Platonic love is simply a relationship without sex. But this drama has a different meaning because the relationship between the young man and the mom had sex. The definition of the word "platonic" in their relationship was more about selfless love.
The mom seemed to be selfless. She would have sex with the doctor is that he could stay in Japan and cure her daughter. She even convinced herself that she had abandoned her identity of being a woman. She chose to only a mom.
The Young Man seemed to be selfless. After he knew that he got brain cancer, he stopped contacting his family and quit his job. To donate his heart to the mom's daughter, he got married to her so that there could be no risk of being viewed as an organ trade.
But at least from my perspective, both of them were selfish in some ways. The mom might fell in love with the role of being a mother. As the Young Man commented, she never really abandoned her identity of being a woman. She knows well that she's attractive. She used it as a tool of manipulation. Her ex-husband paid for those medical treatments. The doctor chose to stay in Japan and cure her daughter. Although the fact that the Young Man's plan of donating his heart sounds unrealistic, those men still chose to believe her, because if they didn't, they couldn't stand beside her anymore. She actually crafted the character of a tragic mom and she loved to play this role. Young Man just wanted to give his death meaning. He knew that he would eventually die, so why not be a savior of a young girl and her mother?
And then, they fell in love. I read a review about this drama before. The person who wrote thinks both of them couldn't find their meaning in life. He thinks their similarities might be the reason that they were in love. I kinda agree with it. In the drama, there was a scene of her and him in the maze and finally found each other.
Their love went to the level of extreme. For example, Young Man started to believe everything Sara said was correct and Sara took Young Man to see his ex-girlfriend so that he could abandon his unrealistic fantasy of her.
Usually, if someone who had a disease was mystically gone better in some ways, there should be a happy ending. But this story is a special case. It marked the start of the tragedy of their relationship. Young Man could stay beside Sara because he was dying. But after his tumor got smaller, he could do the surgery and possibly save his life and get back to his life before he realized that he had brain cancer.
Young Man however decided not to do the surgery. I think that was the sign that he chose death. As I said, their love was extreme. He didn't want to leave her. I remember an old lady in this drama said to him: "Ladies are forgetful." If he chose to do the surgery, she would probably forget their relationship and continue to worry about finding a person to donate a heart to her daughter. Isn't that scary?
Eventually, when the robber came, he could survive by not seizing the knife from him and not pulling out the knife. But he chose death so that he could live in her heart forever.
I really love this drama, probably because Shinji Nojima is my favorite screenwriter and I'm huge fan of 244. The role Young Man he played didn't seem like a human being. He was like an altruistic angel, a perfect savior and even a Christ figure. Personally, I think it's really hard to not to fall in love with such an amazing character. As a fan of Johnny's, I think Shinji Nojima made this character for 244. I don't think any other actors can play this role.
The mom seemed to be selfless. She would have sex with the doctor is that he could stay in Japan and cure her daughter. She even convinced herself that she had abandoned her identity of being a woman. She chose to only a mom.
The Young Man seemed to be selfless. After he knew that he got brain cancer, he stopped contacting his family and quit his job. To donate his heart to the mom's daughter, he got married to her so that there could be no risk of being viewed as an organ trade.
But at least from my perspective, both of them were selfish in some ways. The mom might fell in love with the role of being a mother. As the Young Man commented, she never really abandoned her identity of being a woman. She knows well that she's attractive. She used it as a tool of manipulation. Her ex-husband paid for those medical treatments. The doctor chose to stay in Japan and cure her daughter. Although the fact that the Young Man's plan of donating his heart sounds unrealistic, those men still chose to believe her, because if they didn't, they couldn't stand beside her anymore. She actually crafted the character of a tragic mom and she loved to play this role. Young Man just wanted to give his death meaning. He knew that he would eventually die, so why not be a savior of a young girl and her mother?
And then, they fell in love. I read a review about this drama before. The person who wrote thinks both of them couldn't find their meaning in life. He thinks their similarities might be the reason that they were in love. I kinda agree with it. In the drama, there was a scene of her and him in the maze and finally found each other.
Their love went to the level of extreme. For example, Young Man started to believe everything Sara said was correct and Sara took Young Man to see his ex-girlfriend so that he could abandon his unrealistic fantasy of her.
Usually, if someone who had a disease was mystically gone better in some ways, there should be a happy ending. But this story is a special case. It marked the start of the tragedy of their relationship. Young Man could stay beside Sara because he was dying. But after his tumor got smaller, he could do the surgery and possibly save his life and get back to his life before he realized that he had brain cancer.
Young Man however decided not to do the surgery. I think that was the sign that he chose death. As I said, their love was extreme. He didn't want to leave her. I remember an old lady in this drama said to him: "Ladies are forgetful." If he chose to do the surgery, she would probably forget their relationship and continue to worry about finding a person to donate a heart to her daughter. Isn't that scary?
Eventually, when the robber came, he could survive by not seizing the knife from him and not pulling out the knife. But he chose death so that he could live in her heart forever.
I really love this drama, probably because Shinji Nojima is my favorite screenwriter and I'm huge fan of 244. The role Young Man he played didn't seem like a human being. He was like an altruistic angel, a perfect savior and even a Christ figure. Personally, I think it's really hard to not to fall in love with such an amazing character. As a fan of Johnny's, I think Shinji Nojima made this character for 244. I don't think any other actors can play this role.
