Meiling Yukari

You keep accusing me of bias while doing the exact thing you claim to stand against , repeating one side of the story, ignoring the rest, and calling anything that doesn’t fit your narrative fake or staged. Let’s start with your claim that Muslims in China are banned from practicing Islam. That’s just not true. There are over 20 million Muslims in China, more than in many Western countries and even some Middle Eastern nations. There are over 35,000 mosques across the country. If Islam were truly being erased, how do you explain that number? How do you explain Hui Muslims, who live freely across China, pray openly, wear hijab, run halal restaurants, run mosques, go on livestreams in full niqab, and post openly about their faith every day on platforms like Douyin and Xiaohongshu? You say people are forced to look happy for the cameras, how convenient. Every positive video is propaganda, every negative one is the truth. That’s not cautious analysis, that’s selective confirmation bias. You haven’t talked to people in Xinjiang. You haven’t visited China. You haven’t even taken the time to explore Chinese platforms where real people are actually sharing their lives. Instead, you treat emotional, unverified clips from Instagram as hard evidence, and then call me arrogant for not accepting them as gospel. That’s not how real research works. Now let’s talk about what you never bring up: the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or ETIM. This wasn’t some peaceful independence group, it was a radical terrorist organization with ties to al-Qaeda. They were behind bombings, stabbings, and attacks that killed not just Han Chinese but Uyghur civilians too. They openly called for jihad to create an Islamic caliphate in Xinjiang and had members trained in Afghanistan and Syria. The US even listed ETIM as a terrorist group for nearly two decades before quietly removing them in 2020, not because they stopped being dangerous, but because it suddenly became politically useful to weaponize Uyghur rights against China. So no, China didn’t just create security measures for fun — they were responding to real violence, radicalization, and separatist threats that groups like ETIM fueled for years. And don’t lecture me about East Turkestan natives. That term was invented in the 20th century by separatists pushing foreign agendas, the vast majority of Uyghurs in Xinjiang do not identify with that movement. And just so we’re clear, that same movement has literally posted AI-generated propaganda showing East Turkestan holding hands with Israel — while Palestinian children are being bombed. You think that’s solidarity? That’s who you’re standing with? You said you're cautious. So prove it. Apply that caution to all sources, not just the ones that tell you what you want to believe. Stop accusing others of being disrespectful just because they challenge you. Respect doesn’t mean agreeing with you. It means holding the same standard of truth across the board. And if you actually care about Uyghurs, then talk to them directly. Go on Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo , hear it from them. Otherwise, stop pretending your carousel posts and recycled talking points are anything more than well dressed western/US pushed propaganda.

LOL. On Episode 18, Jing Chou is asked by the celestial being (Re Han) if he has ever heard of Gu Yue. JC says, no he's never heard of him but he's heard of "Hu Ge" who is quite famous from his hometown. HAHA.

I just finished watching this drama and I have no words! I was hesitating to watch it at first, but after watching the first episode, I found myself totally in love with the story. Everything about this drama was perfectly done.

Yamashita Tomohisa as Shiratori Sakuto was absolutely amazing. He did a great job! Every emotion that his character had was palpable. And now I'm looking forward to watching more of his works.

And Kuriyama Chiaki as Mochizuki Haruka was amazing. She brought a lot of emotions to her character and I really enjoyed it.

The Support characters were amazing and the actors did a wonderful job too. The friendship between Hiyama Kousukand, Yanagawa Ryuichi, and Shiratori Sakuto was really meaningful and beautiful. This drama sure taught me a lot of things that I'll keep in my heart forever. I had to rate this drama 10/10 because I didn't find anything even remotely bad about it. I'm really glad that I've watched a drama with such a beautiful story * sobbing*

I must admit I was sceptical going into this drama, having an older brother that suffers from cerebal palsy I hoped they wouldn't trivialize mental disability for comedic effect. But the story is down to earth, it's very heartwarming and Karina is awesome as usual. Yees the 2 year old Himawari is so cute :D

I feel close with the storyline. Maybe beacuse I am also disabled, in the other way than Yuzu, I'm on wheelchair, but I stllI can uderstand problems what Yuzu and her family had
Now,I'll tell you what I think about the most important charcters:

Yuzu: She's great kid. Yes, I think she's inside still 8 years old girl,cause her disablity, but it's nothing wrong with that! She knows she is mom and tries her best, everyone saw that. I think she may not understand the all adult suff, but she understand people feelings, maybe not in the way like we do, but she wanted made everyone to be happy. How many of us have pure hearts like her? It was one thing about her, what I don't understand. Why she changes her clothers ony few times during all episiodes? Others change thair chloters a few times per episode!

Himawari: She's just cute,normal kid. Sometimes she didin't understand why her mom is not like other moms, but she still loves her no matter what! When Himawari gests older she and Yuzu were more like friends than mom and daughter,but it is okay

Miyoko (Yuzu's mom): In the frist episodes she was overprotective over Yuzu, but she finally understand she can allow Yuzu be a little bit intepened. Miyoko was very loving and caring person. She wanted carring about everyone and want her childs to be happy. She's was proud of them!

Ren: The protective younger bro! He never thinks his sister is problem for him. He is happy when he can take about Yuzu. I must say that I love siblings (family) love beetwen Yuzu and Ren. They love each other! Ren played another song than he should on his "job interviev" just to make Yuzu happy. Yuzu start working just beacuse she wanted her bro to have more free time for his girlfriend. The moment when they hold hands on the street on the way to home was just so sweet!

Kotone: She was kind of rebel,but she was still good person. She was one, who was just honest to Yuzu, maybe sometimes too honest but she still she was doing her best. Kotone was in love with Ren. Almost everyone knew it! I think even Ren might know. Why he didin't talk to Kotone about her feelings? I wished they would end up as couple, but sadly Kotone love for Ren was one-sided, he teated her like if she was his second little sister.

Ren's girlfriend: In the frist episodes she seems to be, egoistic,rich girl, but since she found Yuzu is Ren older sis and she mentaly disabled, Ren's girlfriend wanted to know her better and accept all Ren's life

The story was so reallistic and so touched I gave it 10/10!

Sorry for my bad english >.<