"1 Litre of Tears" or;
A Young Girl's Fight for Life.
(Aya's Diary).
1 Litre no Namida (1リットルの涙, Ichi Rittoru no Namida
This book has been made into both a J-drama and a J-movie;
Watch Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese Drama and Movie online!
This beautifully moving drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. The book that later followed entitled “One Litre of Tears" has sold over 1.1 million copies in Japan alone. Fifteen year old Ikeuchi Aya was just a normal girl, soon to be high school student and daughter of a family who works at a shop that makes tofu. As time passed, unusual things started happening to Aya lately. She started falling down often and walks in a strange way. Her mother Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?
In this screenshot from YouTube Part 2 of the J-drama;
One Liter Of Tears Episode 2.2 - YouTube
Aya is walking away from a checkup at the hospital. Behind her is the little J-girl who Aya was just acting friendly with, and the man in the white lab coat is Aya's specialist doctor.
In the wheelchair is the little girl's father, who -unknown to a blissfully unaware Aya- is in the final advanced stages of the same incurable disease which Aya herself is just in the first stages of;
I got my English translation of the book from here;
Kinokuniya BookWeb
It is definitely the officially authorized English version of the book.
Below; the real Aya Kita;
