Saikou no Rikon (2013)

Both of these dramas address the unconventional and sometimes awkward romantic interactions between a group of friends.

The drama is also about a married couple who can't get along during their marriage and the process of the divorce which led them to how they really felt about each other. The male lead is also neat and methodical while the female lead is messy and outgoing.

Suguri Toko is married and they have a lovely daughter. She doesn't have any major problems in her life. One day, Toko meets her ex-lover Kurata Akihiko at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in 10 years. Toko indulges in a sexual relationship with Akihiko.

Shoji Taishi is a new third-generation lawmaker who comes from a family of politicians and had a sheltered upbringing. The womanising and not particularly intelligent Taishi and his actress wife, Kurosawa Yui, who got her big break through a drama series, have been married for five years. They act like a happily married couple for the sake of their work and public image, but their marriage has already broken down. Taishi and Yui barely have a conversation except when live streaming on social media and do not even see each other at home. Although they have grown disenchanted in their marriage, they cannot get divorced immediately due to pressure from their families and endorsement deals. The couple have no choice but to unite with the unshakeable goal of breaking up.

They are both realistic portrayals of marriage and love. Both of them also touch several subjects including family and divorce with a quirky sense of humor.

Kazuha Ono is divorced at the age of 35 due to her husband's affair. Despite this, she is trying to live positively but is conscious of other people’s remarks regarding her age and the fact she’s a divorcee. While announcing her divorce to her coworkers she is overhead by Mitsui, a new employee, who happens to be there. Furthermore, Rensuke Hayami, a former business partner, now a popular actor, also appears, and begins to wield her Kazuha?!

Two strangers, both proposed marriage to their respective girl/boyfriend, were rejected on the same day. They decided that the best way to deal with the rejection was to get drunk, real drunk. During the 24 hours of their crazy drunkenness, these two stranger became fast friends and got married... to each other. When they finally sobered up, they embarked on a mission to undo every crazy thing they did while they were drunk and prayed that their girl/boyfriend don't find out.

Both dramas deal with couples who struggle with issues of divorce and dealing with their differences.

"Rikon Doukyo" centers around husband Konaka Masaru and wife Ichinose Naoko who seem to have a happy family life. All this comes to a seemingly abrupt end when the couple decides to divorce. Yet, the couple soon finds themselves living together again even though they are no longer married ...

Both revolves around a couple and their decision to have a divorce. Coincidentally both dramas are staring Eita too. Main couple are also always bickering & have opposite personalities. Elements of comedy are perfectly mixed with sadness & pain of being inlove but not understanding one another.

Both look at a couple divorcing with unexpected consequences. Narita Rikon is more slapstick and retro but it still has a lot of heart

In both of this drama the main focus is the intelligent and powerful dialogues and they are both directed for a more mature audience.

~~~~ Adapted from the manga series "Batsuichi 2-ri wa Mitei na Kankei" by Kon Yoshiko. ~~~~ ..........................

~~~~ Adapted from the manga series "Batsuichi 2-ri wa Mitei na Kankei" by Kon Yoshiko. ~~~~ ..........................

Both dramas are about unhappily married couples and their issues with affairs and divorce