From Me to You (2010)

SO GOOD!!!!

I will say that if anyone is hesitating about watching this film, they shouldn't be; take it from me. I wish that I could go back in time and watch the movie again for the first time. Since the movie came out 10 years ago, you would think that the movie was a bit old however, I never got that feeling watching it.

I have only watched two Japanese movies in my life but I have to say, out of the two movies, this one is defiantly my favourite. The way Sawako was so sweet and innocent and the way the access portrayed her was wonderful. I have never seen the anime of this movie so I can compare the two but I would defiantly watch it if it is similar to the movie.

Honestly, the ending made me cry tears of happiness becasue it was so good to see them where they were at the beginning, Even though Sawako was unclear about her feelings to Kazehaya towards the end, she made it clear to him and the way they began their relationship was so sweet and innocent that I couldn't help but cry.

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I watched this because of the manga and even though the acting may be a little cringy at times and the hairstyles/fashion look a bit tacky (like every drama back in the early 2010’s I think lmao) I really enjoyed it!

I think I’m in love with Haruma, he’s so cute in this movie! The perfect Kazehaya! (I love his puppy-in-love-eyes every time he sees Sawako).

I also loved Mikako, she has that sweet/innocent aura and I’m really happy about how she portrayed Sawako here (I love the character as a daughter so...).

Kimi ni Todoke is a slow-paced story but I don’t hate that. Is about the struggles of growing up, about friendship and first loves. A coming-of-age film.

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On her first day in high school the FL meets the ML and provides him direction to their high school. The boy turns out to be handsome, outgoing, and popular. Although she’s been bullied and made an outcast since a child, the FL never lost her kindness, cheerfulness, or innocence. The ML sees this side of her, beyond the girl people call “Sadako,” and starts to like her. She doesn’t have the confidence to believe that anyone would like her, or would like to be her friends. Her goodness, however, wins over two girls. These two girls are great friends, and people she much needed in her life. They don’t give up on her and defend her from bullies. I love her BFFs. The ML, too, is kind and sweet. His actions, to any other girls, would certainly convey the message that he likes her, but for the FL, she’s confused and cannot believe that the ML would like someone like her. When he finally asks her out and to be his girlfriend, she panics and turns him down. Her friends convince her to tell him the truth about how much she likes him but just panicked. The homeroom teacher counsels the ML that he should see beyond the FL’s words and to understand why she turned him down. So, the end we have a love confession and the two ends up together. This drama is so cute and innocent. I love the most her two friends. I love that the ML never wavers in his love for her from day one, and I love how he is so sweet and kind to her.

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I loved everything about this movie. The acting was lovely, with wonderful performances given by every character. I loved the music and how it was used in the movie. I liked how they included a lot of scenes pretty directly from the manga, but I also liked the scenes that they changed slightly (or sometimes drastically) from the manga as well. Even if some things were different from the manga, the same feeling is kept, the same basic plot points happen, the same characterization and care is given in the altered scenes, so I honestly didn't mind one bit. I loved this movie. I think the main couple had darling chemistry together, and have hopes for the side couple in the future beyond the movie. All of the characters give off a sense of innocence and are so genuine that you can't help but care about them. Though this movie is sad, touching, bittersweet at times, overall it is a heartwarming film. After watching this movie I told my sister that Miura Haruma's smile could cure depression if only we could learn how to harness it.

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Though I’m a huge fan of adorable Tabe Mikako, I didn’t feel an immediate urge to watch her latest movie Kimi Ni Todoke at the time I downloaded it, so I put it aside to save for when I had a free weekend or something. And as I mentioned in the above post, it wasn’t until I got interested in cutie Renbutsu Misako that I put it on the HIGH priority list and got down to watching it RIGHT AWAY!

MAN, this was SUCH an AWESOME movie!!! To think I would have just let this one sit on my desktop for weeks... At the time I guess I thought it would be nothing more than a wacky movie, (and with the premise of a girl who looks like SADAKO from RING scaring her fellow students, who could blame me? ) who would have thought that I would find such an UTTERLY SWEET and HEARTWARMING Show? Such an earnest and sincere film, this one really made you feel good!

And HEY!!! Tabe Mikako aside, no one told me this show was gonna be FILLED with SO MANY HOT, SMOKIN’ CHICKS! I mean, I DID. NOT. KNOW. that MIREI KIRITANI was in this show, and I mean to tell you, she was lookin’ fine. Renbutsu Misako plays one of her best characters yet with the tough but loveable Chizu, and I got my first introduction to the sultry Natsuna Watanabe, playing the sexy and cool-headed Ayane (And I’ve got more to talk about HER next time). There were these gorgeous gals all over this film!

KIMI NI TODOKE is the tale of a girl named Sawako who, because of her scary looks, is feared by her students, till an outgoing and cheerful boy named Shota (played by Haruma Miura) takes a liking to the shy, insecure but good-hearted girl, and along with friends..This would be a fine story as is, but what I really, REALLY loved about it was the fact that the heart of this movie clearly centered around the importance of FRIENDSHIP. The way they showed Sawako’s bonding with Shota, Ayane and Chizu is so thoughtfully paced and actually quite believable. When it gets to the point when they think to ask her if they are friends, they realize that they’ve already passed the point where you even have to!

When things like backhanded lying, gossiping rumours, and aggressive attitudes develop in front of them and threaten to tear their friendship apart, it’s that very friendship that they draw their strength from, and you watch this movie truly feeling like, Hey, these kids really love each other!

This movie came as a bright, clear breath of fresh air after the somewhat disappointing HANAMIZUKI which seemed (to me) to be mired in melodrama. While I’m sure (positive, actually) that there are people out there who disagree with me, Kimi Ni Todoke is the way to go- This one is a winner!

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What an Innocent Love Story

One thing that's definitely gone over-saturated in the medium is how over-the-top and over-dramatic everything is acted out. Sue, it makes for bugger stakes, larger-than-life storytelling, however, in today's world, there is so much like that's it's daring to stumble across an unassuming, unadulterated adaptation like Kimi Ni Todoke.

Kimi Ni Todoke is an innocent, wholesome, and pure romance told through the lens of a high school outcast, Sawako, buried deeply under stacks of rumors and deep-fried gossip. And you know how superstitious some of those remote rural Japanese towns can be. Until that is, she meets this pleasant, loved-by-everything high school sweetheart, Hazehaya, who breaks through the social cage keeping the FL away from any meaningful interaction.

The synopsis seems generic enough to pass you by in an instance, however, the approach and the execution are what kept me engaged. This is a family-friendly showing of innocent, coming-of-age romance with no vulgarity to show. Not even a single kissing scene and you know what? That's fine, in fact, it's what makes it stand out in my opinion because even without any intimacy of that kind, the direction of the movie makes it work, and beautifully so.

What drew me originally to watch this is Tabe Mikako herself, I'm so in love with her acting, she has such a way of expressing emotional frequencies through her talent as an actor but nobody told me I was in for discovering such an amazing male lead, Miura Haruma who stole my heart in this role. Unfortunately, I was hit by the news of him dying a couple of years earlier at such a young age of 30 too.

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So I have watched the anime and read the manga before and honestly I prefer the anime first, then the movie and then the manga.

I felt the movie was too slow paced ( maybe the reason i felt it was boring, just like the manga ) but the cast was the best thing that happened in the movie. The roles fit perfectly well. Especially the main and supporting characters. Plus I have fallen in love with Kazehaya's smile. I only watched and persisted till the end of the movie for his smile. Cause it just made all of it worth it.

That's all I had to say about this movie.

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I read the reviews and was expecting something good. The reviews have never led me wrong. Until now. I have never ever felt the need to drop a movie. A movie for god's sake. A movie is like, two episodes of a drama. Who drops that! I almost dropped this one.

What failed to make sense to me was, is the character of the female lead really like that? Like really? I could barely hear her dialogues! You are shy, you're timid, fine, but GOD why do you have to be so irritating about it!? And so dull, omg so dull -headdesk-

The story felt nice, the supporting cast was good as well (the ratings for the acting and cast were for the male lead and supporting cast ALONE, I frankly disliked the female lead). I have never seen a more annoying female protagonist. I'm so irritated right now. AGH. The male lead was nice though.

I get the whole 'I've always lived alone so I don't know how to behave normally' thing but this was just a bit too exaggerated. I don't know why but the movie just felt supremely awkward to me. Maybe it's the female protagonist's character or the female lead's acting, either way, a total turn off. I couldn't enjoy the rest of the movie because of her.

I don't know about the rest of the people but, the movie experience for me was bad.

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Okay, I know this is an adaptation and all but I don't how to say this politely but It's bad! It's  so freaking bad I can't even describe!! The history is so... awful? There's no logic or sense or something-that-makes-this-drama-good
Everything is just so bad I couln't even watch it whole.  The history is cliché as f*ck, I could have this idea while i'm peeing!!
It's cliché, nonsense, the girl's acting IS BAD she doens't know how to express anything!
Her character is like a child with 4 years, but i guess if i had 4 years i wouldn't be like her, nobody would be like her. Nobody is going to be ever as dumb as this character is.
The storyline is just so cliché you can guess everything is going to happen!
There is NOTHING in this f*cking movie that is good!! Everything is just so awful, this movie looks homemade it should be excluded from universe! Nobody should watch this unless they want their eyes to bleed. Because mine did.

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