This is very typical japanese school drama featuring the 'bully' main and the 'insecure' girl. I definetely enjoyed this movie but as a stand alone. It's not a great adapation from the manga. The one main problem I had with this movie was the cinematography. As someone who did a tv and film course I can properly ask what the hell? There are scenes in this movie that just feels like that guy editing it didn't want to go through all the possible clips and pick the best ones. And they chose the completely wrong time to make these mistakes. For example during the emotional scenes. They start with a wide shot of the main couple talking and instead of cutting in close so the audience can see the emotions being portrayed by the actors they just stay on the wide shot for like 5 minutes longer than necessary and it just makes the movie lose so much value. Other than that I would have rated this movie an 8/10 as I'm a huge fan of the mean boy good girl troupe used in a lot of japanese dramas.
Over all a good movie and a must see if you enjoy school romance movies as much as I do!
Over all a good movie and a must see if you enjoy school romance movies as much as I do!
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