saffy is awesome >__< yay for saffy !!! >o<

Same. This drama is on my #1 spot of dramas. I don't know any other drama which will top this for a while. But Haruto DID go to Aya's grave with a flower but he also showed up with his family. Unless you mean a more personal scene of that? I found that also kind of a sad scene when I saw it... that he eventually had to move on. It was inevitable.

ahh, so i wasn't seeing things .. I thought I saw haruto walking while holding a child's hands well that makes me feel a lot better THANKS for the confirmation

is this the child he's holding you are talking about? this is the only couple holding a child's hand beside the other one, but they are older.



is that haruto? it don't look like him to me.

Yeah that's them ^ Haruto and his family. < SPOILER

I made screencaps of episode 11... someone requested them. Enjoy!

Yayy, I got the song. =]

That doesnt look like Haruto to me.. He has a family of his own so soon..?

that's definitely not Haruto. Gosh, this series is too much, it makes a cold blooded and hard hearted person like me cry . I love this series, normally i dislike those sad , cheezy drama but this is an exception. I'll never forget it for the rest of my life. How lucky we are, being alive, being able to live on.

I personally think the last scene with Aya playing basketball in the gym with Haruto watching over her at the doorway is the best way to describe their relationship. It was so... beautiful that I didn't mind not seeing Haruto at Aya's grave.

that definitely is not ryo at the end. and he can't have a kid that big in only one year.

i also wanted haruto to show up at the end too but i guess they decided to not put ryo or her siblings in. it'll probably be too much to do since they were going to put all those people in the end too.

i feel ok about ryo not being in the end also because of the scene where ryo watches aya playing basketball and the scene before where ryo was reading her diary. i think that was the goodbye we were looking for between aya and ryo.

this series was soo amazing!!
i thought the letter that the mother writes to aya in the end was really touching made me cry!!
yeah even though haruto wasn't there at the grave but the ending was still great!! even though i had cried soo much through out the whole drama but in the end after it all i was smiling!!

Okay maybe you guys don't get it. The last scene we saw was Aya and Haruto in her hospital room and we are to believe that they are 18 now because Haruto is in his first year of college. The next time we see Aya is when she is supposed to be 25 years and dies which is why her parents have been made to look older with grey hair and all. So, can you imagine that in the remaining 7 years that Haruto would have grown much older now and seemingly had to move on with his life? I'd like to believe that he still visited Aya and thought of her a lot but he couldn't put his own life on hold for her as much as he did between 15-18? And honestly, I also think that Aya would not have wanted him to do that either. So, to me it is obvious that they had to cast someone older to look like Haruto if he was 25 because him and Aya are the same age. I thought the guy they casted for that scene was pretty good because I can believe he looked like Ryo even though he is not.


I don't understand what you mean by that. It's been 7 years and they are 25 by that time. So I would think that Haruto was like 23-24 when he got married and then had his child.

i wanna see more clip of behind the scene or after the film done >__<. Sometimes its just away to tell myself Aya and Haruto is "still there". For drama based on true story like this and w/ such magnificent acting of everyone, I just cant tell myself "it's just a film"

it's konayuki..by remioromen... i love this song very much!!!! when i first heard this song, this song was just okay..but after i watched the film...this song is very nice!!

i meant haruto was still with her for those 5 years and the grave scene after her death was only a year after she died. so what i'm saying is that haruto's love for aya would not be so fickle that he'd marry another while she's living in the hospital for 5 years...the director and writer would never do that. also it's impossible for him to marry after her death and have a kid that big after one year.

hopefully i made myself clear.

i love this drama even though i haven't finished it yet. it's so sad. i've never even heard of this disease until this drama, which based on aya in rea life. wow, i learned a lot.

yes...this is enough for me...for ryo and aya scene...coz i feel the scene where ryo watches aya playing basketball is very nice..

I agree.

i think that if that guy was suppose to be Haruto then aya's parents would have deffinately spoke to him or acknowledge him in some way u know like saying thank you to him again, and plus u know how Aya's dad loves to tease him so don't think they would ignore haruto!!
but then again i think only the director can answer whether that guy is haruto!!

in my opinion though i don't think that guy was haruto, for me i want to remember only the young version of haruto the one that stayed by aya's side hehe!!

*actually the last scene we see of aya and haruto is when they are 20 years old not 18, as in when they were both in the hospital and haruto was reading the diary, correct me if im wrong!!'

anyone know where i can download this drama? no clubbox or bittorent

^erm...that's kinda hard coz the only links available i think are in clubbox or bittorrent...

I'm pretty sure that guy was not Haruto. Considering his important role in the story and his relationship w/ Aya, I'm sure they would have separated him from the crowd and have him join Mizuno-sensei and her parents.

I see what you mean and I respect everyone's opinion on this but I personally think that is supposed to be Haruto. Even though it seems a bit rushed for Haruto to be with another woman and have a child already, I think that the director/writer wanted to show that he went on living, it's what Aya's message has been all along, right? Even at the end she said 'Ikirunda' and 'Ikiru' means 'live' so she said something like 'Live on'. Also, I don't think it said anywhere how much time elapsed after Aya's death that the parent's visited her grave. It could have been soon after, a year later or a few years later even. I don't think it's impossible for Haruto to have a kid. Also, if you think about it, Madoka and Tanaka-sensei also had a child and to me he looks between 4-6 years old? Anyway, we can all just ponder about this.

As for behind-the-scenes or outtakes. I saw some extras but they were just quick interviews but no Ryo sadly.

you can try finding it at solid07.net under multimedia. i saw episodes 1-4 (YSI and SS links) there just yesterday. good luck.

the final episode of 1 Litre of Tears was sad. although at times, i didnt quite 'understand' some scenes. i guess the last scene where aya is in the gym playing basketball is widely debatable, and quite confusing.


i actually would like the ending MORE if aya's grave was filled the important people in her life; such as her family, HARUTO, and her friends.


but netherless of everything, 1 Litre of Tears was a great drama. it was indeed the most inspirational drama i've watched by far. =)

i don't know if this question is a little repetive in this forum or not.

since this drama is based on a nonfiction novel, do they have the book in an english version? i'm very interested in reading the story. thanks in advance.

this girl's got it on her livejournal. each ep is split to four parts so you'll have to combine it after dl. i'm not sure if she has all ep up but i know she has ep1-7 and ep11.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/spikiegirl/



i don't think the diaries were ever translated to any other language.

You can try going to a Kinokuniya bookstore to see if they have a translated version. They have a lot of translated japanese novels.

OMG, i just finished this drama. it was so sad. i felt sorry for aya in the movie with her unrequited love with Asou and for the real life aya who hasn't yet had the chance to experience real love. it's such a tragic drama. at first i thought i wouldn't cry but i couldn't control my tears. this is truly one of the best drama i've ever watched. it wasn't slow or anything. her words and sayings were wise and it made me more appreciative of life.

I agree that this drama was the best that i have ever seen, But i guess watching Both Nobuta and Namida was too much for me to not take a favorite.. I chose Nobuta.. Aniways, My point is that during Eps. 7 i started to see the repetitiveness of the whole "Live On" theme. I was just turned away from it. Overall, This is the only drama that made me cry so much, i really helped me cry over all my other stress and stuff, I cried a billion Liters of Tears..

I was very disappointed that Haruto wasn't at the End, and that was the only thing that i really noticed about it instead of the huge crowd of People affected by that story/disease..

I am guessing that Haruto wasn't in the end because maybe Haruto really did 'live on.' Haruto might be researching more about the cure to Aya's disease, Spinocelpular Degenaration Disease.. (Yes, I spelt that S-- word wrong- don't wanna look it up) -- Aniways, It would have been nice to see Haruto, But who can look as Hot at Ryo Nishikido 5 Years Later?? Answer: Noone, But himself, Therefore, I guess they just didn't find someone Hott enough to replace Haruto with..
[Yes, I realized that i just made no sense at all]

Aniways, Haruto isn't a real person in the real Aya's Life anyways..

[Someone tell me what i am talking about!!]

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I only wish i knew about this thread a while ago..

i believe it's only been a year...remember when aya's mom said, "it's been a year since i haven't seen you...are you well...???"

so yeah..i think it's been a year since aya passed away anyways, do any of u guys know if a translated version of aya's diary is published and sold here in the US? anyone know where i might be able to order it from?

that could be but i think like what other people said, aya's parents and her docter would have acknowledged that he was Haruto because Haruto had as big a role as the docter. plus whats the point of putting Haruto in if he moves on already, only a year after.

the ending with all those people are suppose to represent the fact that aya's diary affected a lot of people and those people appreciate and are coming to pay respect to her. since they don't show anyone specific, i think they are people that don't personally know the family.


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just want to say that nothing personal towards thaigerl. sorry if i came on kind of strong...i just love this drama...sorry and i do respect your opinion.

Yupyup. I respect thaigerl's opinion, but I think that^ makes more sense to me..

hey everyone! happi new years!^^
i haven't saw this whole drama yet but i saw the last episode and it's soo...SAD!!! well..Erika die at the end and..i cried!! cuz..it's soo SAD!! i actualli cried at the part that Ryo was crying. This drama is realli touching and it's soo SADDDDD!! btw..did i mention that it was SAD??? well..Erika died at the end but life goes on...so sadd..*cries*

HELP

i just saw the first 3 episodes (hard subbed) and dying to see more, but bittorrent files from d-addicts is going super slow. I tried downloading episode 4 from absolutebaka's clubbox and it went 7kb/sec, is there any other clubbox/torrent files that goes a little bit faster?

^it happens sometimes that clubbox goes that slow..jst give it a bit more time..it usually picks up

i agreee with all you guys...

but i think toward the end everything was rush.. so everything didn't turn out as well as i thought...

i think the movie was really touching and sad though.... but still in the end everything was in a rush...

but i still liked it...

Gah, I'm missing this drama a lot T^T; It had been one of the few shows I followed religiously for the past 11 weeks. Oh btw, anyone has the translations for the song Kona Yuki? I'm really curious as to what it means after hearing it repeatedly throughout the drama.

Kona Yuki means 'Snow Powder' but that's all I know about it. I haven't actually sat down to listen to it all and translate it.

I LOVE THIS DRAMA
but i only saw the first 4 eps.
i cried so much on the 3rd ep T_T
she is sooooooooo cute!
i bet on the last episode im gonna run out of tears ;o;

the bitorrent from this place is super fast so give it a try:D http://www.kiokukonseki.com/mambo/index.ph...&id=7&Itemid=12

i saw this thread and downloaded the first two episodes 2 days ago. OMG this is one of the saddest dramas ive ever watched in my life. so i finished downloading the entire series and watched all of it yesterday. RYO is such a great actor, he portrayed his role really well. i cried so much yesterday(while watching). no wonder its called 1 Liter of Tears

finally finished the whole drama today and i think i cried a bucket of tears. (hahaha kinda exaggerating, but it's ok)

Dude......wat might've been a good ending (or my preferred ending) would be Asou and Aya getting married before she died. She really wanted to get married and i was yelling at the tv, "Ask her to marry you ASOU! hurry hurry!" lol. And when he was reading her diary and in the diary she wanted someone to hold her tightly, i wanted Asou to like hug her dammit! haha. TOO intense the last episode.


THIS DRAMA ROCKS!

^ I agree with the hugging part that it would have been nice if there had been something more closer like a hug or hand holding but all we got was really good friendhsip between the too but I like it too.

As for the marriage part, it's a nice idea but then it would be even more compared to Sekachuu and I think they were still too young.

^ Yes, I agree that they're still sort of young to get married, plus, I don't think their relationship is at the stage to get married. In Sekai Chuushin, the two characters are deeply in love, so their wedding is to be expected, but here in 1 litre of tears, I think that both of them are just a little bit more than friends, but not at that stage yet. Also, I don't think Aya wants to bother Asou with her disability, and didn't she say that being with Asou is a pain for her, for he reminded her of what she cannot be? Another reason is that, including the marriage part might go a little too far to the original story. Afterall, Asou is just a fictional character. In reality, there was no Asou, that is why, we can't ask too much, and this drama isn't a love story to begin with.

However, I think that a little hug or a more intimate gesture would be nice... When Asou was reading the postcard of another girl with the same disease to Aya, and when Aya held out her hand, I thought he would hold it, but evidently, he did not.

i love that drama xD its so friggin sad =/

I don't think a translated version of the book is out. I bought the Japanese version at Kinokuniya San Francisco; I'm sure it's available on Amazon Japan or something.

The diary is so sad, it's great!! I really reccomend it to anyone that can read Japanese, and enjoyed this drama. Hopefully they translate it!

The part when Asou kun was reading Aya's diary and when he got to the bit where she says, she wanted someone to hug her tightly, i REALLY wanted him to hug aya then.

I actually wouldn't have wanted Aya and Asou kun to get married, i don't think she would have done it even if Asou kun proposed because aya's so unselfish and knowing that she would die and leave Asou kun on his own, leaving him in more pain she wouldn't have done it. Just like how in episode 10 she didn't want to see Asou kun anymore in a way i felt like she wanted to protect him from the pain!!

I agree with crazyMuka and because_of_you's statements. I don't think Aya would have wanted Haruto to be binded to her even in death because she didn't want to be a burden to him. Even if he gets married, I think Aya had a greater effect on his life than any other girl he would end up with would have.

just wondering where i can get the soundtrack for this drama, there's some pretty good song in here