Overall: this is a grittier story but there is still hope. The series is based on a manga which I have read but I am trying to review the series on its own merits. 8 episodes about 25 minutes each. Airing on GagaOOLala https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/4708/happy-of-the-end-2024

Content Warnings: this is almost every single content warning, it has very serious themes (episode 4 was pretty brutal could skip to 21:30, also the first half of episode 6 was difficult for me to watch)

What I Liked
- a grittier story we rarely see
- flawed characters
- the cooking subverted trope
- act like grown adults who have gone thru some terrible things
- caring moments

Room For Improvement
- not a fan of exposition dumps but I realize they are trying to cover a lot in not much screentime
- were there no brakes on the truck in episode 5?