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As a viewer from Greece, I was so excited to come across this series and appreciated each and every episode of this series. The cinematography was sublime, the acting incredible. I will never forget this series and the stories/lessons it told... it will remain with me forever. However I have also noticed that others have rated this not too kindly, and from my honest opinion, I think its a cultural thing. Ive notcied that certain well crafted J dramas or K dramas have a lower rating when there isnt a happy ending. Some feel invested in a series and just expect a happy ever after ending. This drama depicted real humane issues and dealt with them with sensitivity and realism. Orange Days was always my fave J Drama, but this probably tops it.

Japanese Drama '' Sayonara no Tsuzuki '' is a romantic melodrama with a tragic story and tragic characters.

The drama incorporates the idea that the body has memory, but it is not that well presented, as the story is more focused on the romance and builds its story up from there.

As for the romance, it was odd, as the one person was wracked with grief and was trying to hold on to any spec of hope, and the other had an identity crisis at best. Most tragic of them all was the wife who was trying to figure things out.

The performances, on the other hand, were all great by everyone in the cast.

So, overall, five out of ten.

The direction and acting of this movie is absolutely phenomenal. I don't think they could have pulled it off without the actors, especially since the plot was a little ridiculous. Either ways, loved watching these actors on the screen and I truly felt the emotions they were trying to convey. I didn't expect to love Mrs. Naruse as much as I did, but she was such a greatly written side character. The colors were a little too saturated but the settings and mood were beautiful. And of course, it's always a treat to see the beautiful Kentato and Kasumi's chemistry...that in itself should be a reason to watch this.

The first episode started with a bang, but the show buries itself in an avalanche of ambivalence and a soapy cross between blah and meh. Major casting issues with this one. Kentaro Sakuguchi as the romantic male lead is a dud from the get-go. Zero star quality. And the "Mr. Nice Guy" piano player was a clueless yawn. Maybe to a lot of people, this love story has depth and heart (quite literally), but I had to stop watching midstream because of its total lack of chemistry between Kasumi Arimura and her rizz deficient love interests. It's not like Arimura is normally an ice-queen either. Her astonishing work with Takeru Satoh in Rorouni Kenshin: The Beginning was scorching, and in her more recent work in shows like Meet me after School, Call Me Chihiro and Ishiko and Haneo her hidden sizzling desires had me like "d*mn, that woman is hot.". Bottomline is that Beyond Goodbye's arty editing and top tier cinematography just wasn't enough for me. Chemistry is just one of those things where you know it when you feel it. And I just wasn't feeling it here.

BEYOND GOODBYE (2024) was a good Jdrama, especially initially, and started out strong but really lagged in the middle as far as the story went.

The story started out with tragedy but slowly twists into somewhat of a confusing romantic plot. The cinematography, settings, acting, music, and parts of the story were all very excellent.

"Saeko falls into deep despair after her boyfriend Yusuke dies in a car accident. A few months later, she meets Naruse who received heart transplant from Yusuke and now he feels something for Saeko in his heart."

This series was very compelling drama but I was never truly invested in the love story, or at least the romance in second half of the show, partially due to lack of chemistry between actors.

Overall, this was a pretty good watch, but the earlier episodes were definitely better. This series was definitely worth a watch.