"Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day" Viewers in tears as daughter plays parents' favorite song on piano

The second episode of Fuji TV's " Getsuku" drama "Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day " (Monday 9pm) starring Haruka Fukuhara was broadcast on July 14th. The piano piece played by 10-year-old Morisaki Nonoka (Yamada Shiori), a repeat fare-free cyclist, for her parents moved viewers to tears.

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Set in a seaside child consultation center, the story follows Tsubasa Natsui (played by Fukuhara) as a new child welfare officer as he faces a variety of children and their parents and grows together with them. This will be Fukuhara's first lead role in a " Getsuku" drama.

Feeling suffocated by the effects of a marital quarrel in front of her children (domestic violence), Nonoka finally calls Tsubasa and the others for help. Kurata (Hayashi Kento) rushes to her side and blames her parents, but Nonoka defends them, saying, "Mom and Dad are not to blame. Please don't be angry at Mom and Dad."

Nonoka knew that her parents were working hard for her, and she had not been able to talk to Tsubasa and the others about the fight because she thought it would bring harm to them.

The reason why Nonoka would go to the shopping mall even if she had to ride for free was to play the piano that was installed there. She had been learning piano twice a week until she was in the third grade of elementary school, but she quit to concentrate on her junior high school entrance exam. She wanted to perform at a piano recital, but she couldn't bring herself to say, "I need money to perform. I wonder if Mommy and Daddy will allow it."

After hearing Nonoka's story, Tsubasa suggested, "That's no good. Children are the ones who should be selfish and say what they want to do and what they want to say. Nonoka, why don't you try telling her properly?"

Nonoka went to the shopping mall with her parents and Tsubasa. She confessed to her parents that she had gone to the mall because she wanted to play the piano, and that she wanted to perform in a recital just once.

"But there was another reason why I played the piano. That's why I want you to listen to it," said Nonohana, as she began to play Elgar's "Salut d'Amour" on the mall piano. It was a song that her parents had played at their wedding.

Nonoka had been thinking, ``Maybe if Mommy and Dad listen to this song, they'll become closer again. Maybe they won't fight anymore,'' and after she finished playing the piano, she pleaded with her parents in tears, ``Mommy and Dad. I really don't want you to fight anymore. Please.''

Afterwards, the episode showed Nonohana attending a piano recital. On social media, the episode sparked discussion with comments such as, "I cried my eyes out at this Getsuku show," "Nonohana was such a good girl," and "It was a really good story with a good ending. I'm glad for Nonohana."