Hi everyone. I used the search feature and couldn't find a dedicated Moteki thread but if this is in the wrong place I apologize.
Now I normally try to figure these things out on my own and I understand the nature of such a request is subjective, but for the life of me I can't understand what I'm supposed to take away/the meaning of Moteki's ending. Would anyone be willing to elaborate on what revelation(s) occurred with Yukio in the last two episodes or so? BTW I haven't seen the movie yet so I don't know if that helps clear things up at all or not. Thanks ahead of time.
EDIT: Also is it implied anywhere or at anytime what Natsuki is trying to shout to Yukio during her final scene in the drama? This stuff is bugging me for some reason more that it should.
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Title (romaji): Moteki
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: TBA
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2010-Jul-16 to 2010-Oct-01
Air time: Friday 24:12
Theme song: Yoake no BEAT by Fujifabric
Ending theme song: J-POP by Half-Life
Synopsis
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others). --Tokyograph
Cast
Moriyama Mirai as Fujimoto Yukiyo
Izumisawa Yuuki as 15-year old Yukiyo
Nonami Maho as Doi Aki
Mitsushima Hikari as Nakashiba Itsuka
Matsumoto Rio as Komiyama Natsuki
Kikuchi Rinko as Hayashida Naoko
Shida Maki as Hayashida Yuma
Arai Hirofumi as Shimada Yuichi
Hori Mayumi as Shimada Yurie
Lily Franky as Sumi-san
Hamano Kenta (•l–쌪‘¾) as Omu Sensei
Nobukawa Seijun as Komiyama Motoki
Denden as Yukiyo's father
Tomura Michiko (ŒË‘º”ü’qŽq) as Yukiyo's mother
Production Credits
Original writing (manga): Moteiki by Kubo Mitsuro (‹v•Ûƒ~ƒcƒƒE)
Screenwriter: One Hitoshi (‘åªm)
Chief Producer: Okabe Shinji (‰ª•”a“ñ)
Producer: Abe Shinji (ˆ¢•”^Žm), Ichiyama Ryuji
Assistant Producer: Tsuyuki Yukieda (˜I–Ø—F‹KŽ})
Director: One Hitoshi (‘åªm)
Music: Iwasaki Taisei (Šâ葾®)
I think the whole point of the ending was for Yukio's realization that he doesn't need to depend on his 'moteki' to seek for girls and that he can be a part of someone else's moteki. Kinda like going from seeker to becoming the one for a special lady to seek. A graduation of sorts, so to speak.
I haven't seen any Japanese dramas for an extremely long time but decided to watch this one, particularly because I have recently worked on a film starring Rinko Kikuchi. (Yeah...nothing to brag...I'm just a background actor)