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The opening episode, 25-year-old Yusaku was about to marry Yu, a famous manga artist to whom he was apprenticed. However, Yu had three children by a previous marriage, all of them resented her relationship with the much younger Yusaku and disapproved of the coming wedding. In fact, the three kids also disliked Yu, since she was always busy at work, they were raised by her older sister. After having already registered their union at the local municipal office, Yu, on the morning of the wedding, also changes the beneficiary in her life insurance policy to Yusaku. Then, on the way to the ceremony, she is killed in an accident. (Source: Japan-TV Fansubs) Edit Translation

  • English
  • Español
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Oct 9, 2002 - Dec 11, 2002
  • Aired On: Wednesday
  • Original Network: TBS
  • Duration: 45 min.
  • Score: 7.1 (scored by 112 users)
  • Ranked: #61579
  • Popularity: #17473
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Completed
Robin
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 10, 2018
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This is a Japanese drama, about a young man who marries an older woman.
The woman dies, and the young man has to choose,
will he take care of the wife's three children, who are not biologically his own children?

The acting of this drama is pretty bad, and the script was not written well either,
there are a lot of cheesy lines at which I rolled my eyes.
But for some reason I kept watching the drama,
for the underlying theme of this drama was very heartwarming: being there for your family.

The main character is gentle, respecting and very caring to others.
He is not your typical dominating male lead who is verbal abusive or/and has possesive issues.
It was nice watching him try to become a better parent to the children.
Also the other characters have their charm and a nice backstory.

The main problem I have with this drama is the ending,
without spoiling I can say that the ending really dissapointed me,
it contradicted the whole theme of the drama: caring for your family.
The end message was that to be a good parent you first have to make a career,
even if it means that you have to give up your family.
I feel a bit disgusted that the children in the drama are used to promote this message.
this is why I do not recommend this drama, or just watch not the full drama.

After the scene were the young man rejects the job offer to work abroad,
questioning the meaning of success, he says that success without being able to be there for your family is meaningless.
Stop there, this should have been the end of the drama.

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  • Drama: Yan Papa
  • Country: Japan
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Oct 9, 2002 - Dec 11, 2002
  • Aired On: Wednesday
  • Original Network: TBS
  • Duration: 45 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.1 (scored by 112 users)
  • Ranked: #61579
  • Popularity: #17473
  • Watchers: 258

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