A short drama about a cat and her owner. The story, overall, was cute and it kept the interest high throughout the whole drama, so kudos for that. Also the length, 8 episodes for about 30 minutes, was efficient enough. I was actually afraid that the short length would have deprived the drama of a quality plot, but it actually didn't. The performances were really good as well. I have to give a warning though: the ending was super sad. Finally, one thing that I didn't like about this drama was that the girl was kind of annoying. But other than that, it was an enjoyable drama.

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A Poem a Day is a medical drama with focus on the romance genre. The story involves doctors who work in a rehabilitation clinic, as well as nurses and trainees. We expecially follow the story of a young physical therapist, who meets her ex love interest in the clinic and falls in love with the new team leader. Now, the medical cases weren't that interesting, as they were short, few and didn't give us neither many information on the situation nor some closure to them. The romance, however was very nice with the love triangle slowly developing into a strong one. I do wish there were more episodes, though, cause the drama focused on the romance and didn't give many details on the other characters stories. But, overall, it was a sweet and cute drama, which I much enjoyed, so 8 out of 10.

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Surprisingly an enjoyable drama. The story is kind of an ordinary drama story, with twins taking each other places, really evil rich people, a tragic leading lady and an awful past. The story is kind of entertaining, especially the romance, that was intense and there was clearly some good chemistry between the couple. Then, there were the performances. The leading lady was killing it, posing as the good and the bad sister effortless. She was actually very good and probably the main reason, along with the romance, that this drama was good. Also, the whole rich family drama was entertaining. So, 7 out of 10.

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Todome no Kiss is not one of those cute J dramas full of romance and manga like atmosphere. It is more of an intriguing mystery drama with an ending that might not sutisfy many. For me, the ending worked. It was fresh and original and I have never had an ending like this one before. So, I really liked it. Plus, it gave out hints for the second season of this drama. Secondly, the story was very interesting and entertaining. The time skiping was interesting as a theme, but the highlight of this drama was the main character. Eight was a character with many leyers and he had the audiance captured by his charms and tragic background. Also, the whole rich world thing, with its dramas and secrets, was very entertaining. So, great performances, nice built up and fascinating story are the key points of Todome no Kiss, the first drama from Kento's filmography that didn't follow the cute romance patern.

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Another manga movie, but with an unexpected ending. Actually, the movie was too manga like, with some ridiculous scenes, like the one where the girl 'jumped' out of the window and the surgery recovering guy brought her back into the room using only one hand... But, it was cute enough, with a light mood towards the love story and the whole sparkly theme. The girl was good enough, though the crying scenes weren't her it game... The boys were good as well, especially the 'second' lead, who was cute and funny, but a little too boyish. Overall, an okay movie, its best feature being the ending.

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The sequel of the first samurai movie has a lots of action but some unsolved plot twists. The main character, having finally found peace, he is summoned back into the world of killing in order to preserve that peace. Honestly, the girl who always gets disappointed over the non killing thing was annoying, but other than that, she wasn't in the film much. The action sword scenes were really good and the whole thing was once again a big production when it came to settings, costumes and special effects. The performances were good as well. But, my only concern was that everything seemed to just pave the way towards the third movie. So, 8 out of 10.

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I've got Luke warm feeling about this movie. It wasn't necessarily a bad one (if you have watched runaway beat you'll know that there are worse out there). The theme is not original and the love story is weak (actually, the second lead had more chemistry with the leading lady than the main couple) but at least they didn't add more cliché to an already cheesy story. Another plus was the leading lady's performance, that was unexpectedly okay considering she didn't have much to work with. Overall, 3 out of 10 for this movie, that won't be difficult to forget its story, but it's entertaining for a while.

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School 2013 focused on the school drama and not on a romantic story, which is a refreshing idea and gave more space for the true drama to unfold without an unnecessary love story to interrupt it. The story was very interesting, as it was dealing with issues like bulling and youth problems, as well as teaching methods and bad school politics. The performances were really good and that helped a lot, as well as the way the issues were presented. In the end, however, it felt like this drama needed an extra episode or two to conclude the stories, as the final one was kind of rushed and left a lot of things with not an actual ending. So, 8 out of 10.

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Not bad, but not as good as the first movie. This one had more appearance of the childhood friend, which complicates the love story a bit and the teams relations. It stirs some past wounds as well, with the past always popping up and the story focusing more on the characters. However, that means that the whole action theme that the first movie had is lost. It seems like the movie makers can't find the perfect balance between action and story depth. Though, the performances were good, maybe better than the first one, as the actors had more to work with other than the game dynamics, the whole team spirit and game thrill were lost, resulting to a bit of a boring middle and a really bad ending.

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I've got mixed feelings about this one. Although it was beautiful, for a story as a whole it wasn't much. The plot dragged through the two films in snail pace, with the story being revealed too slowly. There is some depth in it, with the girl finally revealing us that her mother left her five years ago. And there is more to it, if the film had made a better presentation of the girl's relationship with her mother. Also, it would have been good if the movie focused a little on the reasons why she left the city to come back to her farm house, or why she left the farm house in the first place. But maybe the second film gives a clearer view on the matter. Other than that, the film focuses on the connection between nature, agriculture and cooking. The sceneries are beautiful, as well as the cinematography regarding the cooking process. I guess you can say that the performance of the leading lady was good, though she didn't have much to work with. So, 5 out of 10.

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Refreshing story, but extremely boring. Okay, the plot was okay, with a girl who tries to play trumpet at her school club and a boy who wants to win the championship with the school baseball team. The film focused on their efforts to become the best in their field and to fulfil their dreams. With some ups and downs (which were the few only twists of the movie) they strive and overcome their difficulties. However, the movie never reaches that point where you can finally see that they had succeeded. Especially for the girl, we only see some scenes at the very end, when the movie has already finished. Good performances from the actors help a lot to make this movie better. However, the romance was extremely weak. So, 4 out of 10.

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