From Me to You (2010)

I resent the high 10's given by some people, because I immediately thought this would be a good movie. It was sweet and unassuming in a way, and I did manage to reach the end of it. But it was sooo...uninventive. The Japanese must really like their scary girls (Nobuta etc) transformed into social butterflies. It explains why there are so many dramas/movies just orientated at this one demographic. But despite me liking the actors, I genuinely found myself not caring much. Watch, if you have nothing else to do. You will like it to some degree, but by how much, would vary on the individual.

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Teenage love is hard

Didn't watch the manga and I think I would like it. But I liked this movie.
The pace is good and needed.
The story is about a high school student, Sawako, that as almost zero self-esteem and don't know how to handle it. She met Kazehaya in a crossing and he fells in love for her. He's very popular and he will love her and care for her in secret.
Then, two friends of Kazehaya, Chizuru and Ayane, 2 strong and misfits girls started a friendship relation with Sawako.

The movie tells us the evolution of the four friends, the growing of Sawako's personality and self love, and the realization of true love

It is sweet and warm.
For me, even if it deals with teenage love and high school students, I find almost unreal some behaviour, specially Sawako. But I find sometimes difficult to understand how love relations are portrait in Japanese movies.

I find Japanese women beautiful and strong, but often portrait as submissive and that is very strange for me... Even in a male driven society...

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The Ghost Sloth

This is the story about the Sloth like girl who looks like a ghost whenever she gets nervous who after a long time of being left in the dark finally meets some decent people who seem to like both Sloths and ghosts on a Journey to self acceptance I guess...

On this journey we meet the typical popular bundle of energy guy, two bad ass girls a very strange teacher and some guy who is there to make others jealous and just look sweet. We alos meet the not so nice girl, some mean girls and a bunch of idiot guys... Who get told off for being idiots.

A lovely story at that with sweet gazes, lovely lines a bundle of self doubt...

Though the romance here is consistent and sweet, the main attraction in this movie is the friendships between the girls and mr bubbly.

I am not really sure about the function of the parants but a tree seems to play a big role in this.

Definitely a movie worth watching... for the awkward, the bubbly and the friendship lovers out there.

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Not having read the manga, but having already watched a respectable number of manga movies from Japan, I can definitely say that this one is one of the good ones. The story is interesting, with the girl who looks like a horror movie character actually nailing it when it came to look scary when looking at others. The actress did a great job portraying the girl as innocent and shy, though she, sometimes, seemed to have difficulties expressing herself to the point where she hardy talked, and that was kind of tiring after a while. The rest of the cast did a great job as well. The story, in addition, focuses more on the friendship factor and less on the romance. That's nice and refreshing, but, the ending was disappointing, as, at least for me, it needed a better conclusion or a few minutes more. Other than that, it was an enjoyable movie.

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Had me crying tears of joy by the end

Just to clarify I have never seen the anime. I have recently been watching more live-action movies in Asian culture and landed on this because I heard it was a good romance film. I normally don't write reviews for movies or tv shows, but this movie was fantastic. It had me interested the entire way through. Even though some parts of the plot were predictable they still handled it very well. Not only does this movie keep you interested in the main story but you also really feel invested in the supporting characters relationships. I don't want to spoil anything major but one thing that really made me happy was the end credits where they show a bit more to give closure on other characters that I was curious about when the movie ended. The only bad thing I could point out in this film is that the kids that are seen teasing Kuronuma kind of just disappear. The teasing and bullying kind of just stop out of nowhere. I think it might have to do with her pulling her hair up and out of her face mid-way through the film but I have no idea it just seemed kind of abrupt to me. That still doesn't take away from how good this film was. All in all, very well made and I highly suggest this to anyone looking for a good romance movie. Hands down one of the best Japanese films I have watched.

After doing more research I have found that Haruma Miura the actor that played Kazehaya in this film passed away in 2020. May he rest in piece. He play his role in this film perfectly and I know a lot of people loved him and his work very much

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There are a few slight differences from the manga that make this movie unsatisfying. The way Sawako wears her uniform accentuates her character, but in the movie she wears it differently, which doesn't fit her personality. It seems like they changed it just to make her look cuter, but her true cuteness comes from her personality. There are alsp a few moments when she is out of character. The actor for Kazehaya is good, but in the manga, he is more youthful, more like a real high school boy. They also changed the plot just to make everything more dramatic. The whole point is to express the characters' feelings and development, but this added drama did nothing to enhance that. The last thing is that this movie is missing the comedy that is in the manga and anime, which was one of the things that made the characters so likeable and the story so fun to watch. Though the movie had these issues, it still did a good job portraying the characters. It just isn't as compelling and loveable as the manga and anime. I think people that haven't seen the manga or anime might like it, and that is probably what this movie was made for. Fans of the manga like me might not get as much enjoyment out of this because of the differences. It feels kind of like a different story.

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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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