A Married Woman's Lover

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jul 05, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English
  本能にはあがらえない…
  I can't go against my instincts...
  This review contains spoilers. 子供を産みたい…女性として生まれたら誰でも一度はそんな感情に取り憑かれる事があるはず。特に30代半ば近くになると出産というタイムリミットも見えてくる。結婚をし婦人科系の病気もなく妊娠しないことは子供を願う女性にとっては人生全てが不妊治療一色になって無限ループの渦の中でもがき苦しむ生活を送ることになって誰が彼女を断罪出来るでしょうか…子供を諦めることが出来るのなら諦めたい。諦めて彼と穏やかな愛のある２人の生活が目の前にあるのに関わらず織江さんは愛のない７年不妊治療をし続けた不毛の結婚生活を自ら選びました。妊娠、出産は努力のしようがありません。頑張って不妊治療し、多額のお金をかけたから必ず授かるわけでもない。努力せずとも結婚してすぐに授かる人もいる。それがいかに織江さんを苦しめているか…織江さんと同じ体験をした人じゃないとホントの彼女の苦しみや切なさ、子供に対する執着心はわからないと思うのです。織江さんの選択が正しいか間違っているか誰かが批評するのはおかしいと思います。織江さんは自分の子供がほしいのでしょう。誰の子供でも構わないのかもしれません。子供を産む可能性のある男性を選んだだけのこと。作品は織江さんが結局夫の元に戻りまた不妊治療をしにクリニックに通う場面で終わっています。通りすがりにある男性の落とし物を拾って声をかける場面…まさかその男性と？ただ拾ったのは善意だけ？その善意の行動の裏に作為的なものを感じてしまうのは私だけでしょうか…結局織江さんは我が子を抱けることになったのか、それとも願いは叶わなかったのか、叶わなかった場合どんな人生を歩んでいくことになったのか知りたいです。我が子を抱けなかったとしても織江さんには幸せになってほしい！是非織江さんのその後の人生を描いていただきたいと切に願っています。

  This review contains spoilers. I want to have children... Anyone born as a woman should be possessed by such feelings at least once. Especially when you're close to your mid-thirties, you can see the time limit for giving birth. Getting married and not getting pregnant without a gynecological illness means that for women who wish to have children, their whole lives will be full of infertility treatment, and they will live a life of struggle and suffering in the midst of an endless loop... who can condemn her... if she can give up on children, I want to give up. Regardless of the fact that they gave up and the lives of two people with peaceful love were right in front of them, Orie chose a barren marriage where they continued infertility treatment without love for 7 years. There is no way to make an effort to get pregnant or give birth. I did my best to treat infertility, and since I spent a lot of money, I'm not always going to get it either. There are also people who get married and get married right away without making an effort. How that is hurting Orie-san... I don't think anyone who has had the same experience as Orie-san wouldn't understand her true suffering, sadness, and obsession with children. I think it would be strange for someone to critique Orie's choice whether it was right or wrong. Orie-san probably wants children of her own. Maybe it doesn't matter who's kid is. It's just that they chose men who are likely to have children. The film ends with Orie eventually returning to her husband and going to the clinic for infertility treatment. A scene where he picks up a lost item from a man passing by and calls out... no way with that man? Did you just pick it up with good intentions? Am I the only one who feels something artificial behind that act of good intentions... I'd like to know if Mr. Orie ended up holding her own child, or if her wish didn't come true, and what kind of life she would go through if it didn't come true. I want Orie-san to be happy even if she doesn't hold my child! I sincerely hope that you will depict Orie's life after that.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Sep 10, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  なぜ低評価なんだろう？
  Why the low rating?
  誰ひとり同情ができない登場人物たち、結末は読者に委ねるストーリー構成。とてもノスタルジーで良かったな。

  The story structure leaves the ending up to the readers, with characters that no one can sympathize with. I'm glad it was so nostalgic.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Apr 05, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English
  8年目に…
  In the 8th year...
  This review contains spoilers. 妊活をしたことがない人でも引き込まれる作品だ。妊活ループに巻き込まれた主人公は優しい恋人を得て幸せな時間を過ごす。そしてなんとかループから抜け出そうとするが、最後の最後で引き戻されてしまう心理描写が幼い主人公の姿で巧みに描かれている。優しい恋人と結婚して養子を迎えるとか、精子提供してもらうとかではダメなのかなと思うのは妊活を知らないから？苦労して自分の子供を手に入れても必ず幸せになるとは限らないのに。そして人生の最後に残されるのは電車で見た老夫婦だというのに。ゴミにするには7年という月日は長すぎたということか。

  This review contains spoilers. It's a work that even people who have never had fertility treatments will be drawn in. The protagonist, caught in a fertility loop, gets a kind lover and has a happy time. Then, when they try to get out of the loop somehow, the psychological depiction of being pulled back at the very end is skillfully depicted in the form of a young protagonist. I wonder if it's no good to marry a kind lover and adopt a child, or have sperm donated, because I don't know fertility? Even if you go to great lengths to have children of your own, you won't necessarily be happy. And even though the last thing left in my life is an old couple I saw on the train. Does that mean 7 years was too long to turn it into garbage?

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