Glass Heart – J-drama Episode 6 Recap & Review

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A Reconciliation
Episode 6 of Glass Heart begins with Toya in the hospital. When he doesn't turn up, Tenblank is asked to go on stage. The news of his stabbing breaks and the fans become restless as well. Seeing this, Akane starts playing the drums and Sho and Kazushi follow, giving Naoki leave to go and look after his half-brother.
A flashback shows Toya's mother being frustrated when he isn't able to play the piano correctly, comparing him to Naoki. She storms off and Toya
In the hospital, Toya wakes up. Naoki arrives and asks Toya if his fingers are okay. As a child, he never asked Toya. Naoki says that while music is everything to him, he doesn't have Toya's passion to fight for his music. Another flashback shows that Toya continued practicing piano even with bandaged fingers. The kids seem to get along but we see that Naoki soon left the house.
At present, Naoki tells Toya that he's grateful. Toya and his mother accepted Naoki even though he was from another family. Toya then tells Naoki to help him up and get him to the concert. He says he promised someone.
Another flashback shows that it wasn't the young fan who stabbed Toya. A man in a hood was about to stab the young woman when Toya jumped in the middle. He recognised the girl as a regular at his concerts and promised her that he will sing.
At present, Toya and Naoki begin a live stream from the hospital. For the first time, Toya calls Naoki his older brother and all of them, Overchrome and Tenblank, play together. Everyone loves it!
Afterwards, Akane comes to the hospital and Toya asks her if she's enjoying finding her own sound. She says she's loving it. As, Toya and Mahiro head back to his hospital room, they talk about happiness. Mahiro says he'll be happy when Toya gets them to the top. A flashback takes us back to their studio where Toya tells Mahiro he will take them to the top.
Back in the hospital, a doctor recognises Naoki and approaches him. She turns out to be the doctor who treated him after he got hit by lightning. She says his body won't hold up if he keeps doing concerts. When he refuses to stop, she asks him if he's okay with losing music through death.
The Tenblank members get drinks to celebrate the concert. They also play a game with Frisbees at the end of which Naoki tells the others they are officially going on tour!
The Episode Review
Episode 6 focuses on Toya and Naoki for the most part and we get a fair bit of insight into their childhood and their relationship.
It's definitely nice to get a larger backstory to Toya's broken fingers and even more heartwarming to see that Toya still didn't give up on music.
We also get a picture of the brother's relationship in all of its complexity, flaws and all. Their reconciliation is touching and the combined song is the cherry on top of the whole thing —another banger for the show's solid soundtrack.
On the other hand, the stabbing itself and the plotline around the fan does feel a tad too melodramatic. While it does prove that Toya can be kind and empathetic to his fans, the whole thing feels engineered to bring the brothers together.
It is all a bit drawn out as well. But the drama knows how to keep its viewers hooked as that ending bring troubling news about Naoki's health. Could this show be leaning more towards melodrama than we expected?
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