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DRAMA: One Litre Of Tears (Ichi Rittoru No Namida)
TYPE: Japanese drama
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I just started watching this Japanese drama last Saturday when I accidentally watched it on TV.

At first when I saw the school uniform, I thought it would be the usual school kids’ love triangle or something. And for a note, I’m not really into this kind of storyline. Yeah, like Winter Sonata (it’s a Korean drama though) which gained a huge success across Asia a few years back.

But I was wrong about the story. It was a story about Aya Ikeuchi, a 15 year old Japanese girl who lived a fairly normal life like other 15 year-olds, had a very caring and fun family, but at the age of 15 she suddenly had to cope with what is termed as spinocerebellar degeneration.

Spinocerebellar degeneration, is a disease in which the person will experience lost of movements and coordination, in results of the spinal cord and the cerebellum degeneration. Okay, in plain English, the person will slowly experience unsteadiness when walking, often stumble, could not measure the distance, could not write well, could not speak properly, until he or she loses the ability to do all of these altogether (correct me if I’m wrong at any part here, I’m not a doctor).

One Litre Of Tears, the title of the drama, tells the story of Aya Ikeuchi’s struggles (as well as her family’s), and her wish to live her life to the fullest after knowing about the disease.

I really, really recommend this drama for you to watch (that, if you haven’t done so already). It could make us appreciate life more than we’ve already had. If we were born with fortune, doesn’t mean it couldn’t be taken away from us in a second (why does that hotel heiress come to my mind suddenly? lol).

But be warned! Your gonna need lots of tissues everytime you watch each episode. I’ve tried to hold back the tears because crying so much would make my head ache. But I failed each time. In my case, I should also prepare a painkiller alongside tissue. You could be crying like hell that I suggest take a break from every episode before watching the next one if you are watching the drama online.

Anyway, I will keep on posting as I proceed with the episodes.

These are amongst the quotes from what were written in her diary she was keeping until she no longer could hold a pen to write;

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Episode 3 : Why did the disease choose me? I cannot carry it, if it’s just for the word “fate”.

Episode 4 : I want to build a time machine and revisit the past. If it weren’t for this disease, I might even be in love. I want to cling to someone’s arm so badly.

Episode 5 : Regret. Pitiful. It’s okay if I’m in pain by myself. But I’m also bringing trouble to the people around me.

Episode 5 : I really don’t want to say things such as “I want to go back as how things were before” . I recognize how I am right now, and I will continue to live on.
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See more quotes from Aya’s diary.