreciate having that talk with them today, it wasn't awkward or anything. Maybe it was because my parents found a way to explain it to me in a way that wasn't uncomfortable for me.
But the Japanese never have those talks with their parents.
In conclusion, my answer was the little or no lack of education, in all areas and that the vast majority came from unstructured families. So I could better understand the things that happen today.
I wouldn't say it's the best I've ever seen. But I also can't deny that I enjoyed watching it and it left me thinking a lot about it.
From your point of view, the answer may be very clear. But it's not so clear when you face that situation. There is no right or wrong, in these cases, there are only decisions and consequences, nothing more. It depends on the decision made by the person who is going through this, whether the consequences were good or bad.
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