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The Review Geek
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Glass Heart – J-drama Episode 6 Recap & Review
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? Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
The Review Geek
02-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Glass Heart – J-drama Episode 5 Recap & Review
A Plagiarised Song Episode 5 of Glass Heart begins with Tenblank working on a new song. Akane now sports orange hair! Since Kai left, they have a new manager named Gen, who soon drags Naoki out for a meeting. After he leaves, we see a flashback to the country house, in which Akane holds Naoki's hand and is about to confess her feelings. But he interrupts her and describes how he only lives for music and nothing else. He apologises to her and leaves. At present, Akane convinces herself that she's fine. After practice, Akane and Kazushi go out to get some food. Akane confesses that Naoki rejected her but that she's fine now. They come across a poster that reveals Overchrome is releasing new work on the same day as them. Toya sends Akane the new song and she realises it's the same melody as the one Naoki just composed. Naoki, Sho, and Kazushi discuss the situation in Akane's mother's restaurant. Sho suggests they hide this from Naoki and keep their track as is. Elsewhere, Yukino confronts Isagi about the fact that Naoki wrote all of her songs. Isagi makes it clear that she is not his equal and should follow his lead. Meanwhile, Toya gets frustrated that Akane hasn't replied to her. Akane reaches the recording studio in the morning to find her colleagues in a sour mood. Naoki has found out about Toya's song and cancelled their recording session. He says he has plenty of songs in his head and doesn't want to make a fuss about this one. Akane runs across town to meet Toya and asks him to change his song because she knows the Tenblank song means a lot to Naoki. Toya calls Naoki and tells him that Akane is his now. He takes her to his studio, where even Toya's colleague Mahiro confirms that they didn't steal the music. Thanks to the phone call, Naoki rushes to Toya's studio and tells Akane to come with him. Toya then challenges Naoki to a battle, saying they should play both songs and let a crowd decide which is better. The winner gets to release their song. In the process, Akane realises that Toya and Naoki are half brothers! They share a father and both got the melody from Toya's mother. Naoki even recognises one of Toya's pianos as the one from their childhood, during which Toya had crushed his fingers with the keyboard lid. He plays the music on the piano — it's a sorrowful melody that brings even Toya to tears. Before they leave, Mahiro warns Naoki not to use his music to make Toya unhappy. As they return, Naoki admits to Akane that he didn't know how to work well with a person he liked. He did things that he regrets. Akane assures him that the Tenblank members love him even if others don't. And they will reach new heights together. When Akane praises the music he played on the piano, he tells her that the second half was inspired by Tenblank's unique sound. Meanwhile, Yukino is still upset about the fact that Naoki wrote all of her songs. She gets a call from Isagi, who says he's found a way to get a new song for her. The day of the battle between Toya and Naoki arrives. Toya is in the parking lot when he encounters one of his fans, who stabs him. The Episode Review Glass Heart Episode 5 keeps things moving for Tenblank and then adds a bump in the road by bringing Toya and Overchrome back in the picture. The entire plagiarism issue is a nice twist and you're left wondering when and how the theft could have taken place. Which makes the fact that Toya and Naoki are half-brothers a very, very intriguing reveal! It's unexpected but it also make sense in the way they behave around each other. Also, we finally get a glimpse into Naoki's past and learn something more about his character. The J-drama does like leaving certain things to interpretation though. We never understand why Toya crushed his own fingers with the piano or what led to such a sour relationship between the half brothers. We only get glimpses of this and the rest is left to our imaginations. It's not a bad thing but this kind of element might get varied reactions. The series continues to be extremely polished though. The camera work is incredibly sleek, the colours are vivid and it's quite satisfying, visually. That final scene does up the drama by quite a bit but we'll have to wait and see where this goes before making a judgement! Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
