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Jan 04, 2026
December 25, 2025
December 25, 2025
Synopsis
Thirty-five-year-old novelist Makio Koudai never had a good relationship with her older sister Minori, who always berated her for being different. Due to this, Makio is not stricken with grief upon hearing the news that Minori and her husband die in a car crash. But when Makio is asked to identify their bodies, she runs into her 15-year-old niece, Asa Takumi, whom she has not seen in years.
Struggling to process her parents' death, Makio reassures Asa that her complicated feelings are valid and suggests that the teenager start writing in a diary as a way to cope with the loss. Upon learning that no other relatives wanted to take in Asa, Makio decides to become her guardian despite her lack of experience. In a world full of uncertainty, the novelist and teenager must learn to live with each other while figuring themselves out.
[Written by MAL Rewrite] Ikoku Nikki
Characters & Cast

Koudai, Makio
Main
Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Takumi, Asa
Main
Mori, Fuuko
Japanese

Kasamachi, Shingo
Supporting
Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Nara, Emiri
Supporting
Morohoshi, Sumire
Japanese

Minori
Supporting
Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese

Daigo, Nana
Supporting
Matsui, Eriko
Japanese

Touno, Kazunari
Supporting
Kondo, Takashi
Japanese

