Honestly, I don't know what I could say about this movie that would be bad, because who doesn't love a well-done story about growing up and learning to stop counting yourself out in life? The message is a solid one of not looking at your past and using it as an excuse to quit on your future. You can literally come from anywhere and have done anything, and you Still have it in you to make something of yourself. What you look like, who your family is, who your friends are, your grades in school, it doesn't matter. That doesn't define you and what you are capable of.

I came for the Gyaru, but I stayed for the heart.

(Just a little caveat for anyone thinking of watching this because it has a character who wears Alternative Japanese Fashion. Her fashion is a very minor part of the story and eventually disappears, so don't expect any really cute outfits or anything. That's not what this movie is about.)