One Liter of Tears

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"One Liter of Tears"

This beautifully moving drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. The book that later followed entitled “One Litre of Tears" has sold over 1.1 million copies in Japan alone.

Aya's only wish was “to live." By carefully depicting Aya's earnest desire to live, and the love of her family, friends, and lover, the drama, “One Liter of Tears" wishes to deliver her simple but strong message: “Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing." (Resources from DramaWiki)

Since the original diary is out of reach for now, I've conveniently found an online Chinese translated version here. Hopefully I'll get hold of one of the published diary soon.

I've always loved JDrama. They always manage to exert meaningful values and message through their superb narration and plot, why superb? It's not too long for a drama (maximum of 12 episodes), since I only have a short span of attention it's really perfect for me, plus there's never a dull moment where you feel like fast forwarding. And, I like their kind of humor. This drama has taught me much. I should have been more appreciative and complain less knowing how lucky I have been all this while. Things like the ability to walk, talk, and carrying out simple, petty chores come easy for us; but imagine those who struggle to stay alive, something we've stopped worrying since forever; It's indeed unimaginable.