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Given a very potent and debatable topic, I feel the writer has not justified the topic promptly, maturely or courageously in the way that the topic deserved, assuming that the writer wanted to justify the topic in consideration. Since this was released in 1999, it was probably way ahead of its time. Nonetheless, the script probably was written to score ratings through melodrama and cliff hangers, as most of opportunities for rational, logical and straightforward plotlines have been ignored. I rated this series for its potential, rather than the actual outcome. I applaud the courage of the writers and producers for opening up this can in the first place.

Majo No Jouken is one of my favourite Japanese drama. I don't wanna interpret what Kazuhiko Yukawa wanted to show in his script. I just want to talk about what I felt when I was watching this drama.

For me, Majo no jouken is like a story of getting out of the Garden of Eden. I never read Bible before and I'm not a Christian, so you can definitely say my point is wrong. Michi Hirose was a teacher of a private high school. She had a very good boyfriend who just proposed. She had a very good family background. Her dad was an important figure among headmasters in Tokyo. Her life seems perfect at that time. That's why her best friend was jealous.

However, deep insider her mind, she wasn't happy at all. Her dad still strictly controlled her life, monitored her after she became an adult. As a teacher, she wasn't successful at all. The students in her class didn't listen to her class, and even "bullied" her in various ways. She worked hard and she really wanted her students to get better, but she didn't receive any positive feedback. That's why she wanted to get married as soon as possible so that she could quit her job. She lost all her enthusiasm for being a teacher.

Then, that morning, she met Hikaru Kurosawa. The beauty of his smile shocked her. He was like the snake who seduced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. She probably fell for him after he passed her her ring. So after she came back home when her mom told her dad that she's gonna get married, she wanted to say something, but she pressed it down. Fortunately, Hikaru Kurosawa transferred to her school. I really like the scene when he was sitting under the cherry blossom tree. It was amazingly beautiful.

The first turning point of their relationship was when they skipped the class after Michi Hirose was bullied. They went to the beach, lied under the sunshine. He told her about his friend who blackmailed him. He threw his phone into the water, but she got it back and told him that she would call him. It was the first secret they shared.

As the result of the first turning point, Michi left the restaurant where her family and her fiancé's family were meeting for the first time and Hikaru told his previous classmate who blackmailed him that he was not going to give him money anymore. It was a huge step for both of them. One important detail was that Michi made her decision after she called Hikaru. He told her he was not gonna escape anymore. She asked him where he was, and he replied he was in the land of freedom. She said could she go there too, and he said she could go there if she wanted to go. A few meters away, her parents were talking with her fiancee and his parents. She chose to leave and to be free.

She went to the beach and Hikaru went there too. When she was trying to get her ring back, her body went on top of him and she realizes there's a line that she couldn't cross between him and her.

Hikaru was jealous about her relationship with her fiancé, unhappy about how she treated him like a teacher to a student. He went to somewhere like a club. Michi found him. I really like the lines after they went out of the club. Hikaru said something bad about her fiancé. She praised her fiancé by saying he's kind, mature and her parents like him a lot instead of saying that she loved her fiancé. Hikaru said something like: "Which character are you playing now? A good teacher? A happy fiancée?

Or a good daughter who can please her dad?" From this line, we can see the only person who understood her pain was Hikaru. Only he knew that she wasn't happy at all.