A movie about treasuring each day no matter what.

I hope I'm not too biased in writing this review just because I'm a fan of Micchi (Michieda Shunsuke) but I just think that this movie is really good. Even just from watching the trailer, it has greatly piqued my interest. At first, the plot reminded me of the series One Week Friends, where the girl also had amnesia, except her memories reset each week instead.

**SPOILERS**
The start of the movie greatly hints on what eventually happens later in the movie, which is something that I didn't really like but I guess that's what made me want to continue watching it even more. And with how Toru and Maori's relationship started, you'd think it's a typical "fake dating" trope, but in my opinion, it wasn't, their chemistry didn't feel forced and it really looked like they enjoyed each other's company. It was painful still, because for Maori, she was meeting this stranger for the first time everyday and she always had to put up a front. The part that I really liked was from the point when Toru found out about her illness, because at this point, Toru had actually fallen in love with Maori and despite knowing that she forgets him everyday, he was determined to make her everyday fun. One of my favorite lines in this movie was when Toru was talking to his sister about Maori, when he said "When there are fun things written in her diary, it would be nice if when she reads it, she'd be able to look forward to everyday, even if just for a bit.", my heart hurt a bit when I heard him say that but at the same time, I felt so much respect for this character.

I think all the characters in this movie was well-written, I also liked Maori's friend, Izumi, who is always there to help her no matter what, and she also eventually supported Toru and Maori's relationship so much. She was truly one of the important characters in the movie as she also played an important role towards the end of the film. Although one thing that I didn't quite understand was the relationship between Toru and his family, but I do think that showing this was necessary especially for the ending of the movie.

Overall, I recommend this movie if you just wanna cry and feel all kinds of emotions. I will not forget the dread I felt when I finished watching this, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It made me think "Ah, this is why this movie was so popular". At first, everything would seem slow but it will just hit you like a truck towards the end so I think it's a movie worth watching lol it will make you think about a lot of things in life.

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I'm writing this review with swollen eyes from crying...

I started watching this drama bc I absolutely love Lee Dohyun as an actor but I ended up loving everything about this drama. This drama really just exceeded all my expectations, from the acting, down to the plot and how each character had striking personalities. Hands down especially to Ra Miran and Dohyun, they had such a great dynamic as mother and son that it made me cry so hard.

With the story, at first I was so mad at Youngsoon bc she was really a bad mom to Kangho, at some point I kinda sympathized with Kangho bc parents can truly be cruel, if not all times then sometimes. Even if they tell us that "it's for our own good", the scar of those hurtful actions and words from our parents will stay with us even as we grow older and move on with our lives. Watching this drama, I've realized that the people we care about get mad at us at times all because they equally care about us too, they're equally as concerned as we are for them, and we just all want each other to live a good life. I love how eventually both Youngsoon and Kangho met eye-to-eye without any grudges and with just smiles on their faces.

This is a bit of TMI but my dad passed away a day before this drama started airing so until now everything is still fresh in my head. I don't know if it's because of this that this drama made me so emotional or if it's really just that good. I started crying so hard when Youngsoon said that Kangho's father's last words to her were "See you later", that he always said that to her because he didn't like saying goodbye. I remember my dad also never said "Bye" or anything similar, it was always, "Go on", "I'll fetch you later", or "Take care", my dad's last words to me was "You should go now" before I left for work, now that I think about it, it just felt like he told me to go on, move forward, that maybe it's time to live by ourselves. Maybe I was a bit jealous of Kangho and Youngsoon because at least at the last moment, they were able to say the words they weren't able to say to each other all this time, the lullaby scene just hit me so hard it was almost embarrassing. Anyway, enough of me, the bottom-line is, this drama had so much power over me, I'm sure that other viewers would also find this drama hitting close to home. 10/10 I would watch again if I feel like crying again.

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