The show basically consists of 4 stories:
1)The first episode (10/10)
2)The story of March (7.5/10)
3)The story of Gugu (9/10)
4)The story of Tonari (6/10)
The first story tackles what it means to be human. To want to get rid of your loneliness. To hope for something better even in the worse of circumstances. To want to live, not just survive.
The second story is about customs stemming from a grueling effort of man to control the environment for his survival, and fear.
The third story is about choosing your path into society, social acceptance, status and love.
The final story is about people living outside the societal norms. Some pushed and marginalized by society, some by their own doing. But all with their own rules and ethics.
The more the story of Fushi progresses, we dive into the intricacies of human behavior by increasingly visiting more complex social networks. From just surviving but wanting more, to being poor/uneducated and try to harness nature, to living at the bottom of the social pyramid but still holding your own, to being cast aside to form your own small society.
What an interesting journey!
I love the first story the most because it strips the human condition to its bare necessities, making the story timeless and always relevant.