Ernest Schaal wrote:

> John W. wrote
>> Ernest Schaal wrote:
>>> John W. wrote
>>>>Haven't seen this particular show, but I find it hard to believe that
>>>>any Japanese drama would have a weepy heroine. Just can't be true.

>>>My oldest daughter used to complain about all the tears on Japanese dramas.
>>>According to her, the Japanese are always crying on these dramas. In truth,
>>>whole minutes pass sometimes with no one crying on those programs.

>>Tell your daughter those are called commercial breaks.

> Come to think of it, you are right. The commercial breaks don't have the
> tears, except for tears of joy. (What product wants to be associated with
> sadness?)

Actually, I think that this summarizes why Teruteru Kazoku was my 
favorite of this genre since I started using them for comprehension 
practice: barely a weeper in the bunch. I think entire weeks went by 
without tears.
KWW