First Love is a really beautiful drama. The cinematography is perfect, the transitions of the scenes from the past to the present are very clever (although I wish they would put the year because at times it can be confusing). and most importantly: the actors' chemistry is phenomenal. I'm a fan of Satoh Takeru so I knew he would please me easily but Kido Taisei stole the series for me on several occasions. Of course, Takeru is still Takeru, an excellent actor and his chemistry with Hikari was perfect (I also love Hikari, she was amazing as always here), but we really need to praise the younger actors here. Mainly because most of the romantic scenes came from them and if they didn't convince us, it would be difficult to buy the couple further on and the overwhelming love they have for each other, something that not even years apart could destroy. They may have fallen in love with other people but as Harumichi says, it was fate for them to be together. And a love like this is really rare, that's why it's so beautiful to see. So yeah, besides Takeru and Hikari`s amazing chemistry and acting, kudos to Kido Taisei and Yagi Rakiko.

I have nothing to complain about the personality of the main leads as well. it's very easy to love both, in the past and present time, because besides being cute and fun, I felt that they were characters very close to reality. It's easy to root for their happiness. The OST was very well selected too but of course we have to highlight First Love and Hatsukoi, which are very beautiful and emotional songs, even if you have never heard these songs before. The power of both songs is so high that no matter how many times it is played in the serie, it manages to thrill us every time.

In addition to the main couple, the secondary characters were very interesting. Yae's relationship with her mother was a beautiful thing, and later her relationship with her son too. Another thing I liked was his involvement with that female dancer. I found their scenes very beautiful and inspiring.

My only "negative comment" for the drama is that I wanted more scenes of the main leads together in the present time. They basically only stay together in the last few minutes, which makes us wanting more, because the drama has shown us several times how cute they were together in adolescence.

Anyway, in general it was a very captivating and beautiful drama to watch. I believe that even those who don't like Jdramas will be enchanted here. and I hope that with that, more people will be interested in Jdramas because there are several amazing ones and I feel that few are acclaimed.

PS: I'm looking forward to seeing Kido Taisei in future works, I completely fell in love with the actor here.