Name: Strawberry on the Shortcake
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-01-12
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Hideaki Takizawa, Kyôko Fukada, Yôsuke Kubozuka

This series is amazing. The character writing, the acting, even the cinematic views... just wonderful.

I can relate to so many of my own experiences in real life. It gave me insights on things I have been through but never thought about them that way.

The actors and actresses were all of age, 18, 19, 20 at the shooting time, making it look even more realistic. Their acting skills were also beautiful, their facial expressions convey even more emotions than their words.

Excellent screen writing too by the way, it was impossible to guess until the end. Or maybe but was just me? Haha.

Some notes though, I will try not to spoil as much as possible, but I still really want to say: The teacher character, even though what she did was understandable, the scene feels a bit over dramatic. Also with the peak ending... a bit over the top for me. I have also seen this trend in Japanese movies and anime, and this is the first time I've watched JP TV show, but I have an idea that TV show especially like to do this. This is personally preference, and maybe someday even I will consider it the cherry on top. "Cherry" can taste differently to people too, right?

All in all, this is the best show I have watched recently, and I will leave it with those of the greatest TV shows ever about love, pureness, and bittersweet.

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