[REVIEW] Ima Ai ni Yukimasu

  I never thought someone like me would ever be affected by movies, but I guess the after Koizora I was proven wrong. I don't remember flinching the slightest bit through tearjerkers like Titanic and The Notebook; but the Japanese really has their way of torturing people and making them all depressed.

  The drama this time I'll be talking about is Ima Ai ni Yukimasu. It is based on a novel, which was later adapted into a movie, then a drama. I obviously watched the drama because movies are usually rushed, I really need something to do in the holidays and I'm literally stalking the main actor.

  The plot in a (big)nutshell... A clumsy (and super hot... mmm... Narimiya Hiroki... don't watch the movie since the main guy's ugly as, same kid actor though) father with a strange chronic disease lost his wife. His kid also becomes all depressed but hey they still live happily, although shabbily together. Before his wife died she hand-painted them a picture book telling them not to fear when she leaves them for 'Planet Archive' because she will return during the rainy season of the next year, however she will have to return to Planet Archive after the rainy season is over.

  The father thinks it's ridiculous, but the son believes it and eagerly awaits for her return. When the two went out one day they found the mother sitting inside the ruins of a building. Confirmed it was her but she lost all her memories! Like all of them! The whole of the drama is basically telling us of their lives after her return(she falls for him all over again and blah blah blah, oh please I'd fall for NariHiro anyday) and we also explore some of the parents' love history.

  The tearjerker did live up to its name; I cried 3 times through the first episode and about 10 times through the last. Heaps in between as well. Damn you child! Your acting is so good it moves me!

  Unlike other dramas I didn't skip episodes to get the plot going. I remember looking everywhere on Google hoping to find a complete synopsis that includes the ending so I can find out whether the mother ended up leaving.

  I won't spoil it for you, I understand why other bloggers and reviewers didn't. The ending hit me as a surprise and the drama did a good job having an awesome ending that ain't cliche (ok... kind of cliche...) and predictable (sometimes cliches aren't necessary all predictable either).

  I felt like I just HAVE to blog about this one, it deeply touched me(that's what she said lol) and made me all warm and fuzzy inside. Unlike Koizora I'm not gonna obsess over it and get all depressed, because as I said this one's truly a masterpiece. I watched it over Veoh(had to download this program just so I can watch it); not only it's fast the quality's pretty good as well. I 100% recommend you to watch it; trust me, all that crying's worth it at the end :D

  Thanks for putting up with me over this extremely long entry, here's your reward:

  ...OOOHHH YEAH...