true. but this is so typical in japan, i remember when i lived for a while there was an old man too who just lives alone no kids and stuff bc his story is similar to this. his first love was the girl from middle school they broke up at college and he never decided to date anyone else. i just don't know if his story was true but considering seeing him all alone with no visitors everyday is proof and yeah sad but sometimes people are really just like that
I knew one or two people like that mostly because I volunteered at a nursing home.
right? like sad but at the same time you kinda admired how someone can love a person like for so long. i wonder how that old neighbor is doing now
I genuinely hope Gen-Chan had the opportunity to find love outside of Takurou. Takurou lived a full accomplished life, had a first love, moved one and luckily was reconnected. Gen-chan deserves more than being an end of the road “prize”. Granted it’s Japan, so living a conservative life of expectancy is the norm, but this doesn’t mean just because Takurou succumbed to familial/societal expectations it’s still ultimately an excuse. Not that I don’t enjoy this but I hate when they do the trope of the two older gays getting back together after years and it’s always one who just stayed single alone all the years. It’s not even remotely endearing to me it’s just sad.