I've always loved rom-com anime, but live action movies based on anime/mangas usually aren't good, after my own experience the actors in those kind of movies mostly are over dramatic or just do a shitty acting. Ao haru ride was one of my favorite anime series and when I found out they were gonna make a live action movie of it I went crazy XD It was awful to wait months until I could watch it with english sub, it almost killed me hehe. But to cut to the chase the movie actually surpassed my expectations! It wasn't at all like live action movies in general and the acting was quite impressive!! The story was great, even if it's a typical romance between a boy and a girl it was still very emotional and relatable. It also shows that nobody is perfect, even if Futaba was a pretty girl who a lot of guys would want to date her, she didn't want that kind of attention which most girls would kill to have. And Kou's story made me cry, his whole family situation was heartbreaking and the way he acted as if he didn't care about anything at all just made me feel even more sorry for him. To show off that strong can't be easy especially when there's someone like Futaba who keeps pushing to the limits. This is the first time I watch a movie with Higashide, and of course I fell in love with him immediately. You can really see how he goes into his role as Kou. All the feelings he stubbornly hides, his face expressions are close to perfection and his sad eyes made me come close to tears several times. And the scenes where he cried or got mad were so powerful and they actually gave me goose bumps. And that my friends is some good ass acting! Tsubasa Honda on the other hand didn't really impress me at all. Sometimes she was annoyingly dramatic and her face expressions felt a little too fake. They felt more like theatre acting than real emotions. But she did quite a good job in general, she isn't the worst actress I've seen. It's just a shame she didn't reach Higashide's level cause I think the movie would've been a lot better and their chemistry would have been stronger. I love the music, especially the theme music, I can't stop listening to it. It's so cute and romantic and sad at the same time which fits perfectly to this movie. Overall it was an awesome movie, I've watched it like 10 times now and I'm not even tired of it. So it's totally something you can rewatch several times :3