I am rewatching this and I highly recommend skipping through all the villain scenes you won't miss anything. The 2nd WOC competition also is super boring. I would give this show a 7.6/10.
Loved some of the scenes in ep. 5 in hakodate; beautiful bright sunlit days etc. however, there is barely a tissue of story or plot. Maybe think of it as a fictional travelog?
This might have been a great drama the unusual merchant clan setting but there was something disjoint about the plot. It is still pretty good 8.3/10? It's just too sad so dropped at ep. 9
this was pretty dumb; I don't know who the intended audience was. The ML does not seem worth all the effort. Also Mitsuki looks like Winnie from the Wonder Years.
I dropped it half way through ep. 3 it seemed pretty awkward. Really not a fan of the whole chaebol inheritance/company stuff. But the beach scene at the end of ep. 3 won me over. so ...
Bluebird - Rottyful Sky - Scent of a Woman OST