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runningturtle2
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Sep 10, 2023
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

the story is not boring

I’m really into retro aesthetics, especially the Japanese ones! this movie shows the simplicity and naturally and focus on the characters rather than fancy scenarios and super chic outfits and places! I like the story and it’s not boring, its the kind of drama that makes you remember of someone special, it’s my second time watching so it was very nice! I recommend this movie to people who are into Japanese style movies I can feel that everything about the drama is natural and it’s just the closest to reality back then in japan!
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yopekas
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Jun 3, 2022
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 10

Great Story to Watch.

Cute story and very well directed. , The actors performance was very good. At first I thought Tori Matsuzaka who is 24 was too old to play the part of a high school student. He convince me in his performance that he was well match with the FL and there was great chemistry between them. I really enjoyed this movie. The story was well paced, with no extreme highs drama or ex-girlfriends with an obsession. Just a beautiful realization of self-worth for the FL. The ML finally getting the love he's been looking for. Great story to watch.
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PHope
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Jul 24, 2017
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Overall 2.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
Not something you haven't seen before. Actually, the story was just so so, and the whole hair thing was odd. Okay, the her talent with grooming one's hair was only used at the beginning and then towards the end as well. But, the description makes it sound like it would take upon the whole movie and it will be the base of everything. However, that wasn't the case. Unfortunately, that also meant that the whole upbeat, silly cute vibe that one would expect, was gone. Actually, the story is kind of a heavy love story, that wants to present the characters as complicated but never managing to present them in depth. In addition to that, the cartoon bears that appear out of nowhere really didn't agree with the whole atmosphere of the movie. In the end, this movie left confused on what was the concept it wanted to take on, so 2 out of 10.

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arashinta
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Nov 9, 2019
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
Aaand again, I'm not reading the manga yet. But that's an advantage for me to not set a high expectation on the movie (^_^)

This movie is good enough for me. Good, but not spectacular. The story develop firmly and sweetly, but the conflict of Tsubaki and Kyota quite light for me in this movie (well, this is teen life after all, what did I expected from it?), but I don't know for the manga. My most waiting in this movie is appearance of Yamaken. LOL.

The casts acting are good, they played so natural and have a good chemistry.
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michelleoc
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Aug 8, 2022
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Overall 6.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Cute, but nothing special

The male lead was a complete jerk, and I didn't like him talking about sex all the time. It made him seem like too much of a scumbag.

Female lead was written in such a way that she wasn't a doormat, which was refreshing.

The timing of the story was uneven. Not enough for us to see why they liked each other and then the obligatory breakup. I did like her standing up for herself.

I was disappointed in the ending. I felt that she gave up something that was important to her, to be with him. She says at the end that they are high school sophomores?!?! Too much going on for them to be that young. His confession was sweet, and long overdue.

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DramaHeroine
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May 21, 2016
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Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
I enjoyed the first half of this movie immensely more than the second half. The first half was light and breezy and adorable. The second half was a complete 360 into melodrama. I'm not against movie's that start out more comedic and lighthearted in tone before delving into some more serious territory.

I'm just against movie's that change their minds halfway through on what kind of story they want to tell.

(Music is 1 because I don't remember what the music was like.)
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