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Dammit, I was hoping this series wouldn’t serve up the typical needy ex girlfriend storyline and there Nara goes cutting up little flower shaped carrots telling Saengtai she’s going to win her man back through her sheer volume of useless knowledge. Well honey little did you know what Sengtai serviced her ex the night before. I long for supportive strong female characters. Nara deserved to be a better character.

The ending is very deep -ocean deep, To say happy ending is too simple. Hozumi finds his home, is family and it completes him and changes him. It’s miraculous.

Our Dining Table ended as quietly and gently as it began. If I could describe this series it would be that simple actions had the most profound impact. Hand holding while sleeping is the epitome of love and connection in this series and for some who would have liked to have seen more skin ship between the lead characters, you have to take comfort in the soft breathing of Tane as he slept to know this series was more about quiet, small moments than big gregarious action. It was nonetheless beautiful. I loved it start to finish.

Didn’t I watch and dump this series already? Wasn’t it called War of Y? I can’t seem to figure out what is different. If I am wrong, convince me.

You and me both

I am finding the same.

Yes.

In North America we have divorce parties 🎉 and celebrate being single again. In Asia you deeply bow and say how remorseful you are.

It is true. Japan has serious shame issues. Divorce is like 1000 on the shame meter.

Wow what an interesting statistic. I have been to Japan many times, and it’s a fascinating place. I found gender roles to be very traditional there. Company men were a common sighting going home on the subway at 10 pm. Women had this over feminized style of clothing. I am sure there are outliers but I can only imagine pressure to be a certain way impacts their lives in a profound way.

is it me or are there a lot of Japanese dramas about sexless marriages and unfulfilled relationships. I wonder if this is a popular topic in Japan.

I agree with you. The comparable series is Step by Step which I find so hard to watch. Cher has some goofy mannerisms but he is mostly lovable.

This series is the definition of a warm sweater

Yep.

When he burst into tears because Hozumi was crying was just beautiful.

Everything about this show is love.

When Hozumi held up his picture in front of his face and said to Minoru “Today, can I tell you my story?” and Minoru kneeled, and said “yes”….well… my heart ❤️ broke. The kindness, love and acceptance in this moment was beyond beautiful.

Exactly

This series makes me miss Lovely Writer. It’s like all the actors from that series are trapped in a crappy parallel universe stuck in bad roles with horrible dialogue.

I ask my question this weekly. Five minutes into the episode and Pat has begun his regular complaining rant. I wait for Jaab to grace the screen and do a hair flip and distract me from this annoying series.