way beyond my expectations
10 / 10
12 Apr 2006
this is a drama that got me back into Jdorama watching i thinK~ after like my last dorama was Orange Days i think haha~
last fall.. i was just bored and then my friend was gah-gah-ing over Yamashita Tomohisa ~ I know about him i watched lots of drama with him in~ he never impressed me much
and Kamenashi.. ugh.. i know who kattun are.. and uh.. i didn't like them~~
all i wanna say is.. i wasn't a fan gurl~ (well it's not after this that i started to notice these younger Johnny boys Yamashita and Kamenashi~ i've always liked Domoto Tsuyoshi. Takizawa, Kimura's acting a lot)
out of curiosity i watched cuz the plot sounded quite light hearted~~
as i watched the 1st epi i just thought UGH to Kamenashi (his eyebrows! ahha) and Yamashita was overacting so much
but i continued to watch epi2 and 3~ and it caught my attention~
this drama is light hearted (Akira outshines everyone i think~ his performance got better as the episodes got further) and fast paced with many serious stuff in it too~ like talks bout frendship and growing up and stuff that many of us might have encountered b4~ and we can really relate to it~
you can't help but say "ii na.. seishun" when watching~~
Kamenashi proves himself to be the material of "main character" ~ his acting is so natural how ever the character he needs to portray.. ~ i now understand that it's not "outta Nowhere" that he's one of the most popular teen idols these days~
Yamashita ~ he improved a lot n i think it's his 1st time putting "heart" into the acting~ hope he will not flunk in Kurosagi~ i just find him a bit unatural when he acts "cool" and "serious" ~
Horikita is def fresh and with losta potential! i like so a lot! so cute!
but most of all i think props have to given to the awesome script writer ~ and adaptatation to drama from the novel was awesome~
i was kinda disappointed how the ratings werent too high tho~
this drama is total recommendation~ a drama that i'd rewatch for sure!
btw... i don't think that Nobuta and Shuuji's affair was "unresolved" ~ cuz there was the confessing scene @ the end~ but then they both know that frendship > romantic love ~ that's why they kinda kept it subtle~~
Nobuta definitely liked Shuuji ~ but this romantic part of the story was turned into really subtle and let the watchers to ponder about~~ main focus is that friendship rox haha