With love i could have given it a 5 but... [Rating: 4/10] ...it has got to be one of the most disappointing jdoramas i have ever watched. i couldn't help but compare it with kamisama (mou sukoshi dake), with the premise being almost the same: famous composer falls for ordinary girl. that drama i wasn't disappointed with. "with love" however really made me regret patiently watching all 12 eps (really, i could have done something more productive!). i stuck around and kept on watching, hoping that it would redeem itself with the next episode. well, ep after ep i gave it a chance. no such luck though. it just fell flat.
for starters, each episode is slow in development - as slow as a snail mail (this story is all about email, you'd think they could have speeden it up a bit). second, the character development of the main protagonists, who are supposed to have each other as love interests, have evolved so as to make the watcher root for the secondary characters (yoshida and kaori) falling for them instead. takashi and amane just do not have the chemistry to lure viewers into believing their love is believable and real. they have absolutely no spark! nada!
then there's the ending. it was so boring that it put me to tears (watching the ending is like watching two people exchange poetries without feelings).
the drama is not without its moments. actually, there is only one part that i really like, and that is when takashi gives amane her first (and only) kiss. other than that...well, the other eps are not as memorable as that. and although the music redeems the drama somewhat, you don't really watch a jdorama solely for the music, do you?
so if you're planning on buying/downloading this jdorama (all 12 eps of it), do yourself a favor. don't. unless you have time to kill and can afford to spend time watching them all - and then say in the end, "THAT is a love story?".
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