Episode 7 was a multiple-hanky episode in which Keiichi, the dad, finally asserts his desire to love his kids. Keiichi has to hit rock bottom first, though. He gets fired from his job. He loses Kii's symbolic "dad" rock. He is busted for Mita calling in a bomb threat to Kii's school. He has zero confidence as a father. His kids see his pain as he tries to throw himself into the river. But they stop him by saying he needs to see Kii's play. So they reenact it at home in an incredibly cute way. He breaks down and apologizes for not loving their mother enough and asks for their forgiveness. And they accept him. It is nice to see Mita supporting Keiichi in her own weird way. Then the kids get even more curious about Mita's past...
In episode 8, the kids try to wheedle Mita's story out of her in some funny scenes as they challenge her in some games. But Mita is apparently a rock, paper, scissors/Rubiks' cube/basketball genius. (Props to Matsushima Nanako for her no cut, real time cube solving scene.) After that, the show gets serious as Grandpa ends up in the hospital. Of course, Mita ends up doing something totally outrageous again. Which leads to Grandpa admitting that he is afraid that everyone he loves will end up dead or unhappy. Mita sets Grandpa straight in her straightforward way. Several Kleenexes later, Grandpa makes up with his family. In a show of their feelings for Mita, the family invites her to dinner. Only after some heartfelt requests, Mita sits down with them. And proceeds to tell the saddest story ever about her past. More tissues are needed. I had to check DramaWiki to make sure there were more episodes since the show ends with sort of final-feeling scene. I was happy to find out there are 3 more episodes coming.
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