101 Marriage Proposal is the third Japanese drama title I had watched. It aired in 1991 making it almost 2 decades old. I have not watched the drama again ever since, but I still remember it as very touching.
Synopsis from DramaWiki:
101st Marriage Proposal is a “Beauty and the Beast” story starring Takeda Tetsuya (Virgin Road, 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei) as a down-on-his-luck man who has gone through 99 omiai (arranged dates with the intention of marriage if the date goes well). Not particularly smart, nor handsome, nor rich, he is a man who cannot lie and of course, has a heart of pure gold. On the 100th omiai, he meets Kaoru (Asano Atsuko), an extremely beautiful and talented cellist who can’t forget her dead fiancee.
Tetsuya’s lower than average look really hinder his path of finding love, but he continues to go to oimai with hope that maybe some day a girl will notice what he has inside his bad looks. When he meets Kaoru, he fell in love with her. However, Kaoru cannot see through his shells either, especially with a dead boyfriend haunting her psyche. Through his unrelenting efforts, he tries to heal her wounds and show her who he really is.
You cannot help but to sympathize with Tetsuya and his perseverance. Tetsuya with his low self esteem, continues to touch Kaoru with his kindness and sincerity. Even though at times he gets knock down by himself and others, but he keeps on getting back up again. My heart cringed when he is down and hurt. I cheered for him and pray that Kaoru will look his way.
I recommend this to everyone who is looking for a memorable drama, an old school drama worth watching (and waiting for loading time – sometimes the loading time is 2x the length of the video here in Jakarta T___T)
Watch online: Drama.WatchAnimeOn.Com
