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This is more of an appreciation post/thoughts than review hahaa, major spoilers!!!
this drama was a beautiful watch.
it started out as something fluffy, and then turned into something very very DEEP. And i loved it.
Its really 2 souls healing each other and falling in love in the process.
first lets talk about the story and then get to the other aspects.
I would use one word, beautiful.
The story starts from Kanata's perspective. A guys who is (clearly) loved by everyone and is surrounded by people who love him, but seems disconnected from it all.
But then he is drawn to this guy with whom his eyes constantly meet but whose name or class he doesnt know yet. He follows that guy to the rooftop one day and then starts a friendship which would later evolve into something more.
Kanata has got his own sadness about which he opens up to Akira on the second day of them meeting. Akira's kind words make him look at it from a different perspective and ,eventually, encourages him to stop running away from it.
His trauma begins to heal thanks to Akira. In the process he slowly falls for him but does not realise it until that 'matsuri'. The show then pivots to Akira and his traumatic past.
Akira's character, in my opinion, is s lot more complex than Kanata's who 'wears his heart on his sleeves'. What a contrast hahah.
Not gonna make it too detailed but due to certain events from his past, Akira is
1) Afraid of falling for kanata
2) Has (very) low self esteem
3) Considers himself disgusting (idk if that is the right word to use)
4) Thinks he does not deserve Kanata's love
He has these issues. And he is not willing to talk it out (which ,i now realise, is a bit ironic since he sort of suggested Kanata to stop running away and confront his soccer stuff earlier) with Kanata. And he straight up pushes him away by saying 'do not fall for me.' ' i dont wanna be a stain' but Kanata is not up for this bullshit.
Eventually with some encouragement from his friends Kanata manages to get Akira out of this deep pit he had dug and put himself into. He makes him realise that he loves him for who he is (which hit me really hard btw when he said that). And that the past is the past and he should not dwell upon it.
Traumas begin to heal. But then nobody is confessing so they aren't dating. Eventually a rumour prompts Akira to confess.
And also i love how both changed each other for the good at the end.
Akira ends up taking the initiative of confessing foregoing his insecurity that Kanata might not reciprocate (but didn't Kanata make it clear that he likes him too?) and that he might get hurt. He says something like, even if i get hurt or someone else does, this is how i feel for Kanata and it is what it is.
As for Kanata, ha became more responsible and self reliant.
As for other aspects.
Cinematography, peak.
music, not very noticable,
i absolutely love how everything just goes silent during certain scenes, There's no dramatic music or even slow music playing, just complete silence. Like the opening scene where Kanata is standing and listening to the CD. (Btw this opening scene was SOOOO misleading. They made us feel somewhat a sense of loss. Made us feel that the following episodes would be Kanata reminiscing about his past and how they eventually broke up. Then would meet again, in the present ie after the opening scene and the story would continue from there(ykwim) but turns out it was just Kanata waiting for Akira in the present hahah)
Yeah, i found it really beautiful i wanna rewatch it to understand the character motives (esp Akira's) now that i know their past and how it shapes them. TOTALLY RECOMMENDED
it started out as something fluffy, and then turned into something very very DEEP. And i loved it.
Its really 2 souls healing each other and falling in love in the process.
first lets talk about the story and then get to the other aspects.
I would use one word, beautiful.
The story starts from Kanata's perspective. A guys who is (clearly) loved by everyone and is surrounded by people who love him, but seems disconnected from it all.
But then he is drawn to this guy with whom his eyes constantly meet but whose name or class he doesnt know yet. He follows that guy to the rooftop one day and then starts a friendship which would later evolve into something more.
Kanata has got his own sadness about which he opens up to Akira on the second day of them meeting. Akira's kind words make him look at it from a different perspective and ,eventually, encourages him to stop running away from it.
His trauma begins to heal thanks to Akira. In the process he slowly falls for him but does not realise it until that 'matsuri'. The show then pivots to Akira and his traumatic past.
Akira's character, in my opinion, is s lot more complex than Kanata's who 'wears his heart on his sleeves'. What a contrast hahah.
Not gonna make it too detailed but due to certain events from his past, Akira is
1) Afraid of falling for kanata
2) Has (very) low self esteem
3) Considers himself disgusting (idk if that is the right word to use)
4) Thinks he does not deserve Kanata's love
He has these issues. And he is not willing to talk it out (which ,i now realise, is a bit ironic since he sort of suggested Kanata to stop running away and confront his soccer stuff earlier) with Kanata. And he straight up pushes him away by saying 'do not fall for me.' ' i dont wanna be a stain' but Kanata is not up for this bullshit.
Eventually with some encouragement from his friends Kanata manages to get Akira out of this deep pit he had dug and put himself into. He makes him realise that he loves him for who he is (which hit me really hard btw when he said that). And that the past is the past and he should not dwell upon it.
Traumas begin to heal. But then nobody is confessing so they aren't dating. Eventually a rumour prompts Akira to confess.
And also i love how both changed each other for the good at the end.
Akira ends up taking the initiative of confessing foregoing his insecurity that Kanata might not reciprocate (but didn't Kanata make it clear that he likes him too?) and that he might get hurt. He says something like, even if i get hurt or someone else does, this is how i feel for Kanata and it is what it is.
As for Kanata, ha became more responsible and self reliant.
As for other aspects.
Cinematography, peak.
music, not very noticable,
i absolutely love how everything just goes silent during certain scenes, There's no dramatic music or even slow music playing, just complete silence. Like the opening scene where Kanata is standing and listening to the CD. (Btw this opening scene was SOOOO misleading. They made us feel somewhat a sense of loss. Made us feel that the following episodes would be Kanata reminiscing about his past and how they eventually broke up. Then would meet again, in the present ie after the opening scene and the story would continue from there(ykwim) but turns out it was just Kanata waiting for Akira in the present hahah)
Yeah, i found it really beautiful i wanna rewatch it to understand the character motives (esp Akira's) now that i know their past and how it shapes them. TOTALLY RECOMMENDED
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