Wonderful Unrequited Love

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Drama
Creator:Shinji Nojima

Shumpei sometimes sees his neighbor Keiko, but doesn't think much of her. One of Keiko's friends gives her the phone number of a single guy, but when she calls she recognizes him as Shumpei, and gives him the made up name 'Nana.' When they meet face to face, she pretends not to know him, but through their phone calls, they slowly start to fall in love.

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Original Titleすてきな片想い
StatusEnded
First AiredOctober 15, 1990
Last AiredDecember 17, 1990
Episode Runtime54dk
Seasons1
Episodes10
TypeScripted
Origin CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Spoken Languages日本語

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Fuji Television Network

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Fuji TV
Episode 10
Last Episode

S1 E1012/17/1990

Episode 10

Shumpei tells Keiko to stay with Yutaka, denying liking her. Keiko is convinced he is moving, and spends Christmas eve alone. Later, Shumpei thinks about it some more, and finally realizes that 'Nana' from the phone and Keiko are one and the same. He finds her. "I thought you moved?" "Just next door." Finally, he confesses that it was her he'd loved all along.

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ParkMin3/10

This drama proved to be much worse than expected and ended up being my least favorite Nakayama Miho project thus far. It’s a 90s slog that moves at the pace of a drunken snail trying to cross a busy freeway. It got some charm buried under all the emptiness and shortcomings, but you’ll need an archaeological dig to find it. The plot was full of second-hand cringe distilled into indigestible form an…

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