"Kanchi was standing there as Satomi bent down to tie up his loose shoe lace. And from the opposite direction, a familar figure was walking towards his direction. It was a busy morning in Tokyo but his eyes can't miss that person. Because that person was Rika Akana. She didn't seem to realise his presence but he couldn't seem to ignore her presence. Should he call her? Or should he let the past be the past?" That is one scene in Tokyo Love Story that I could never forget, and excluding Oshin, that drama was my first Japanese drama. It's really a bitter sweet moment when you come across such situation. Should you call her? Should you pretend that you don't see her? The following scenes were even more memorable. "Do you ever regret it?" Rika asks. She was refering to that fateful day few years back. Rika gave Kanchi a deadline to make up his mind, whether to choose Rika who was his present or to choose Satomi who was his past. Rika was waiting for
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)