Beyond Goodbye

さよならのつつき isn't a Romance Drama, it's a grieving drama. Having to deal with the sudden death of your lover is absolutely heartbreaking, it's even more heartbreaking when their memories start to come back in the form of a completely different person. The narrative within the first 2/3 of the drama are absolutely peak, but around EP 7 I felt a little disappointed into where the narrative was heading. But I felt like it rebounded relatively well to conclude the story. The shots are just absolutely beautiful to look at. Every single shot is closely constructed and colored absolutely perfectly. The Hawaii shots of Hiro's farm were easily my favorites. There would be shots where Saeko's hair looked so beautiful with the bright blue Hawaii sky and the bountiful green of Hiro's farm. Kasumi's performance in this Drama absolutely does it for me. She does a stellar job at portraying Saeko to a tee as she had the most enjoyable role in this series.