I will open my heart to you, this is the kind of film I needed to watch before I applied to my dream course, as I was watching it I felt really motivated following the underdog improve despite a lot of naysayers. And that's where I was then, unfortunately I didn't have an Akari or a Tsubota to believe in me and I think they were the pillars that made Sayaka's dream possible, sure her hard work is praisable, but she was stuck and those two were fundamental for her to start moving and I guess this is one of the largest issues in today's education, parents don't put enough effort to help their children, even Akari's reason to help Sayaka - even more than being her mum - was that her mother didn't help her, so she didn't want her children to feel the same. Nevertheless, Sayaka's tenacity, as the ending song, spark a flame in me towards a project I was postponing, I will put my efforts to my Masters program in Japan goal.

Now for the film, I believe that this motivational film is able to pinpoint several aspects of a student's life when they are applying to college in most places of the world, sleepless nights, stress and even the words of comfort that our protagonist hears are great, I was even impressed how well-written Akari was and how lucky Sayaka is to have a mum like that, however a lacking point which should be placed here is how to deal with the stress, sometimes we can overstudy and this start to consume us and if we don't have an outlet we might end up burning out, each person have their own way to release the steam, but I guess this specific moment deserved a scene when Sayaka reached that point.

Acting wise there are three characters that are great: Sayaka (Arimura Kasumi), Tsubota (Ito Atsushi) and Akari (Yoshida You). Sayaka and Akari couldn't be any better, Tsubota felt lacking in some parts, but not as acting, his story involved other students and I would like to know at least if they were able to achieve their dreams, for such a caring teacher, that is an out.

I hope that this film is able to spark a fire in other people's hearts and that you are able to achieve your dreams through hard work, don't be afraid to ask your parents for help to reach your dreams and work really hard to make them come true.

I just want to point out that Keio's motto means "a human is created neither above nor beneath any other", so your dream is reachable if you are willing and working hard enough!