Fan reviews: Tatta Hitotsu no Koi

anon001 · 7 Aug 2011

this one of 2 ayase haruka dramas that i found really plain and not that impressive..(hint ;another one is shikaotoko aoniyoshi).
i cant feel any chemistry between her and kame even when they may had tried the hardest to make their romance alive.
kame terrible act really ruin the drama. his expression is lacking and it seem that he is not really care about his love life.
i think this drama gonna hit a success if kame roles being replace to yamada takayuki/satoshi tsumubaki/jun matsumoto.after all it just a plain love story

iluvasiandrama · 30 Mar 2011

Not typical rich guy poor girl for change. But I didn't like the leads in this drama. They lacked chemistry and the acting seemed fake. (No pun intended) ;)

ester_grace · 24 Dec 2010

Not bad,but I don't like the chemistry

MonsterZero65 · 15 Aug 2010

I liked this drama and would have loved it if it did not get so slow and lost in certain parts. They could have trimmed it down an episode or 2 and it would have been better or got a little more creative and filled in the draggy parts with more side stories. The cast was great and the chemistry was good. Worth checking out for sure.

jdoramadotcom · 23 Feb 2010

The middling reviews of this drama pretty much give an accurate idea of what's right and wrong with it. The first thing you notice about this is that, despite some good acting and production, it's so tired and slow; making it though to the next episode is a challenge because there's little to keep you watching. The next thing you notice is how cliche'd the plot line is - the kind of thing you've seen before, and often.

There are are few bright moments, but there's little in the way of humor to enliven things, and there's no real chemistry between any of the players. I'm a staunch fan of Haruka Ayase, who can be captivating in the right role; but here, she needs meatier material than the round of make-ups and break-ups. The whole thing got to be so predictable that I skipped to the end just to see how things turned out.

I'm glad I did. I was let down by the fact that there was so much promise to this drama, a promise that was for the most part unrealized.

MonsterZero-65 · 19 Oct 2009

This is a really wonderful story and well acted as well. There was really good chemistry among the entire cast. I felt parts of the story kind of drag a little but not too bad. It had a good balance of drama and romance. It would probably get a 9 if not for being slow in parts. I recommend it as a romance drama though.

kRhetoRik578 · 21 Aug 2009

i love this drama it made me feel so sad. there were so many twist and turns sometimes it made feel like i just want to punch someone, i love it lol. i didn't like the ending, personally i think the director wasn't intending to make the ending a happy one because it ws like 3 episodes of depression and about 5 mins of that little happy ending. if directed this i would've left it without a happy ending because it makes the story more memorable it would draw the audience's attention. if it was like this i would never get tired of watching it over and over again. this change in the story would have made it better. the result they never see each other again but they are still in love with each other.

weetzie_bat · 20 Apr 2009

i thought kame & ayase had such great chemistry. i loved that of course, friendship plays a big role on making & keeping the two together. i've never felt so at ease watching a drama. there were so many moments in the drama that really touched me. i fell in love w/ kame in this. and ayase, i've become even more a fan. i thought she was great in hotaru no hikaru. this one sealed it for me.

onie · 17 Jan 2009

I personally liked this drama because even though the plot was so common (poor-rich affair), I was touched and found it really romantic. But some parts were really slow and dragging. I liked Kame's acting here even though some say he's imitating another actor.

Jackykero · 19 Jul 2008

SYNOPSIS
A boy and a girl from highly different social backgrounds meet and fall in love. Their love, of course, faces a lot of obstacles. Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. In contrast to him, Nao (Haruka Ayase) is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner in a fashionable street in Yokohama. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks. Their three close friends, who are also 20 year old's, play an important role in their developing relationship.

REVIEW
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is a very very classic romantic teenager story. It has all the cliches (poor boy loves rich girl, families are against it, boy does not know how to express his feelings, keeps running all the time in the streets to catch her), but is well done.
The acting is good, even Hamenashi manages pretty well, the story is well written, the side stories bring some additional interest.

It is probably not a dorama that you will remember forever, but you will find it very pleasant to watch and touching at times.

jed_ka · 17 May 2008

There are always conflicts zuwischen good and evil, or between rich people and poor people! I was fascinated by the story and my heart has the forbidden love between Kanzaki and Hiroto Tsukioka Nao felt!
Kazuya Kamenashi has the role in the series as always played well! He will be one day, the Japanese idol!

lil-devil · 23 Feb 2008

this is one of the best drama i have watched!! its so cute and romantic... i loved and enjoyed it a lot.

giggle weed · 20 Nov 2007

Honestly, if it weren't for my little sister egging me on to watch this, I would've been rewatching something like Long Vacation. xDD
But her egging was a good thing, in the end it was worth it. It was a little slow, sure, but really cute. Koki's side story was a nice little addition, too. His eye thing brought the overall show's rating by a .5, though, and Kame brought the show up by a point.

And I agree with the comment about his acting style a little like KimuTaku LOL.

If you're looking for a good drama to keep you constantly watching, then try again. But if you've run out of things to watch and you like cute cinderella stories, give it a try. ;D

aprillllala · 12 Nov 2007

This is probably my favourite romance japanese drama of all time!
Nao is so pretty and Kame was just "WOW" !

even if this is a basic - girl falls in love with guy, guy falls back in love with girl, some huge situation happens, they have to break up, then a while later, they meet and girl falls in love with guy again, and guy realizes he loves girl all along and falls back in love w/ her - story. i found it realllly touching at the end..

and i cried too, which is also unusual because i usually look like a statue when i watch things.

I LOVED IT!

zephyrscarlet · 11 Sep 2007

Does anyone else notice that Kame's acting style is becoming a lot like Kimura Takuya's?

Ø“ÞŽq · 2 Sep 2007

i think its in the top three in the dramas ive watched.. it is an inspirational movie about love between a girl whos rich and has a perfect family dynamic and a boy whos basically got no money and has had harship in his family.. a mst see!!

Ø“ÞŽq · 2 Sep 2007

im a sucker for good love stories and i was absolutely speechless watching the whole drama. definitely one of my favourites :)

Sabaku No Amber · 22 May 2007

I loved this just as the title says you will. I found it really sad and I cried a few times which is unusual for me, considering I hardly ever cry. If you haven't watched it yet then go do so now!

noodlefreak · 6 Apr 2007

So, I probably wouldn't have started watching the drama if Kamenashi weren't in it, but I'm glad I stuck to it. It's a pretty love story, even though it doesn't seem very original and I began to love the characters (even though I found Nao extremely annoying at the beginning). And I love the ending theme.

dekatrain · 18 Mar 2007

Pretty conventional love story - man without money falls in love with girl who has money, its been done a thousands times before...so what's so good about this drama? Well, it not even that good, saying that though it has two up-and-coming talents in Ayase and Kamenashi who both do a reasonable job but fail to lift the drama from being ordinary. Personally, I think they lacked chemistry - which doesn't help when you've got Kame being all "im so poor so i'm allowed to be sad" all the time combined with Ayase's slightly "im a bimbo but its okay" sort of appearance, and its hard to produce a descent drama. Their were moments, however, where I could see Kame's acting improving gradually, especially from the middle-half of the series onwards. The drama itself probably needed one more episode to fully end on the right terms (and a better screenwriter), but instead it was rushed and things were solved way to easily in about the last 10 minutes of the drama. Overall, slightly disappointing...