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Taisho Era Contract Marriage ~ The Substitute Bride and a Soldier's Fierce Love

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Season 1 · 8 episodes

E1
Chance Meeting - You're the One Who Will Have My Baby, Not Your Sister

Despite being the daughter of a viscount, Asako is rejected by high society and treated as a nuisance by her parents. When a marriage proposal suddenly arrives for Asako's younger sister from none other than Captain Kido, a soldier known f…

E2
Wedding - You Are My Wife and No One Else

Concealing the real reason behind their marriage, Asako and Shintaro go to the Tono mansion to ask for the blessing of Asako's parents. Surprisingly, they welcome the idea with open arms, and her father even offers to prepare her wedding k…

E3
Newlyweds - If Only I Knew

Asako begins her new married life with the mysterious and frightening Shintaro, and things get off to a rocky start. Despite the challenges, the newlyweds persevere and head for an outing into town wearing Western clothes. Things start to …

E4
Readiness - Ready to Risk It All

Asako is more than happy to receive a surprise visit from her sister, Hiroko. However, when she overhears an unexpected exchange between her sister and her husband, she suddenly remembers why she got married in the first place. Upset that …

E5
Jealousy - Want Me All You Want, I'm Your Man

Asako and Shintaro are on their honeymoon in the seaside town of Atami.Despite being on vacation, they run into Shintaro's colleague Sasaki, who asks him to attend a banquet with military leaders. Later that night, when Shintaro returns to…

E6
Friction - Not "Woman", She Is My Wife!

As Asako visits the Kido family home for the first time, she finds herself amid a conflict that has been ongoing for over twenty years between father and son. Displeased with Shintaro's father's verbal abuse, Asako speaks up, further infur…

E7
Past - You Are Enough As You Are

Feeling dejected after the trouble with Shintaro's family, Asako is surprised by an unexpected visitor, a woman who used to be Shintaro's nanny! After talking with her, Asako learns more about Shintaro's past and discovers some surprising …

E8
Future - I've Always Wanted to Be a Family

Shintaro, mentally and physically exhausted from the battlefield, meets Asako in a fateful encounter that changes everything. Even before she offered herself as a substitute bride, Asako discovers that Shintaro had taken notice of her... W…