Started on the series without knowing a thing about it and it was decent enough to keep me glued till the last episode.
I havent read the manga, so I do not that know if there are alterations to the actual story but not having known anything, it's a good series to follow and watch.
The video below has more scene highlights from the video which prob goes hand in hand with the spoiler synop.
"Piece" Story Summary (Spoiler)
The whole story revolved around these two protagonists - Narumi and Suga who were classmates back in senior high when they were still 17yo, with the scene starting at a funeral of a common classmate-Origuchi, when everyone is already in uni at 19yo.
Back in high school, Narumi is an "playboy" in school who obviously do not care for anyone's feelings and oblivious to expectations. He did what he liked and always has a cool demeanour. He is known to change girlfriends rapidly as if they were a change of clothes but the girls were strangely all still attracted to him, despite his notoriety.. A girl who got dumped once confronted Narumi in the school corridor about his attitude, but all Narumi offered to her was that he never once said he liked her. He only went out with her because she was willing to sleep with him.
Suga on the other hand is a diligent, and prim and proper gal who is completely opposite in character with Narumi. Suga deliberates about every action of hers, and never stray out of line. However, on a chanced incident where she had forgotten her text, that began her encounter with Narumi and their journey together.
The truth was, Suga was strangely attracted to Narumi and his inexplicable nonchalance. Narumi had a way of seeing through her and it bothered her that he seemed to read her well. So one day during the start of their summer break, she decided not to be a "good girl" and decided to do what she like instead, to head out and eat curry rice instead of eating what her mum had already prepared for her. By chance, Narumi saw her joy of delight and the two of them ended up together for the afternoon after Narumi offered a choice to go on an unplanned trip to nowhere in particular. "To go, or Not to go. Which is it?"
A hesitant Suga gave it 3 secs thought but decided to go along with Narumi, thoroughly enjoying herself and realising in one moment that both she and Narumi, are alike in someways. Their inability to relate to other people. During the bus ride, Suga told Narumi that she loves bus ride when she was a kid because she got lost once and relish the freedom and new unexpected wonders of the ride. When she turned around to look at Narumi, he was sleeping and didnt seem to hear her.
Towards the end of the trip on a beach, a bunch of hooligans approached Narumi but Narumi told them they had mistaken him for someone else. Yet when they started to harasses Suga, Narumi turned violent and punched the guy to the ground and Suga thinking Narumi might actually kill the guy shoved him away to stop the fight. When Narumi kissed a shivering Suga, he looked at her and asked "Why do you always have an expressionless face when I kissed you?"Suga didnt know what to say even though in truth, her heart was leaping when he kissed her.
In reality, Narumi has built a barrier round himself to prevent anyone getting close to him, while Narumi has an intrinsic appearance of being cold and non caring, making her unapproachable to many. Yet, around Narumi, Suga was happy and intrigued by him.
After the summer break, Suga bumped into Narumi at the bustop after school. Narumi at the bus entrance gave Suga another choice "To Board, or Not to Board? Which is it?" Suga recalled the wrong bus ride which she had taken when she was young. She realised there are 4 types of people in this world: 1. The type who never board the bus wrongly. 2. The people who always board the wrong bus. 3. The type who board the wrong bus and got off immediately and turned back to the right direction, 4. The type who boarded the wrong bus but persist on continuing the journey in the wrong direction.
(Note: I believe this is in reference to the choices and mistakes that people make in life)
Suga realised then that she was the 4th type. She boarded the bus, knowing the full implication and held Narumi's hand.
IN Narumi's room, he started to kiss her and proceeded to take off Suga's clothes. However at the last minute, Suga backed out and told him she couldnt go through with it. She offered instead only kisses and hugs and Narumi groaned out loud that wasnt fair. Then Narumi walked out of the room saying he is going to sleep in the living room now.
Suga discovered with shock at the mess the living room was. Apparently Narumi lived alone and a Kaseifu comes in once a week to clean up the mess. Narumi's mum has never lived with him. While enjoying the afternoon with Narumi, Suga made a deal with Narumi to come back again. Narumi said ok but not Fridays. Suga asked why not and Narumi said that was the day the cleaning lady will come. Suga then grinned and told Narumi that in that case, that will be the day she will come.
Came the following Friday, Narumi was waiting for Suga at the busstop near his place. When Suga got off, he asked her why did she have to take the later bus and Suga told him candidly that she didnt want others in school to find out that she was hanging out with Narumi the notorious playboy.
Back at Narumi's house, Suga greeted the Kaseifu but was met with a cold reception, warning her that a girl should treasure her old body and not regret it as her body will "remember" who it has been with. Suga smiled and politely told her that she will not do anything that she will regret, in a way assuring the cleaning lady that she will not be having sex with Narumi.
Instead, every Friday afternoon, Suga goes to Narumi's room and they both just hugged each other to sleep. Apart from the kissing and hugging, Suga was content and happy that nothing further progress. One afternoon, Narumi told Suga "I have gotten use to you sleeping by my side that I cannot sleep soundly without u now."
In school, Narumi continued the act of flirting openly with other girls. However, he drew the line when it comes to requests from girls to going to his place. Suga overheared that he would tell the other girls that his place is under renovation and so it wasnt possible for them to come over.
However over time, Suga started to fall in love with Narumi and it was getting harder for her to let everything stay as it is. So she told Narumi one day she couldnt go to his place anymore. There are too many things she wanted to know about Narumi but his wall was steadfast. It was hard on her to be away from him and so one Friday she decided to head to Narumi place but no one was in. She found the locked room opened and peered inside to find out the secret inside. To her horror, it was rows and rows of report and video on Narumi since he was a child. His mother, a renowned pyshcologist had used Narumi as an experiment and placed him under surveillance and controlled environment to study him, resulting in the weird distrusting character of narumi over time.
Narumi angry with Suga for digging into his secret told her he do not need her anymore. With that, it ended their secret dates.
To present day, Origuchi mum at the furneral requested Suga to find out the truth about her daughter. The mum revealed that Origuchi had an abortion and she wanted to know the father. Suga was reluctant at first but conceded in the end. The journey to discover the truth begins.
In the end, Origuchi wasnt the one who had an abortion, and Suga finally met Narumi's brother Hiro who was also placed under the same controlled monitoring by their mother. Hiro was the guy that Origuchi had fallen for but because of the experiments, Hiro could never be physically intimate with a woman. Narumi delivered the letter from Origuchi before she got sick and died. Hiro cried reading it. It said "I really like you."
After the mystery was solved, Narumi told Suga that their paths will never cross again probably and walked off. Suga however ran after Narumi and hugged him , telling him that she liked him and had loved their times together and she will wait for his return to see her again. With that, they went their separate ways.
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