To be honest, there was not a single moment I didn’t cry. This hit a little too close to home too soon, but I continued watching even though I knew how it would end. Knowing that in the end, the main character dies, made me hurt so much because he wouldn’t be able to successfully fight this battle.

As I was watching, all I wanted and hoped for was for Ryohei to be able to play soccer again and to win his fight. Sadly, as shown in the beginning, he didn’t.

This is a truly sad special/movie. I don’t know why I decided to watch it because even a short clip I’d seen made me cry heavily before even knowing what this was called.

I recommend watching this when you’re ready for the sadness that follows. I feel that I felt way more sad than I probably would’ve a month ago, for something very similar happened to someone close to me recently. So this makes it a little more special and heartbreaking.