What a Wonderful Life

Season 1

1993 · 12 episodes · 12h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   1 Jul 1993 · 60 min

   Shibaki returns to his hometown to work as a high school teacher, only to find that his niece Haruka is his student. He visits her mother, Yume, and his long buried feelings of love for her reawaken.

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   2. Episode 2

   8 Jul 1993 · 60 min

   Shibaki confesses his love for Yume at school. Her ex-husband Shimpei hits Tsubaki, but then Yume's daughter Haruka and Shibaki's girlfriend Hatsune appear, baffled by what the fight is about.

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   3. Episode 3

   15 Jul 1993 · 60 min

   Shibaki tutors Haruka. Yume comes, and overhears him telling Haruka about his first love, Yume. He takes them out to supper. Yume explains she fears love because of what she's been through.

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   4. Episode 4

   22 Jul 1993 · 60 min

   Shibaki takes over the announcements to speak out for true love. Meeting with the principal, Yume says Shibaki should marry Hatsune, but Shibaki yells how can she talk about love, while hiding from it herself.

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   5. Episode 5

   29 Jul 1993 · 60 min

   Yume is admitted to hospital to have a breast removed. Shimpei stays there all night. The next night Shibaki comes, and swears her he will take care of her no matter what.

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   6. Episode 6

   5 Aug 1993 · 60 min

   Shibaki ends it with Hatsune. He convinces Haruka to let him marry Yume, who finally accepts Shibaki's love. Haruka returns home to find a tape from her real father, Shibaki's older brother.

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   7. Episode 7

   12 Aug 1993 · 60 min

   Kunio meets his daughter Haruka for the first time. Her adoptive father Shimpei leaves, and Haruka yells at Kunio for leaving. Shibaki worries that with his brother back, Yume's feelings will turn to him.

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   8. Episode 8

   19 Aug 1993 · 60 min

   Haruka heads out on a trip with her father. Shibaki invites Yume and Shimpei to a special class where he proposes to Yume in front of everyone. She says yes.

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   9. Episode 9

   26 Aug 1993 · 60 min

   Shibaki's ex-girlfriend Hatsune starts stalking him, while the father of Yume's child, Kunio, hatches his own plot to try to pry Yume away from his younger brother.

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    10. Episode 10

    2 Sept 1993 · 60 min

    Hatsune is pregnant with Shibaki's child. Shibaki asks her to get an abortion, but gets cold feet. Amiko finds out, and tells Shimpei who tells Yume. Yume confronts Shibaki at Hatsune's place.

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    11. Episode 11

    9 Sept 1993 · 60 min

    Yume and Mitsugu get word that Hatsune is dead. They go to the funeral. Mitsugu accepts the blame, but then disappears. Yume sets out for his father's home trying to track down Mitsugu before he does something rash.

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    12. Episode 12

    16 Sept 1993 · 60 min