Depressive Screenwriter

Another Sunday arrived.

Episode 9 of "Kimi ni Todoke" premiered.

This episode serves as a conclusion to the previous plot points.

Sawako Kuronuma initially intended to comfort Kurumi, but ultimately ended up with the latter breaking down in tears before her.

After both of them laid bare all their inner thoughts, the misunderstandings between them gradually dissipated.

Sawako Kuronuma still wants to continue being friends with Kurumi.

Because that's just the kind of person she is.

Even though Kurumi spread rumors about her behind her back and was insincere in her friendship, as long as Sawako believes in the present, she won't mind the past.

This episode also briefly explained why Kurumi fell in love with Shouta Kazehaya.

It was because her best friend in middle school had a crush on a boy who liked Kurumi, leading to her being isolated by the girls at school.

At that time, Shouta Kazehaya noticed her distress and proactively comforted her as a friend.

After this plot aired, Kurumi's already wavering reputation experienced another significant reversal.

Sawako Kuronuma is so pure that she doesn't seem like a real person.

She's the kind of character that only exists in dramas and novels. How can anyone be so innocent in reality?

But Kurumi truly reflects the shadows of many people in reality.

【Ah, guys, if a girl confesses to you, you'll definitely be thinking about her all day, whether you like her or not!】

This is a famous line spoken by the Pimp Teacher casually after encountering Kurumi at school.

It was originally meant to dissuade Kurumi from continuing to like him and disturbing his peace of mind.

But Kurumi ultimately took it to heart.

In the latter half of the ninth episode.

At the school's bicycle parking lot, under the falling orange leaves, the drama dedicated considerable attention to portraying the final destination of this supporting character's infatuation with Shouta Kazehaya.

Shouta Kazehaya still thought she liked the Pimp Teacher at this point.

And he even tried to comfort her with sympathy.

【I, I don't like the Pimp Teacher, the one I like is you, the one I've always been watching is you, I don't want you to think I like someone else.】

【I have someone I like, I have no interest in anyone else besides that person! I'm sorry.】

【I know, it's too obvious. But, when you heard my confession, were you even a little bit happy?】

【Yeah, thank you!】

【Can you say my name once?】 Kurumisawa Ume looked at Kazehaya.

【Ume!】

These few short lines of dialogue, set against the backdrop of falling yellow leaves and the setting sun, brought tears to the eyes of a group of "Kimi ni Todoke" viewers that night.

Initially, Sawako Kuronuma was the female lead, and everyone identified with her, naturally disliking Kurumi.

But as the plot began to portray Kurumi in more detail, more people stopped identifying with Sawako and instead saw their own shadows in Kurumi's unrequited love.

How many people can experience love at first sight like Kazehaya and Sawako?

Most people's romances are like Kurumi's, seeking and striving but ultimately ending in vain.

Especially the Pimp Teacher's statement in the ninth episode, "If a guy is confessed to by a girl, he won't forget about her all day."

Kurumi's years of unrequited love, a confession that took all her courage, perhaps only resulted in the male lead Shouta Kazehaya's attention to her on this one evening, and the next day...

Shouta Kazehaya would once again be gazing at Sawako Kuronuma.

This drama is pure love, but that doesn't mean the audience can keep smiling throughout the viewing process.

Especially after this episode aired, viewers discovered, amidst their emotions.

Something's not right with this drama.

"Where's the main plot progressing? It's just been stretched out for another week."

"It doesn't feel stretched out while watching, but after watching, you realize the main plot hasn't progressed at all!"

"The protagonist of these two episodes feels like it's Kurumisawa Ume!"

"Why? There wasn't a confession again this week."

"I'm really getting anxious."

"Sigh, I cried. Two weeks ago, I was cursing Kurumi so fiercely, and this week I cried so loudly."

"Let's be honest, isn't she just a green tea girl? Why are you all like this? Don't you really think that her being pitiful in these two episodes can offset her previous mistakes of spreading rumors?"

"Because I'm not a saint, so I won't demand that a supporting female character in a drama also be a saint! The reason I went from disliking this character to liking her is just because I discovered her relatable side."

"That's right, the character I like the most in this drama is definitely the female lead Sawako Kuronuma, but I'm very clear that this kind of person only exists in dramas. The second favorite is Kurumisawa Ume, because my adolescent unrequited love experience is basically the same as hers. I can't despise her, I would do the same thing if I were her."

"It's just this male lead Kazehaya, I've noticed something's not right with him! Why is he so nice to everyone!"

"Gentle people are gentle to everyone, but many people always mistakenly think that a gentle person being gentle to you means they like you, misunderstanding. In reality, Shouta Kazehaya is like that to everyone, but his principles, his exceptions, are only broken for Sawako Kuronuma."

"That's right, like in the sixth episode, when Kurumi thought Sawako and Ryu were together and Kazehaya saw it, he would definitely just walk away, misunderstanding the two, but she never expected that Kuroko is special, and the male lead would make an exception for her, directly grabbing her hand to ask and clear up the misunderstanding."

"Then next, without Kurumi's interference, will the relationship progress between the male and female leads accelerate!"

"Maybe they'll confess next week?"

"Damn it, I really didn't expect that one day I would be so hopeless, watching a drama where the male and female leads are already in love with each other from the first episode, and the biggest expectation for the plot is for the two to confess to each other!"

"Thinking about Tokyo Love Story where Nagao and Rika were already in bed by the third episode, this drama is really, so agonizing!"

"Please, Old Thief, even if the two don't confess in the next episode, at least let them hold hands! Is this really a romance drama?"

"The most outrageous thing is, this romance drama is so chaste, the main plot progresses so slowly, and I'm still looking forward to it every week. Is there something wrong with me?"

In its ninth week of airing, "Kimi ni Todoke" finally broke the 6% mark in viewership, reaching 6.03%.

But discerning people basically know that the viewership of this drama has reached this level, and the increase won't be too high anymore, because of the subject matter, it's difficult to surpass the viewership of Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero.

Unless there's some outrageous development in the later episodes of this drama.

But in the next two weeks, the tenth and eleventh episodes of this drama were successively aired, and the plot of "Kimi ni Todoke" began to enter a transition period.

Although the romance progress between the male and female leads was progressing, it was even slower than before, and the plot instead introduced the emotional entanglement plot between Sawako Kuronuma's two friends, Chizuru and Yano.

Although these plots were also very good and the viewership did not decline, remaining at the 6% level.

But the fans in Xia Kingdom couldn't help but run to Su Yan's account to leave comments after the eleventh episode of this drama aired.

The audience in Xia Kingdom has already noticed something is wrong.

At Su Yan's pace, there's no problem with filming a hundred episodes of this drama!

Everyone is just joking about the plot being stretched out.

In reality, if the plot is really stretched out and unwatchable, the viewership will definitely plummet.

But no matter how well the supporting character's plot is portrayed, it's still a supporting character!

Old Thief Su Yan, when are you finally going to let the male lead Shouta Kazehaya and the female lead Sawako Kuronuma get together?

So many fans have been hooked by you, aren't you satisfied yet!