Orange Yane no Chiisana Ie both characters are divorced(from a cheating neglectful husband, and a run away with another man and abandoned her children wife), and their dual protaganist, as they learn to live after that horrible experience and start to like blend their families.

Uchuu Kyoudai the main is a guy who just got fired but decides to give his dream of being an astronaut a chance.. it's pretty popular and it is fairly good.