I expected so much from this movie. Well - not THAT much, but I still had some expectations. -------- I read the manga years ago, but stopped halfway because of various reasons (it may or may not have become boring..) but I really loved what I read. It was cute and interesting and refreshing. Not your typical teen school-life romance. This, however, is every kind of déjà vu. First off, the movie is very long but for what it provided, they could've made it a 45mn movie. The character development is non-existent. The chemistry is barely there. What Kou has been going through was very poorly depicted. I couldn't bring myself to be even remotely sad for him. As for Futaba 'rescuing Kou from his own demons'.. No. Just no. Again, there was no character development. I didn't see how she rescued hm. Everything after the first 35 minutes is slow and expected. Usual 'damn if they talked a bit more they could've easily sorted that out'. -------- I do recommend watching this movie on a boring sunday night while browsing your [insert wanted social network here] feed if you're not looking for something deep or serious and just want to pass time. A few more points: - the filming and editing were great. - the sceneries were cute. - the actors were good. the main actor portrayed Kou's character wonderfully. He was exactly as depicted in the manga. Sadly it didn't make up for the weak plot. Maybe it could've worked if they had made it a drama. Maybe it could've worked if they had made it a more concise movie. Maybe it just didn't work for me. I hope it helps someone ~ Also this was my first review in english so please bear with me. ^^