This has proved to me - maybe once and for all - that MDL ratings don't mean a damn thing and are pretty much irrelevant and meaningless. 7.9 for this gorgeously acted and emotional gut punch in all the best ways....no frickin' way. This has become a new favorite - Matsuoka Koudai is an absolute revelation, and Nakao Masaki continues to hone his craft in masterful ways.
This is one of the best BL's I've ever seen - and I will hear nothing else that could possibly change my mind. The fact that this story was written by a mangaka who is himself a part of the queer community makes me love it even more.

This short drama is one of the best portrayals of depression and social anxiety that I've ever seen on screen. He was morose for a reason...which was one of the whole plots of the drama. Other commenters have called Mamoru an unlikable tsundere character. In my opinion he wasn't tsundere in the classic sense, he had significant depression and anxiety. I'm not saying that he was easy to be around, it was obvious that everything in his suffered from his illness, but as he learned to love and accept himself (and someone else) more, his mood and his environment lightened. The lighting even went from pretty dark in spots to much lighter by the end.

I love J-dramas, firstly, because they're quirky and interesting and pack a lot in about the human condition in a few episodes. JBL's tend to be the same - they're witty and funny and sometimes they're emotionally intense and angst-filled, but they more often than not say things that we didn't even know we needed to hear. This one is no exception.