We had already mentioned the drama Ubai Ai, Fuyu when it was released last January. The plot and its short format made us want to discover it. It is time today to give you our verdict, which is final. We really enjoyed this drama that stands out with its romance far from the usual paths!
Ubai Ai, Fuyu
Original title: Winter, Grasping Love – 奪い愛、冬
Country: Japan
Episode: 07
Release period: January 20 to March 03, 2017
Directors: Hoshino Kazunari, Kinoshita Naomi, Komatsu Takashi
Scriptwriter: Suzuki Osamu
Genre: drama – romance
The main characters of Ubai Ai, Fuyu
Kurashina Kana (Sangatsu no Lion)
Ikeuchi Hikaru is a young designer at Upper Works. She experienced her separation with Shin very badly. But eventually, she will marry Kota. However, Shin's unexpected return will disturb her again.
Otani Ryohei (Love Song)
Moriyama Shin is Hikaru's former boyfriend. He is also a designer for a competitor of the young woman's company, Ultra Design. He left Hikaru to marry Ran. Shin participates in a design contest and Hikaru happens to be one of the competitors.
Miura Shohei (Daytime Shooting Star)
Okugawa Kota is Hikaru's fiancé who works in the same company. He is rich and loves Hikaru with all his heart. Shin's arrival will be fatal to him as well as his relationship with Hikaru. His jealousy and his overly curious mother could play tricks on him.
Mizuno Miki (Yuusha Yoshihiko to Michibikareshi Shichinin)
Moriyama Ran is Shin's wife. Following an accident she can no longer use one of her legs. She is jealous by nature, even possessive with Shin. When she learns that her husband sees Hikaru again, she can't stand it. Ran will do everything to keep her husband by her side and get away from his former girlfriend again.
Synopsis
Despite a not particularly easy childhood, Ikeuchi Hikaru now has everything going for her. Professionally successful, she is also engaged to a rich and charming young man, Okugawa Kota. However, her existence will change the day she crosses the path of her former boyfriend with whom she will start an affair again. Kota, feeling his fiancée moving away from him, will turn into a monster of jealousy. (source: Nautiljon)
Far from conventional romances
From the first minutes of the drama, we realize that the romance will be very complicated for the protagonists; even dramatic… And for good reason, the many flashbacks that come to slip over the episodes only accentuate this feeling of discomfort. It must be said that at first, we immediately sympathize with Hikaru this young woman whose first love has disappeared but who has courageously taken back her life in hand. Not content only with her work, she also managed to find a new man to share her life with. Kota, a clumsy and lazy young man, but who loves him, helps him at work. An idyllic romance all in all quite classic, but it was before the unexpected arrival of a certain Shin, former love of Hikaru who resurfaces! At this moment, the plot takes a very different turn from what we imagine and everything will change and take sometimes unimaginable proportions. And that's what makes all the charm of this drama passing brilliantly, from an almost perfect romance to that of a destructive passion. Between jealousies, truths, lies and betrayals, it is a festival that is a pleasure to see, taking us into the madness of man!
Seeking happiness
First of all, Hikaru is a bit like the central pillar of our history; A fragile young woman at first, but who still knows what she wants. Her relationship with Kota would have been ideal if her future mother-in-law hadn't pushed her investigation a little too far. Especially since Shin's comeback has only accentuated the young woman's doubts. However, Kota under his appearance of docile seducer, will prove to be a jealous possessive and a real crazy!Just see how thanks to the influence of his colleague, Toyono Shuko, he ends up no longer trusting his fiancé following her in secret! As for Shin, under his calm air of model husband, we are far from the account when we see the life he leads with Ran, once at home… However, when he takes the trouble to make the right decision we can only salute his gesture although it is a little late to forgive him for his past mistakes. Mistakes that wasted precious time for Hikaru and himself. What can we say about Ran's character who, even if we understand his motivation, is by far the most despicable and malicious of the four characters with Kota! Everyone's happiness is part of one of the central themes of the drama that also makes us question our own happiness.
Topics that affect us
This drama is a very good surprise for this beginning of the year on the side of the novelties 2017! Instead of settling for a banal love seen and reviewed Ubai Ai, Fuyu sends us on another vision of love and happiness through striking, wounded and true characters that makes us want to know more about them. Here, the reality is far from rosy. On the contrary, everything seems black and without any possible escape. Yet, under its clouds, comes the hope of a second chance for those who will be able to make the right choices. Can we blame Kota and Ran for believing in an illusory happiness? Could Shin and Hikaru have avoided the tragedy hanging over them by going back? Many questions arise throughout this story which under this sometimes heavy atmosphere, offers us a great moment of cinema by addressing universal themes! We laugh, we cry and we go through various emotions for a finale that does not disappoint. On the contrary, we can even assume a sequel by looking closely.
When two couples find themselves broken by a common past, the fight towards happiness will prove to be arduous!
Trailer of the drama Ubai Ai, Fuyu here !
