#Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki

[idleminds]

[junkobato]

My heart trusts you, Dr. Sanpei.

I will never forget you.

- Kawauchi Miyabi

[dearrevs]

Unmet: aru nogekai no nikki (2024)

[leftoverpizzasauce]

UNMET (2024) - Ep. 9

[astrocatdraws]

I've been watching Unmet lately. It's an interesting series and there's lots of little details. I keep looking at stationery and Miyabi's diary 📖 💖

[movielosophy]

Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki (2024)

[nekoluw]

[ashuuuuuuu]

[cheerbrunch]

"You won't forget strong emotions. Even if you lose your memory, the strong feelings experienced at that moment remain."

[thedramadojo]

Looking for what to watch next? Here are 5 Asian dramas airing right now, spanning different genres and tropes that you should check out.

[idleminds]

[kdramalands]

year-end drama recommendation

3. Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki (2024)

11 eps, 54 min each

Unmet tells a story of a young and promising neurosurgeon, Kawauchi Miyabi, who lost her memories after an accident. She can't remember anything from the past two years of her life, and, additionally, she can't retain any new memories. That means that every time she wakes up, not only she can't remember those 2 years, but she doesn't remember anything from the past day as well, loosing more and more of her life to amnesia.

Miyabi is a very determined, empathetic, and hardworking person even though the circumstances are not favourable, and I believe that makes her an extremely compelling character that you cannot help, but root for. We watch each episode as the doctors try to treat new patients, while navigating Miyabi's memory loss, uplifting her and challenging her, without patronising her or her condition. The chemistry between our main character and her co-workers was enjoyable to watch, as well as the secrets that unveil with each episode!

This jdrama shows us the essence of human condition — ups and downs of life, good and bad sides of humanity, and, above all, the meaningful connections that transcendent barriers.

I thought I should present something that made the biggest impression on me for the main course and Unmet felt like an obvious choice for me. The thing that made me most curious to watch Unmet is undoubtedly the concept of the main character loosing memory every day. And I'm so glad I did! Back in the day, there were a few popular fanfictions circulating in kpop fandom, and I remember the idea of anterograde amnesia being the topic of one, so deep down I always waited for this idea to get properly fleshed out in a better setting.

I think the visualisation of Miyabi reading her diary was a good creative choice, her opening it to read like a manual to "catch up with her life" and hundreds of pages shockingly materialising around her, fluttering around like a tornado. Imagine writing a super detailed diary that has to give you a good idea of who you are, what happened, what your likes and dislikes are, where that coffee shop you like is located, what your freaking order even is, and who people around you are, whether you even like them or not, and then taking time every day to get to know yourself anew from the notes you took. I cannot even imagine dealing with that kind of illness personally, but I can relate to memory loss related issues altogether, firstly dealing with Alzheimer and now dementia in my family. I'm constantly fighting with an unstoppable force for memories that are not guaranteed to last anyway. I can see myself in people surrounding Miyabi and that made this show extra special to me. I felt seen.

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 4

[dearrevs]

Unmet: aru nogekai no nikki (2024)

[movielosophy]

Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki (2024) | Hoshimae sensei, please.

[ashuuuuuuu]

[edwinas]

A NEUROSURGEON'S DIARY (2024) dir. Yuki Saito & Motohashi Keita | inspo WAKABA RYUYA & SUGISAKI HANA as SANPEI TOMOHARU & KAWAUCHI MIYABI

My heart trusts you, Dr Sanpei. I will never forget you.