gem2niki's thoughts

Finished watching! After watching Tumbling...no drama can come close haha. But it was cute in its own cheesy way. Adachi reminds me of Yankumi!!! So I always thought she'll bust her moves in the middle of the episode....but then I'm reminded she's just a high schooler trying to fit in! I kept thinking Shinagawa reminds me of another actor from Gokusen....oh wait, they're the same actor! Doh!! Isn't he old for the role? haha... He's born in 82? waaay past high school now. His character is so conflicted XD;;

The ending felt like Gokusen as well!! But near the ending credit, it was really cute *w*

Anyways I'll try reading the manga later...

(this isn't even a review...more of a rambling haha)

Finally finished the final episode! I LOVE IT!!!!! *moves it at the top of my jdrama list*

I think I've cried the most time in this series for every episode than most drama I've seen. They cry so much in this series, it makes me all teary. And the theme song just gets to you at the right moment!! *sniff* Anyways, nice ending unlike Shiroi Haru!! Their final performance was like watching your kids growing up XD It was to their style and all their training throughout the series was put into good use into the performance.

The power of friendship and overcoming obstacles in this series is touching! T^T Every character is well developed. Wataru is so cool! He gets so much cool line it makes me cry when he says it. Yuta was practically awesome in the last few episode. The acting was not too cheesy compared to other j-drama. Plus every actor does their own performance!

I recommend watching it if you get the chance~

I'm itching to try drawing L.A. drama fanart.

Plus tumblingjdrama community XD

Didn't know it came out already! Already 5 episodes in. Watched 2 episodes so far. Quick thoughts:

-Who the hell is this little boy??!!! Get out of Wallflower!!! A lot of focus for the main characters are gone, because now we have to pity this boy?!! Take him out!! New characters shouldn't be added in a anime/manga based drama T_T Also it takes away the whole dirty stuff that happens in the series.

-Kamenashi Kazuya as Kyouhei: Actually I think he did a fairly good job in portraying his character. Arrogant. Funny reaction and timing. Though not quite Kyouhei.
-Come to think of it, I haven't seen a shirtless Kyouhei in the first two episode...isn't that his asset?

-Oomasa Aya as Sunako: I think the role will grow with the actor. She looks like Sunako. I was really hoping to see her in that german uniform when she rescued Kyohei
-Disappointed that Oomasa didn't cut her bang. That is one of Sunako's trademark!! It was also for me a defining moment in the manga when she did it. Maybe later episode? *crossfinger*

-Uchi Hiroki as Takenaga: He has this very nice cool air about him. Not sure if its right for him...but he's seems so nice haha. He comes off cold in the manga.

-Miyao Shuntaro as Ranmaru: This dude looks so old from the rest haha! But he plays off that playboy thing well.

-Tegoshi Yuya as Yuki: A character that comes off to friendly or feminine is a difficult role to play...he'll come off gay if done wrong. He's not cute as I think he could be...

-The thing screwy about the first two episodes, is they mixed a bunch of chapters from later parts of the manga into the beginning....also I felt the introduction was weak on Sunako's part. It felt like a bunch of arcs were mixed into one episode at a time. Could have developed character better...and get rid of that boy!! He's cute, but he's not part of the series to begin with!!! There's no need to focus on him.

-Also they're college students? Ahh no uniform T__T What's with that cape Sunako?!!

Anyways, I think I'll still follow the drama just for kicks. The manga and anime styles aren't the greatest either so, seeing a live action version is a nice guilty pleasure XD