Overview: Akai Ito (J)

This new Japanese drama "Akai Ito" (赤い糸 ) - (Thread of Destiny) (official Jap website), got its first airing on 6th Dec 2008 (sat).

Akai Ito" is one of the best-selling books of last year, is being adapted into a drama series and a film. Like "Koizora," it started out as a mobile phone novel and quickly gained in popularity, pushing it into the top 20 of Tohan's 2007 rankings.

I have finished watching the first episode and quite like it as far. I hope it will be nice sweet romance and wont be too tragic like Koizora....though we already know from first episode that Nishino's mum may have poisoned him via drugs? (Episode one summary)

Below is the synopsis I found online.

Taken from cellphone novel, two young characters (Takemiya Mei and Nishino Atsushi) faced various trial of life such as drugs, death and violence. The story explores their growth through all of those experiences, as well as the relationship between the two, who seem to be magically connected by the “red thread of fate.”