Taiyou no Uta
(Song to the Sun)

This Japanese Drama, or jdorama, is about a girl who suffers from a sickness called xeroderma pigmentosum, which may be described as an allergy to the sun and is not allowed to be exposed to sunlight, according to Wikipedia. Therefore, she doesn't live a normal life, since the only time she is allowed to go out is at nighttime. Yet, even though she lives a life like this she continues to dream on becoming a singer. When she was 16 yrs. old while she was in the hospital, every 4 am she would see and observe a boy who is always carrying a bento (lunch box) and one day she saw him throw away his guitar. On her whim, she decided to get the guitar and through that her love and desire for singing sprung all thanks to that boy that she will eventually meet in the next 2 years.

The plot might seem cliché but what interested me in the first place was the illness called xeroderma pigmentosum (xp). I never knew that there was such thing. Which is one of the reasons why I watched it in the first place since most of these type of scenarios often involved cancer, cancer, and cancer and don't forget cancer! But then again, as told on the disclaimer of this show, the sickness varies from person to person and can cause an early end to one's life, in her case at 20 yrs. old and the show she's currently 18. But I haven't finished the show yet and I'm still on episode 2, so who knows? She might still live.

Overall, what I like in this show is the plot, at least they gave cancer a break and I don't know maybe Jdorama's just get to me. Also the thing that I really like is their instrumentals. I love hearing those and thanks to those sounds it helps to emphasize the sadness or joy of a scene. For me, Japanese composers are great, they need no words, and besides I couldn't understand what they're saying if they had lyrics.

Credits to http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com and http://www.d-addicts.com/forum for the pictures