The most realistic japanese drama. It doesn't feel like series, but like a masterpiece movie. This is nothing about "slow and boring the same in every episode". All episodes and scenes here are reasonable, I enjoy watching every single scene and nothing feel as a waste. But to have this impression I think right time is needed. I tried to watch this drama 3 years ago but wasn't interested at all. And now I think that this is the best japanese drama ever. Eita is my favorite japanese actor. And I totally agree with another reviewer here - his acting is just breathtaking. And this is the case when I even don't feel like expressing with words it how awesome he is. But I want just to express it with silence - as it's so obvious for me that I even don't care if others know that. It gives such a powerful impact to my mind that I don't think I need to watch it again soon. The impression is as strong as I express it now - after 4 months after watching the drama. So I'll surely watch it again, later, when I'm ready. Other cast's acting, by the way, is as awesome as Eita's. A tragic story. On the place of the two main heroes I would choose another path in the final of the drama, I think their decision is crazily wrong. But in spite of that they made me feel compassion to them, they didn't make me hate them or to think that the drama is stupid. They made me want to try to understand them. This is wonderful. They touched me deep. This drama had left me in silence and refreshing thoughtfulness after watching it.