Now, I Want To Meet You

'Ima, ai ne yumimasu'--that is the japanese version of the title for this touching jap drama that I just watched on youtube. (Yes, I became a tv cum com junkie during the holidays, not like I wasn't one during weekdays though =P)


I cannot recall the last jap drama that left a deep impact on me; I cannot count 'Crying love In The Centre of Love' because I only got to watch a bit (going to watch the whole thing soon). This drama is one of the best Jap dramas that I have watched thus far. The pure love it talks about is not only between that of a couple, but also that of parents and child. It is really hearltfelt; it gives you a warm feeling.


"'Good morning.' 'Good night.' 'This tastes good.' 'Are you alright?' 'Did you sleep well?' 'Come here.' Love lives within these words. To me, that's what being a couple is all about. But back then, I hadn't realized it yet." The above passage is an excerpt from Takuji Ichikawa's best-selling novel "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu," from which the film "Be with You" (or the drama, 'Now, I want to Meet You) takes its inspiration.


Some of the lines I love in the drama:

' Whenever it is cold, my pocket is empty,' said Takumi to the girl, Mio.
It was a cold night at the train station. The girl thus put her hand into his pocket; and unconciously, the sy aTakumi held onto her hand seconds later.


'My happines is in being with you,' this is what Mio wanted to say but was cut off abruptly by Takumi's leave as he was avoiding her.


'Perhaps if I had chosen the road where I didn't marry you, I could have walked a different path through my life. But no matter how many times I am born, I would always choose the same path,' said Mio her diary.





The summary is that (SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading NOW if you are watching that drama) -

Mio was knocked down by a car when she was 19. During the 6-week that she lost her consciousness, she was brought into the future (8 years later) to be with her husband, Takumi, and her son, Yuji. Ther future Mio had lost all her memories-of falling in love with Takumi, of marrying him, of giving birth to Yuji. However, she decided to stay with them. Eventually, she fell in love with Takumi for the second time.




Sadly, when the rainy season ended 6 weeks later, she had to leave them. The present Mio realised that she would pass away when Yuji turned 6 years old; but she would be able to return for 6 weeks when he turned 8 years old. Knowing what the future holds for her should she choosesthat path, she took on that path in looking for Takumi (who was avoiding her) and then marrying him with no regrets.




Thus, before she left the world, she made a picture book for Yuji - telling him that she will return one year later when the rainy season comes; but she will also leave them 6 weeks later. The picture book was how all the stories unfolded from the first episode...



I asked my sis a question, 'If you were Mio and you knew such fate is ahead of you, will you still go ahead and marry Takumi?' to which she replied, 'if my life is long but there is no meaning to it, what is the point?'


Exactly how I felt too. If there is such a chance to meet the one whom I love whole-heartedly and vice versa, if such true love befalls me, if such happiness of a family finds its way to me; then if I were Mio, I would say, 'yes, I will still choose to marry him.' For life is not to the extent of how long you live, but HOW you live it.