Adapted from the manga series "Watashitachi wa Douka
Shiteiru" by Natsumi Ando.
Director: Inomata Ryuichi [猪股隆一],
Akashi Hiroto [明石広人] and Komuro Naoko [小室直子]
Country: Japanese
Released: 2020
Genre: Childhood; Drama; Food; Murder; Mystery; Psychological; Revenge; Romance; Suspense
Synopsis: Hanaoka Nao’s mother Yuriko is a single parent and a live-in confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese confectionery shop of long standing. That is how Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the 6-year-old son of the owner of Kogetsuan, and they become each other’s first loves.
However, Tsubaki’s father is stabbed to death by someone. Nao’s mother is arrested as the suspect based on Tsubaki’s statement. Nao is kicked out while her mother passes away while under interrogation. Now daughter of a murder suspect and son of the victim, Nao and Tsubaki separate with ill feelings for each other.
More
than 15 years later, Nao and Tsubaki are reunited at a competition on Japanese
confectionery. Tsubaki takes an interest in Nao’s creations and asks her to
marry him at their first meeting without realising that she is his childhood
friend. Nao hides her identity and decides to get into Kogetsuan through her
marriage to Tsubaki in order to prove her mother’s innocence. Little does she
know that all sorts of adverse circumstances lie in wait. Despite being made
sport of by cruel fate, Nao and Tsubaki are drawn to each other. What is the
truth of the case 15 years ago?
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Interesting story
so far. Boy meets girl when young, her
mother “kills” his father, so he says.
15 years later girl meets boy in a little bake off, of confections. Boy doesn’t recognize girl and asks her to
marry him on the spot to help him save a failing family confectioner company. She crashes his wedding and pisses everyone
off and agrees to marry him. This tale is steeped in Japanese tradition which
makes it even more interesting!
After the competition that brought them both back together, He asks her to marry him Not knowing who she is. He reads her palm more than once and
references that she has the line of Mount Apollo: Mount of Apollo is under
the third finger on the palm and represents love for beautiful and artistic
things
His grandfather
believes that he is not his fathers’ son.
His mother is a viper! So, he
swears that he will not leave the family business to his grandson. Hello! DNA
tests exist for a reason! He also forces
them to share a room by accusing her of deceiving everyone, in order to steal
the company. Meanwhile viper mommy has hired a background check to be done on
new daughter-in-law. The powdered sugar
is going to hit the fan now!
Always gotta be one spiteful bitch in the mix. Lol Boy does she ever do a great job!
This series had a
lot of twists and turns. The sweets were
so beautiful
The
name of the shop that everyone was fighting for is Kogetsu An which means bright
white moon.
The shop that she opened in competition
with his was named Hanagasumi - this is the Japanese word used to describe
the scene with many blossoms - literally translated as the “flower haze”
Sakura-fubuki- this means “cherry blossom snowstorm”. Often cherry blossom
petals dance in the spring wind, which from a distance can look like a storm of
pink petals!
**** I really enjoyed this short series. It was rich in tradition, beautiful kimonos,
and sweets. I did’t want to reveal too
much of the plot because there are a lot of twist in it and I did not want to
ruin it for you. I rate this 8/10. Has a happy ending!
This can be watched here: https://asianc.sh/drama-detail/watashitachi-wa-douka-shiteiru
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