A very well-acted, well-written series with an ending that I didn’t like but I can justify it in my own mind.

This is the story of two couples who are mismatched for all practical purposes.

The first couple: Michi and Yoichi:
Michi is a sweet, over-apologizing, over-bowing married woman to Yoichi, an unloving, sloppy, mess of a man who won’t have sex with her or give her any attention. He works in a coffee shop in where he even had sex with a co-worker.

Michi always loved her husband. Her husband didn’t return the love she wanted so she found that love elsewhere.

Enter Makoto, her boss, – a sweet, loving handsome alternative that gave her the love and attention she desperately needed.

At first, she seemed like she was really interested in Makoto – Even getting a divorce. But as time went on, she enjoyed her independence, and her ambition to get a better job and as that happened, she turned away from Makoto, hurting him deeply.

I, like many other viewers, felt horribly disappointed.

However, putting my rational hat on and leaving my emotional hat aside, I finally understood why Michi made her final choice.
She always loved her husband. Makoto was just a loving substitute. And at the end, Yoichi finally told her he loved her, and they went on with an apparently improved relationship. She had a new job, and he was going to start his own coffee shop.

The Second couple: Makoto and Kaede

Another unhappy couple – Kaede is a workaholic to the destruction of her marriage and hurt her ever-loving husband. Then he meets Michi and falls deeply in love with her and Makoto and Kaede get a divorce too.

Makoto is a wonderful husband: he cooks and takes care of the house, but because she is always working, she is rarely home or just plain tired. They too had a sexless marriage. So, he found someone who works for him with the same problems, and they share their problems verbally and almost had an affair.

Most of us would want Michi and Makoto, now that they are divorced from their partners, to finally find happiness with each other.

However, the bottom line here is that Michi STILL loves her husband and returns to him in the end – leaving Makoto alone.

I want to mention the OST in this series – it is perfect for this series. Here is the link to one of the songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-oL-dl-vFs

Even If You Don’t Do It series was expertly well-acted, well-scripted, and well-directed. However, I didn’t like the ending, but I understand it and it makes sense to me because she loved the loser and that is what we must remember. All he had to say was, “I love you” and that is all she wanted.

Would I rewatch it? Absolutely not. However, I would listen to the OST repeatedly!