Thought of writing about this today...
A Japanese drama I have been catching recently.
Actually, I didn't plan to catch it at all because of the seemingly ridiculous plot, the main actress whom I don't like because she is always acting cute and the main actor whom I don't exactly think is super good-looking.... but it just kinda caught my eye as I was walking around the house (with the bad habit of leaving the TV on)... soon I found myself sitting down in front of the TV at 9pm every monday.
The plot: A young man rushing to attend the wedding of his childhood goodfriend whom he had always been to school with since 9. As he watches her walk down the virgin road,he instantly regrets not being able to tell her how he really feels about her in the 14 years they knew each other. As they are shown a photo presentation of the newly wed at the wedding reeption, he encounters a strange man who brings him to and fro to the past and present. Every episode shows him going back to a certain incident in the past. The rule is that he will only be there for a while and will be transported back everytime a final photo is taken. for eg, he goes back to a baseball game in the past he took part and he will only be there until their group photo is taken. (*they are in a clique consisting 2 girls and 3 guys and they take photos all the time)
For a start, he kept going back to find chances to correct the times he upsetted her. Their relationship was very much like that of 2 guys, he talks to her loudly, he shoves her around... the times they quarrelled becus small things...
Then comes along a guy who got closer to the girl through some school activities. That is when he goes back and tries to find chances to make his feelings known to her before the other guy can.However, he never suceeded in confessing his feelings for her. She too has actually always liked him. She wrote him a letter when they were 15 and has been waiting since for a chance to pass it to him but never finds the chance to do so.
On the day before her 20th birthday, she decided that it was time to call for a settlement for the issue and plans to hand him the letter. In a cruel twist of fate though, both of them waits for each other at different places. So in the end, she made the decision to move on into a new phase of life, leaving behind her feelings for him as well.
Hmm.... how should I put it... I don't think I am doing enough justice to the show with my poor explanation. In a nutshell, the guy goes back and trys to do a lot of things. He manages to turn some sad memories into wonderful ones for her, he even helped 2 of his friends get together where in the first future, the relationship was just a one-sided love. But no matter how hard he tries, he never manages to tell her he likes her.
This show just reminds me of the reality of life. I don't think anyone can say without a doubt that they have lived life so far with absolutely no regrets at all. Regrets come not just because of something we have done or not done but also how we think life might have become better if things was done that certain way.
Yet, this show re-affirms the fact that there is no such thing as 早知道。 Precisely, because we don't know what is ahead of us we need courage, need support from others, need the little faith in ourselves to try and most of all need to live on. Who can actually judge for sure that life will indeed be better if things were to happen in a certain way? At the end of the day no matter how much you cannot accept how present has turned out to be, or how you regretful you feel, it is impossible to turn back time to go back into the past to change anything.
The only thing you can possibly do is then is to move forward to either create a better future or make the best out of the situation. Or to repeat this vicous cycle of regret by letting opportunites slip through your hands again and again.
Don't know what the ending to this drama will be. But I don't think the girl will get together with this guy in the end anyway. It will be pretty silly if they do.
Another thought of the day too. If he really liked her, how come he didn't do anything when she was unmarried? Why must wait till she is in her wedding gown that he starts to regret...
Sigh... man?
Short clip of the drama...
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