He must focus on his work and unfortunately, that isn’t entirely possible when living in a house with five other people and a camera crew, where you kind of have to do more than sit at the dining room table and get interrupted by everyone else’s nonsense. Soon after the two OGs leave, Peppe makes a startling announcement that he is also leaving Terrace House – in a sense, he has reached his goal of creating a published manga, but now he must buckle down and continue on with it. It’s a somber moment and worthy of reflection of the two – out of everyone who came in Week One, Haruka and Ruka showed the most self-reflection and growth. With Haruka and Ruka ’s exit, we see the last two OG Tokyo 2019-2020 housemates leave. After creating a pasta dinner from scratch(!) for everyone in the house and giving a beautiful speech in English, Ruka surprises the other housemates with his departure, saying that he has worked very hard to be able to cook for them and to practice his English but that it’s time for him to go. It’s a really lovely, quiet moment that serves as a perfect palate cleanser after Haruka ’s rejection.ĭuring this same week, we see the departure of not only Haruka, but Ruka as well. Thankfully, in the same episode we get to see Peppe ’s dream come true, because his manga is officially published and released! There is a truly wonderful sequence where he walks to the local conbini to search for it, reads through it with the slightest hint of tears in his eyes (though none are shed) and he proceeds to buy many copies of it. It’s a very vulnerable moment for Peppe, which ups his status as number one housemate of the season and not the fact that his Italian accent is way more pronounced when he speaks English, I swear. Despite putting on a brave face for Haruka, he later talks to Ryo about it in English, where he confesses that when it comes to being in a relationship with someone, he always has a hard time passing through the threshold he is just unlucky in love. Still, it’s a big disappointment for viewers and for Peppe as well. To be fair, she is leaving the Terrace House very soon and says that she doesn’t see how a relationship can grow if they’re not seeing each other every day like they are as housemates. After such a long hiatus and the fact that he has a major deadline, it’s natural to react with reproach and an eye roll – of COURSE Haruka would reject another person she had shown so much interest in. Part Three picks up where we left off and it appears that Haruka has changed, but not by much – she fully ends things with Peppe before they could even begin. She decided that she would tell him her feelings the night before an enormous deadline for his manga, which is right where Part Two ended. Our cliffhanger for Part Two is a tragic one Peppe had confessed his feelings to Haruka, who needed time to think things over. For Part Three, there needs to be some paring down of information or we’re just going to be here all day long. In Part Three alone, there are twelve different people living in the house throughout the twelve episodes, and there is just too much content to focus on. In recent reviews of Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020, the focus has been on the journeys of each individual housemate and how they connect to each other with Part Three, this format would be nearly impossible to achieve in a way that isn’t dreadfully DENSE.