About this season
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
Episodes (10)
1. Bad girl who saved the island of Okinawa
Aired 16 April 2005 • 60 min
2. Love's first taste of tears
Aired 23 April 2005 • 60 min
3. Courage given
Aired 30 April 2005 • 60 min
4. Hot tears of friendship and teacher
Aired 7 May 2005 • 60 min
5. again
Aired 14 May 2005 • 60 min
6. We meet her father's love of tears
Aired 21 May 2005 • 60 min
7. Typhoon eternal farewell night
Aired 28 May 2005 • 60 min
8. Cry of the desired bond between parent and child
Aired 4 June 2005 • 60 min
9. Sad truth of faith
Aired 11 June 2005 • 60 min
10. Which also gave the island one day..
Aired 18 June 2005 • 60 min