I never saw the manga, so my rating is just based on the movie itself. It had some heavy content in terms of life experience of a youth, but I felt it handled it pretty well. The only part they glazed over was the depression that ML (Kou) felt and Yui felt too. Other than that it's a great movie about friendship. The romance parts were cute and sweet. The music was okay and the production mostly good. The writing was okay too. The scenery was beautiful, especially the sunset landscape shots.

The reasons I didn't rate it higher like others, is because the crying and emotional moments fell a little flat, which could be the Director's fault or maybe the cast aren't as experienced as actors. The supporting role characters really didn't have much development or storyline and I wish that they had. IF this had been made into a series instead of a movie, to give it more time for character development and growth, I think my rating would've been higher.

It's a good watch, especially for a high school drama and those new to watching high school rom-com dramas. A solid 6.5/10!