This drama is quite harrowing and angsty, so much angst. The love story, although beautiful, was not enjoyable for me because of all the angst and the looming extra character in the story namely, HIV/AIDS.

Masaki's rebellious and wilful teenage antics led to her contracting the HIV virus, her behaviour after her diagnosis is very trying, annoying and frustrating; this can be attributed to her young age but I think she never improved as a person, even after life threatening experiences she just never seemed to learn from her mistakes and experience, her outlook never improved. This is the biggest negative of the drama, it's more than just the bad, whiny performance of Fukada Kyoko, she was also just very badly written.
Masaki's question that she asks in episode 1 is " is there anything you shouldn't do for something you really want to obtain?" This right here, sums her up perfectly.

The brightest and most enjoyable part of the story is Keigo, played by Kaneshiro Takeshi; his acting is just brilliant. He embodied Keigo's initial detachment and subsequent emotional struggle beautifully and with so much feeling and fervour. I did find myself pitying him more than I pitied the female lead which is testament to his great acting as well as the stilted nature of the female lead's trajectory.

The handling of the AIDS issue was somewhat clumsy at times. The social ostracization and family stress was well depicted, but show failed to handle the intricate details well, especially pertaining to physical intimacy between the leads.

Overall, I did enjoy watching this drama, however the sticky points were too much for me to ignore.

Music is ok.