Ruri no Shima

Title: Ruri no Shima
Episodes: 10
Genre: Drama



Synopsis: This is a touching drama about a young girl never loved by her parents, who comes to live with a foster family on a small isolated island and how she learns to love again, bonding with her new family. The story is set on Hatomi Island, a small island in the southernmost part of Japan. The population of the island is only 49 people, and it is so small that you can circle it in an hour. There are no hospitals, no police, no banks, no convenience stores, but it is a beautiful island surrounded by coral, and full of blooming hibiscus flowers.

The only school on that beautiful island is in danger of being closed as there are no more children on the island. The only public institution on the island, the elementary school is a symbol of hope for the future for the people still living there. Closing the school means that the island would be abandoned from society, and would with time become an uninhabited island. To try and avoid the school closure, Yuzo Nakama, who was born and raised on the island, has an idea that he will bring a foster child from Tokyo to live on the island. He goes to Tokyo to look for a foster child, and the girl he meets is Ruri Fujisawa, a flashy dressed 6th grader with wavy hair, who has grown up never knowing her parents’ love.

The inhabitants of the island, Ruri Fijisawa (Narumi Riko), and a mysterious visitor named Tatsuya (Takenouchi Yutaka) all converge to tell a story about community and family.

Episode 01: [1:MU 2:MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS3:SS]
Episode 02:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 03:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 04:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 05:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 06:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 07:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 08:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 09:[MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS]
Episode 10: [1:MU 2: MU] OR: [1:SS2:SS3:SS]