Watching this episode I have to wonder why I have taken so long in getting back to finish up reviewing this series. I guess perhaps it was an issue with the fact there was a bit of a wait time for the subs to come out and it would have been hopeless to try to review an episode like this without knowing what was all being said.
The episode begins with a part recap of the previous episode and part look at the relationship of
Narumi Hiro (
Nakayama Yuma) and
Origuchi Haruka (
Mizuno Erina). Without a doubt there was something between them despite both being rather quiet in nature.
When it returns to the present
Hiro and
Suga Mizuho (
Honda Tsubasa) are talking in a cafe about
Origuchi.
Hiro tells her that he has not been in touch with
Origuchi for some time and mentions that he has hopes in seeing her again someday.
Mizuho then has to break the news to him that
Origuchi passed away.
Hiro does not take it well and runs off with
Mizuho following him.
At the place
Hiro is staying at
Mizuho gets him to talk more and he confesses on being the one to have almost killed
Maruo. He also tells her that was the reason
Origuchi rejected him. He then takes his paintings, including a portrait of
Origuchi, and set them on fire.
Mizuho though saves the one of
Origuchi and tells him that he shouldn't erase the little that is left of her so easily.
Some time afterwards
Yanai Takashi (
Matsumura Hokuto) and
Nishida Remi (
Arai Moe) show up.
Yanai confronts
Hiro about getting
Origuchi pregnant but
Mizuho cuts in telling him that was a mistake, it was her friend that had gotten pregnant.
Remi then speaks up and explains that the friend that
Origuchi was helping was her. She confesses everything then about her relationship with
Origuchi, as she was the one that helped her and was there for her during the most painful period of her life.
So with this the main mysteries are solved and I feel rather satisfied with them. Certainly they are heartbreaking but they make a lot of sense for the characters so it did not seem to come out of left field. That and this series focuses on discovering hidden truths about others as one of its themes so it fits very well with that.
And I remain impressed with
Yuma, as even though I do not care for him to play both
Hikaru and
Hiro it does give him the chance to show off his acting skills as he makes it difficult to confuse which character he is playing with both roles having very distinctive feels to them.
this episode definitely cleared up so much, because i couldn't find any sense nor logic in the whole plot until this episode.
ReplyDeletei thought it was a rather strange drama, yet, i couldn't stop watching it and was very intrigued by the plot. it was a bit random that nakayama played both characters, but i was so surprised when i realized he really did seem like two different persons when he was playing the different characters!