is a Japanese

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starring

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and Takeru Satoh, released by

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on 24 November 2022. The series (and its Japanese title) was inspired by two

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songs.

Plot

The plot revolves around a man and a woman who met in the late 1990s as teenagers and grew up together in the early 2000s. After 15 years, they meet again and try to rekindle their first love through memories. Yae wanted to be a flight attendant but suffered an accident. Harumichi served as a pilot in the JASDF but his life took a different path.

Cast

as Yae Noguchi ** Rikako Yagi as young Yae * Takeru Satoh as Harumichi Namiki ** Taisei Kido as young Harumichi * Kaho as Tsunemi Arikawa * Minami as Yū Namiki *

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as Bonji Kawano * Towa Araki as Tsuzuru Kosaka * Aoi Yamada as Uta Komori *

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as Ōtaro

Episodes

Reception

Phil Harrison from ''

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'' wrote that "it’s tasteful, idealised and at times, a little antiseptic: romance as designed by Marie Kondo".

References

{{Netflix original ended series (2019–present) 2022 Japanese television series debuts 2022 Japanese television series endings 2020s romantic comedy television series Fiction about amnesia Japanese romance television series Japanese-language Netflix original programming Television series set in the 1990s Television series set in the 2000s Television series set in the 2010s Television series set in the 2020s Hikaru Utada