Worlds Apart

Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio Kōdai attends their funeral and meets her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi, who is now left alone due to her parents’ death. The other relatives at the funeral speak insensitive words around Asa Takumi. Makio Kōdai gets furious at them and decides to take in her niece. Makio Kōdai, who has problems having relationships with other people, and Asa Takumi now begin to live together.

Cast

Yui Aragaki

as Makio Kōdai

Hayase Ikoi

as Asa Takumi

Koji Seto

as Shingo Kasamachi

Kaho

as Nana Daigo

Rina Komiyama

as Emiri Nara

Gin Pun Chou

as Kyōko Kōdai

Yuko Nakamura

as Minori Kōdai

Himena Irei

as Chise Morimoto

Shota Sometani

as Kazunari Tōno

Erika Takizawa

as Mimori

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