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Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2 / Under One Roof 2 (Under The Same Roof 2)
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Genre: family drama, comedy
Year: 1997
Synopsis:
Around 1.5(2) years later (4 in the real world), Koume has finished high school and is about to enter college. She fails to see her number, actually misses it, and returns home without commiting suicide.
Masaya leaves for Germany to give Tatsuya and Koyuki space, and to pursuit his new found dream of a poor doctor helping poor people like their parents and uncle Hirose Yukio.
In order to improve their finaces they take in the boarder Hayakawa Masumi who was mistaken as a girl, hence, is forced to crossdress.
Kazuya meets the love of his life but it’s not a happy first meeting as she blackmails him for a million. Mochizuki Miki’s all about money to support her mother who’s in a coma. After her mother dies, Kazuya convinces the family to take her in and let them camp out in a tent in the garden…
Tatsuya’s old sports friend Kawamura Izumi shows up and recruits Kazuya. Miki, being jealouse and fearing him getting doped, keeps an eye on him.
Fumiya has made a penpal girlfriend, Terada Nami. However, both have kept secrets about themselves. After a troublesome hide and seek, they find to each other. Through adventures and mishap their relation deepens into true love.
Troubled by Koyuki, Tatsuya, arranges with their neighbor an omiai for her with Maezono Toshio. Toshio is a persistent bald guy, who when turned down poses as his imaginary twin to chase after her again.
Koume finally enters college and is coerced into the tennis club by Nagumo Shunpei. They spend a hot night together in bed. The family roughs him up after finding out. Kurahashi Miho having an illicit relationship with Shunpei is bend on hurting and bullying Koume.
She reveals Koume’s rape to Shunpei. Koume attempts suicide by climbing the tall chimney of a public bath. (climbing without safety line while the chimney sways)
Koyuki has to beg and grovel in the dirt for Shunpei to come save her, but he wouldn’t. Yet Koume makes up with him.
After a fight with Tatsuya over Koume she appears to have given up on him. Koyuki finally gives in to Toshio and agrees to marry him. However, she develops leukemia and doesn’t have long to live. The uncles and Tatsuya keep it a secret. Actually, he can’t tell her. When he forbids her marriage everyone’s upset. He lies about loving her. Toshio challenges him to a kendo fight but couldn’t win over his stubbornness.
Because of his old “acquaintances” Kazuya gets in trouble with the police again. After some serious trouble he manages save Shogo from the gang and unite him with his sister Miki.
Fumiya gains public interest due to his painting and even wins in the exhibition.
Koyuki faints and the secret is out after she escapes from the hospital. Koyuki makes Tatsuya promise her to… Since, she doesn’t have real siblings there is no hope of saving her.
Tatsuya & Masumi chase after Megumi, Koyuki’s half sister, to her school. These perverts get arrested for harrassing and kidnapping.
In the end, Kazuya and Miki part ways.
Critique:
Looking back it’s kind of amazing how a true continuation could be made after 4 years and with all the original cast. Lots of other shows failed to do the same and even with only one year gap e.g. Firefly or Hotman etc…
Throughout the show Tatsuya is wearing a T-shirt with a bunny emblem this is a hint to be found in the first show. After things with Nami and Shunpei got resolved they are not seen again. The main reason being the compactness of the many stories within this short show. It’s a lot more compact and cramped than season 1.
Despite the timely short comings there are imho some excess scenes I’m not sure why they would be necessary. And how could Miki endure Kazuya’s snoring?
Miki is a great addition to the cast. The scene where she teases about Koume with “chu chu”, like kids do, while Tatsuya is clawing tightly onto the newspaper was fun.
Verdict: 9.4
Cast: 9
Cast performance: 9.5
Script/Directing: 10
