I consider this to be one of my all time favorite asian dramas I've watched because it merely doesn't just focus on romance. It emphasizes on friendship, questions on future goals, many high school related topics I'm sure weall went through after our high school graduation. However, I first was here to just watch the romance behind this, but the story on graduating and discovering their purpose in life after high school allured me. It was also because I was familiar with Tomaya Nagase, that starred in My Boss, My Hero, another drama that is in one of my all time lists, and Takashi Kashiwabara I was familiar with him too in the classic Itzura Na Kiss. As I kept watching this, I realized this is a very calm, heartwarming and humbling type of drama that I havent' really seen before out of all the Jdramas I've watched. Barely any comedy in it. What made me love about this is the classic nostalgic drama of how the 90s were. That editing, the music, the acting, and even the type of story really was like how the 90s were like, compared to how asian romance dramas are like now. Especially the reason I kept watching was I really fell for the female lead's character. I began to admire her so much of the actress Miki Sakai, and fell for her character, Sonoko. She was very pure, innocent, and even though she lived well off in a nice stable family, she felt shes not enough as a person because she's not as smart and undecisive about her future. But she doesn't act spoiled at all. I admire that so much of her and that was the kind of girl I dreamed of being with. Her character is always selfless and always looks out for those she cares for, regardless of her own personal wants. And another reason why I love this is because I really do like the character behind the main male lead, Wataru, played by Nagase. He's a poor boy who lives on his own due to difficult circumstances, that he believes he can't reach his dream. And he is always isolating from everyone, even from Sonoko. You don't find many dramas nowadays that have a poor male lead and a rich female lead. Lately for years now, its always been the rich man and poor female type of romance, and that is getting tiring so I wanted to see something different. This drama was one of those rare type of stories. And the great thing is that the story focuses on the other characters as well, like they are just as important as the main characters. I really value dramas that really puts attention to that. I would say that this show has been really great, with many 90s nostalgic moments you remember, but at times there would be sudden plot twists that would throw me off, probably because of the pacing of the series, since its 11 episodes. But that is my only downfall of this show. I LOVE the music that plays in the opening, and the classical romantic type of music that plays in the background. It calms me down so much and really gives me vibes of traveling back to the 90s. I get emotional thinking about it. ESPECIALLY the very last song played by SPLITZ at the last scene of Sonoko and Wataru. That killed me hahaha. Anyways, to conclude this, I love this drama and it placed a huge impact in my heart just for me personally. One more that I love is that there are SPECIALS taking place through a span of ten years since the first drama aired, that really tells the story of their journey throughout life, especially that it focuses on the story between Sonoko and Wataru. Unfortunately, I cant' find ANY of them that have english subtitles!! Anyways, I love this drama and I keep rewatching it. I hope you feel the same way I feel too when you try.