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A 10-episode show aired in Japan during 2009, ''Aishiteru'' is a human drama focusing on two average families after an horrible act of violence changes their lives forever.
A 10-episode show aired in Japan during 2009, ''Aishiteru'' is a human drama focusing on two average families after an horrible act of violence changes their lives forever.
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One day, Kiyotaka doesn't come home from school and is later found dead. Three days later, Tomoya is taken into custody by police as the prime murder suspect and confesses. Satsuki, as mother of the perpetrator, comes face to face with her son’s true self while Seiko, as mother of the victim, deals with her sorrow and anger.
One day, Kiyotaka doesn't come home from school and is later found dead. Three days later, Tomoya is taken into custody by police as the prime murder suspect and confesses. Satsuki, as mother of the perpetrator, comes face to face with her son’s true self while Seiko, as mother of the victim, deals with her sorrow and anger.
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=== This series provides examples of: ===
* {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder]]: What happened between Kiyotaka and Tomoya was basically a children's fight gone horribly out of hand.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder]]: What happened between Kiyotaka and Tomoya was basically a children's fight gone horribly out of hand.}}
* [[Adult Fear]]: We have the "My child came home, I wasn't there and now he's dead" and the "My child is a murderer"
* [[Adult Fear]]: We have the "My child came home, I wasn't there and now he's dead" and the "My child is a murderer"
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* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Averted: Tomoya isn't an evil boy, but he kills Kiyotaka. And Kiyotaka wasn't the little angel everyone thought.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Averted: Tomoya isn't an evil boy, but he kills Kiyotaka. And Kiyotaka wasn't the little angel everyone thought.
* [[Children Raise You]]: Sort of: Because of their children (and the tragedy) all the parents in the story grow and mature.
* [[Children Raise You]]: Sort of: Because of their children (and the tragedy) all the parents in the story grow and mature.
* [[Convicted By Public Opinion]]: While Tomoya is guilty, his parents did nothing wrong. It doesn't stop people from role them out of society.
* [[Convicted by Public Opinion]]: While Tomoya is guilty, his parents did nothing wrong. It doesn't stop people from role them out of society.
* [[Crazy Homeless People|Crazy Homeless Lady]]: Averted: The old lady is quite sympathetic, but she's deeply unstable and dangerous for a child.
* [[Crazy Homeless People|Crazy Homeless Lady]]: Averted: The old lady is quite sympathetic, but she's deeply unstable and dangerous for a child.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Tomoya at the beginning.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Tomoya at the beginning.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: Tomoya.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: Tomoya.
* [[Crime Time Soap]]
* [[Crime-Time Soap]]
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: Kiyotaka for Mihoko.
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: Kiyotaka for Mihoko.
* [[Death Is a Sad Thing]]: part of the plot is having Tomoya to ''really'' understand this.
* [[Death Is a Sad Thing]]: part of the plot is having Tomoya to ''really'' understand this.
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* [[Disaster Dominoes]]
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Kiyotaka was really rude, but he was a 7-year-old boy and didn't deserve death.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Kiyotaka was really rude, but he was a 7-year-old boy and didn't deserve death.
* [[Doomed By Canon]]: Poor, poor Kiyotaka...
* [[Doomed by Canon]]: Poor, poor Kiyotaka...
* [[Doting Parent]]: Seiko to Kiyotaka.
* [[Doting Parent]]: Seiko to Kiyotaka.
* [[Dramatic Pause]]
* [[Dramatic Pause]]
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* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Played with, then subverted.
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Played with, then subverted.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Mrs. Tomita gives Satsuki a cute hair ribbon.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Mrs. Tomita gives Satsuki a cute hair ribbon.
* [[Failure to Save Murder]]: Seiko and Hideaki feel they failed to protect Kiyotaka.
* [["Failure to Save" Murder]]: Seiko and Hideaki feel they failed to protect Kiyotaka.
* [[Fan Sub]]
* [[Fan Sub]]
* [[Five Stages of Grief]]
* [[Five Stages of Grief]]
* [[Forgiveness]]: One of the point of the whole series.
* [[Forgiveness]]: One of the point of the whole series.
* [[Freak Out]]: {{spoiler|Tomoya had a freak out so big he killed Kiyotaka.}}
* [[Freak-Out]]: {{spoiler|Tomoya had a freak out so big he killed Kiyotaka.}}
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|Tomoya had a very traumatic experience that he blamed himself for. Satsuki didn't notice, and Tomoya stopped trusting her (and everyone else), but still thought that it was his fault in the first place and felt guilty for the whole situation. After six months in this circle, Kiyotaka tells him his mother doesn't love him 'cause he's weird, and Tomoya snaps.}}
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|Tomoya had a very traumatic experience that he blamed himself for. Satsuki didn't notice, and Tomoya stopped trusting her (and everyone else), but still thought that it was his fault in the first place and felt guilty for the whole situation. After six months in this circle, Kiyotaka tells him his mother doesn't love him 'cause he's weird, and Tomoya snaps.}}
* [[Good Parents]]: It doesn't help: One single mistake, and their life is destroyed forever.
* [[Good Parents]]: It doesn't help: One single mistake, and their life is destroyed forever.
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: When Satsuki tries to get Tomoya to say he's not the killer, she tells him he has a mouth to speak. Tomoya's response is that she has ears to listen.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: When Satsuki tries to get Tomoya to say he's not the killer, she tells him he has a mouth to speak. Tomoya's response is that she has ears to listen.
* [[It Got Worse]]: And it starts with the murder of a child!
* [[It Got Worse]]: And it starts with the murder of a child!
* [[Its All My Fault]]: Satsuki and Seiko say this.
* [[It's All My Fault]]: Satsuki and Seiko say this.
* [[Japanese Series]]
* [[Japanese Series]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Mihoko telling Satsuki to die.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Mihoko telling Satsuki to die.
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* [[Manly Tears]]: Both Kazuhiko and Hideaki end up crying.
* [[Manly Tears]]: Both Kazuhiko and Hideaki end up crying.
* [[Mommy Issues]]: Tomoya and Mihoko.
* [[Mommy Issues]]: Tomoya and Mihoko.
* [[My God What Have I Done]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Seiko and Hideaki, but they don't realize it and are genuinely surprised when Mihoko tells them how much she felt neglected.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Seiko and Hideaki, but they don't realize it and are genuinely surprised when Mihoko tells them how much she felt neglected.
* [[Parental Obliviousness]]: With tragic conseguence.
* [[Parental Obliviousness]]: With tragic conseguence.
* [[Parents As People]]: Seiko and Hideaki are so grieving for Kiyotaka's death that Mihoko starts thinking that it would be better if she was dead instead and that her presence (and life) makes no difference to her parents. They don't notice until the girl's teacher told them Mihoko wants to quit school and she has a breakdown when confronted about it. Satsuki fails to notice the moment Tomoya needs her the most.
* [[Parents as People]]: Seiko and Hideaki are so grieving for Kiyotaka's death that Mihoko starts thinking that it would be better if she was dead instead and that her presence (and life) makes no difference to her parents. They don't notice until the girl's teacher told them Mihoko wants to quit school and she has a breakdown when confronted about it. Satsuki fails to notice the moment Tomoya needs her the most.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Literally.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Literally.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Kiyotaka.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Kiyotaka.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Mihoko is good at that. It helps that Kawashima Umika's eyes are so big.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Mihoko is good at that. It helps that Kawashima Umika's eyes are so big.
* [[Put On a Bus]]: Ayano goes to Africa
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Ayano goes to Africa
* [[Redemption Earns Life]]: Sort of: Seiko wants Tomoya to have a long, full life and be happy to see what he took away from Kiyotaka.
* [[Redemption Earns Life]]: Sort of: Seiko wants Tomoya to have a long, full life and be happy to see what he took away from Kiyotaka.
* [[The Reveal]]
* [[The Reveal]]
* [[Shrine to The Fallen]]: In Kiyotaka's home.
* [[Shrine to the Fallen]]: In Kiyotaka's home.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Tomoya.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Tomoya.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Mihoko and Kiyotaka; Satsuki and Ayano.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Mihoko and Kiyotaka; Satsuki and Ayano.
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* [[Tears of Remorse]]
* [[Tears of Remorse]]
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Mrs. Tomita is extremely competent and menage to support Kiyotaka's family, Tomoya's mother and Tomoya... but still her role is to find out what happened, not supporting destroyed people.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Mrs. Tomita is extremely competent and menage to support Kiyotaka's family, Tomoya's mother and Tomoya... but still her role is to find out what happened, not supporting destroyed people.
* [[This Is Unforgivable]]: Pretty much Hideaki's attitude.
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Pretty much Hideaki's attitude.
* [[Tragic Mistake]]: If only Satsuki has asked to Tomoya what was wrong when he come home soaked instead of scolding him; if only Seiko wasn't 15 minutes late that day; if only Kazuhiko had taught Tomoya to play catchball...
* [[Tragic Mistake]]: If only Satsuki has asked to Tomoya what was wrong when he come home soaked instead of scolding him; if only Seiko wasn't 15 minutes late that day; if only Kazuhiko had taught Tomoya to play catchball...
* [[Troubled Child]]: Tomoya. Big time.
* [[Troubled Child]]: Tomoya. Big time.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Mihoko feels this way.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Mihoko feels this way.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Tomoya to Kiyotaka.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Tomoya to Kiyotaka.
* [[Used to Be A Sweet Kid]]: Mihoko and Tomoya.
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: Mihoko and Tomoya.
* [[Viewers Are Goldfish]]
* [[Viewers Are Goldfish]]
* [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]]
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]
* [[Where Did We Go Wrong]]: Played for drama.
* [[Where Did We Go Wrong?]]: Played for drama.


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Latest revision as of 13:45, 3 October 2020

A 10-episode show aired in Japan during 2009, Aishiteru is a human drama focusing on two average families after an horrible act of violence changes their lives forever.

Typical mother Noguchi Satsuki spends her days trying to balance her life as a wife to her hard-working husband Kazuhiko and mother to their only son, Tomoya, a shy fifth-grader with whom Satsuki struggles to communicate. Ozawa Seiko and Hideaki, living in the same neighborhood, are raising a rebellious junior high school daughter, Mihoko, and their son, Kiyotaka, a second-grader who is showered with much love and affection by his mother.

One day, Kiyotaka doesn't come home from school and is later found dead. Three days later, Tomoya is taken into custody by police as the prime murder suspect and confesses. Satsuki, as mother of the perpetrator, comes face to face with her son’s true self while Seiko, as mother of the victim, deals with her sorrow and anger.

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