Koizora (2008)

I loved this drama b/c the story it was very touching. I know lots of ppl that have ended up in a similar situation but obviously not the same. I loved the actors b/c they brought a real down to earth feel to the story. I loved how they showed their feelings in different ways, which has a lot to do w/ the back ground that they came from. I understood the story very well b/c I fell in love at a young age also. Being w/ that person makes life better and having beautiful memories to remember when he is not w/ me makes those times pass easier. I think this drama touches so many ppl b/c they know how to sympathize w/ the lead characters. If you don't get it that is probably b/c u have never felt what the story is trying to portray. Watch this and enjoy it but expect to cry b/c it is that moving.

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Well, first off....I can really relate to this drama. I definitely felt the same as Mika towards beginning a relationship.

There was just one small thing that bugged me-----their sound effects like i.e a punch being thrown, is just horrible. It sounds like something out of a video game. [Actually, I thought it was cool...but it'd be nicer if it was more realistic.]

This drama can start off as being pretty plain, but once you sit back and watch...the magic will unravel---you'll be completely captivated by this tear-jerking drama.

The story is developed in a way that can be easily understood. It was very simple. Drama happens one after another. Many can sympathize with the lead because we've all fell in love at least once and realized how beautiful the world is.
And then that "I don't ever want to be in love, again" stage.

The cast were great! I absolutely loved Mika and Tatsuya. They kind of went a bit far with Hiro's "bamf" look. But it gradually grew on me.
I really loved that Hiro did not pay much mind to gender. If he had to hit a woman, he'd do it. Koji's (Hiro) eyes had fluttered at the perfect time.

I haven't got much to say about this drama...but I definitely recommend watching it to those who can spare some time, and to those who are patient.

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Honestly, my opinion is probably contrarily BAD. I forced myself to finish this drama just because it was so ridiculous and stupid that I couldn't help wondering what 'dramatic plot twists' to expect next. I think this drama is the worst one I've seen by far. Let me point out why I disliked it so much.

First - the story. Well, the plot isn't so extraordinary. Of course, being simple and not very original doesn't mean being bad. However, in this case, the scriptwriters decided to create a tearjerker based on the emotional impact rather than a dynamically developed story. This attempt was, well, pretty much a failure. Every single episode consists of boring, pointless dialogues, loooooong boring landscape shots with sad music playing in the background. If you wanna make a simple yet emotional story, then the other aspects should be decent (such as the acting and CHARACTERS). Guess what? It's a failure again.

Why exactly? The main characters possess no personalities at all. I mean, Mika is an average girl with a typical inferiority complex. Hiro is no better. His feelings for the main lead make no sense. The explanation behind how he developed his love for Mika is really unrealistic. What's more, their relationship progresses way too fast. The couple barely knew each other when they had ridiculously far-fetched plans for the future.
Oh, and the villain! A stereotypical one, that is! Why is it that there is always this jealousy thing in school j-dramas?... The worst thing was how the villain acted at the end of the drama. Again, it was pointless and utterly illogical, as much as everything else in Koizora.

As for the acting, while watching it I realised the problem with many j-dramas. I don't know why the trend is that actors behave so over-emotionally. They seem really fake. I haven't seen such acting in k-dramas at all, so maybe it's a j-drama thing. The actors didn't make me like the characters more. In fact, I couldn't care less about them.

If I were to point out an advantage of this drama, it would be music. It's nothing special, but still good enough. There is a pretty nice song playing often throughout the drama. So if you ask me for advantages, that's it.

I do not recommend this drama. The worst factors are the characters and the overall brainwashing I underwent while watching it. Nothing makes sense in Koizora. If I were to shed a tear while watching this sad love story, it would be a tear of my blood.

Sorry. I'm so cruel.
Ah, one more thing - this story was supposedly based on real events. Seriously? Don't make me laugh...

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I gave this a rewatch value of 5, because why would you rewatch a show that is going to make you cry? Which is what I did. For most of the last two episodes. As soon as Mika starts talking in the beginning, you know how it's going to end. I don't usually watch sad shows, but I couldn't resist this one. And i'm glad I watched it. It was very sad, but it wasn't depressing. And i'd been worried it would be too melodramatic but surprisingly, it wasn't that either. The two leads do a pretty good job with their roles. It's not easy to display all of the emotions that they had to, but they did it fairly well. I gave this an 8/10. It wasn't perfect but they made me cry and if you can make me cry, something must have gone right.

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To be completely honest, I did not like this drama at all. The whole storyline of Koizora is poor and rather confusing. It's as if the author only wanted to torture the characters, thereby, making any soft-hearted viewer want to just breakdown and cry for the characters sake.



As I watched, I became so annoyed with the story that I didn't even watch the last episode. So, maybe I shouldn't be talking, but from what I read, it doesn't really get much better in the last episode.



Unlike many people are saying, in my opinion, Koizora wasn't even really all that sad, it was just ridiculous (very similar to the second season of the anime Clannad). I didn't like it at all.



My advice to anyone who wants to watch Koizora is: if you start watching it and even begin to think that it's going to be a drama that you don't want to watch, just turn it off. 'Cause it doesn't get better.



I know a lot of people really like this drama, and I don't mean to offend you, but I really don't understand why anyone would like it. It's a poor story, and quite honestly I don't find many redeeming qualities in it.



The only even remotely good thing about Koizora is that the actors can act and the music doesn't suck. Quite obviously I don't give any "re-watch value" to this drama since I couldn't even finish it, and the story was seriously a major fail.

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Noch niiie zuvor mußten so viele Papiertaschentücher dran glauben...
NIIIIIEmals mußte ich so sehr weinen, daß ich davon Kopfschmerzen bekam!
Ich habe die gesamten Episoden 5 & 6 geheult und geschluchzt bis zur
Atemnot... omg, wie grausam kann ein Schicksal sein???

Noch keine 20 Jahre alt: das erste gemeinsame Kind verloren, er
verstirbt an Krebs und dann bekommt sie noch eine 2. gemeinsame
Tochter. und zwar genau die, die er sich so sehr gewünscht hat!!!

Wie kann ein Mensch so stark sein und so etwas überleben?
OK, auch ich muß mich allein mit meiner Tochter durchs Leben kämpfen,
aber unser Erzeugerarsch lebt noch und die Wut und Verantwortung hält
mich aufrecht... aber die Liebe meines Lebens und unser Kind begraben?
DAS HÄTTE ICH NIEMALS ÜBERLEBT!!!
(Man bedenke: dieses Schicksal ist der Autorin Mika real widerfahren!)

**R*E*S*P*E*K*T**

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