Haruko and Misuzu have a much closer relationship than throughout most of the TV adaptation, and Haruko treats Misuzu as her daughter while in the TV series the two rarely interacted with each other unless absolutely necessary.
Haruko and Misuzu have a much closer relationship throughout the movie compared to the TV series. While Haruko is shown to be irresponsible at times, she clearly treats Misuzu as her daughter, in contrast to the distancin where the two rarely interacted with each other unless absolutely necessary.