Ao Haru Ride Season 1 (2023)

Heartwarming and light

I think the cast is lovely. After 4 episodes, the friendship is really showing. The acting is very good, you can really feel the "first love" awkwardness. Personally, i really like futaba and kikuchi's chemistry tho, they are very soft to each other (yup, i'm having a second lead syndrome please help). Overall worth to watch especially if you are a fan of the anime bcs this live action potrays the characters perfectly!

Kou, I do accept you.

So, I started this series with the idea of healing from a heart break lol and it definetly did help!
Although the first few episodes didn't grab my attention, I kept watching and totally enjoyed the pace of the story after episode 4. I could feel the tension between the characters and that always brings extra points to my reviews hahaha

It felt like a warm hug on a cold day

Seriously this was really good. I love the cast. I love the story. I love the production, camera, colour coding, and everything. I don't read manga, so I don't care about the comparison, it was just really good. Heartwarming, feel-good story but still perfectly captures real-life issues, sadness and sorrow. It definitely won my heart and this will now be on my favourite jdrama list. There was a heavy topic of loss of beloved person but for some reason I still felt comforted after watching it. It brought me joy. I can't wait for season two.