Tsubasa Honda: "Koinaka" drama episode 8 recap and screenshots

 Start Date: Monday, July 20th on Fuji-TV at 9:00 pm

Main Cast:

Tsubasa Honda as Akari Serizawa

Sota Fukushi as Aoi Miura

Shuhei Nomura as Aoi Shota

Taiga as Kouhei Kanazawa

Sakurako Ohara as Nanami Miura

Mizuki Yamamoto as Mirei Tominaga

 Karen Otomo as Kokone Yamasiro
Yui Ichikawa as Ruiko Saeki

 On a few of these recaps have mentioned this show may have been better as an eight episode series due to all the filler in each show. Upon further reflection think it running ten episodes is still fine but having the episodes 27-30 minutes would have been perfect. Those dramas that are that length are usually among my fave ones, there's no time for filler and the story moves right along, this series seems most episodes are good for 2/3, the other 1/3 is just so slow and boring so a half hour show would have been perfect.
 Hopefully there's just two episodes left, if there are will combining the two into one post, if it's 11 episodes will be doing a review for the 9th episode, whatever length the series is will be putting the final two episodes into one bigger post. Should have been doing that right along as though this was a bit better of an episode really not all that much happened or at least not much as usual for the final 1/3 of the show.
 Episode 7 ended up with Shota hugging Akari in a hospital room after a mini fair at the hospital for a patient, during the hug Miura walked in leaving us and him wondering what's going to happen. What happens is that Shota proposes to Akari, this takes place in the first minute of the episode and by the end of the show we still don't know what her answer will be.

 Though Shota has done a few underhanded maneuvers to be with Akari he's changed his ways since becoming a doctor and Akari has noticed this. They did break up a few episodes ago but Akari is changing the way she views Shota these days, once again she has strong feelings for him but are they going to be strong enough for her to accept his proposal?
 The relationship between Akari and Miura is just going so-so, he knows of the proposal and deep down though he probably loves Akari more he realizes that in the long run Shota may be better for her. Another thing going on with Miura is that he's entered a rookie architect contest, he asks Akari to show up at the awards and presentation show on August 31st. That's the date though where she is supposed to say yes or no to Shot's proposal.
 Shota had given Akari a train ticket to travel that day to Toyama for their fireworks show, he told her to show up only if she's willing to say yes. First though she does attend Miura's presentation but right after he finishes she leaves and takes the train to see Shota, we still don't know what her answer will be yet. At the show Miura didn't win the grand prize but did win a special award, during his speech he said he designed the house with the love of his life in mind. One of the judges told Miura to stop wavering, if he's that much in love with her to chase after her and try as hard as he can to win her back.

 Chasing after Akari is what Miura does as the show comes to it's conclusion as next episode there will be a three way match at the Toyama fireworks show, who will Akari end up choosing? First half hour or so was fairly good but after that the architect show really dragged as it lasted well over ten minutes and we barely got to see Akari at all.
 Which is why there's so few screenshots of Tsubasa here, easily the fewest I've taken for any episode which when you look as jaw-dropping as she does it should be a crime she wasn't in more scenes. Back next week with another recap unless there's just the two episodes left and if that's all that's remaining will let you know or then again I could have my usual change and continue to do a review for each episode.