Synopsis:
Ashiya Mizuki is a girl who disguised herself as a guy to enter an all-boy school. Her intention is to make her idol, Sano Izumi, a high jump athlete who has now stopped jumping. So her journey begins to convince Sano to jump again while ensuring that her disguise remain unknown to her friends. Soon her feelings towards Sano bloom into "love".
My opinion:
Well, since I have watched it, the show has to be funny in the first place. Lol.. The first few episodes are full of comedy, I guess something intended to gain support from viewers. I laughed very hard when I watched the scene when Mizuki spits out her milk in episode 1. Some people are mocking each other "Are you a girl?" (something common in a boys school) and she thinks her disguise is over, so in her shock, she spits out what she drinks. Lol.. I almost spitted the water I was drinking to my laptop screen. Anyways, the spitting thing becomes a recurrent thing in the show so I think it's funny LOL..
The plot is much better than the Taiwanese-adaptation (last time I watched it thanks to my sister). In the Taiwanese-one, the girl chases the guy out of pure fondness and keponess to make him jump again. Something I think quite lame and unrealistic. Here, it was told that Sano was injured when he was saving Mizuki from gangsters. After that, he no longer jumps and hence Mizuki thinks it is all because of him saving her. That is a more "solid" reason for someone to go all the way from America and take the risk of disguising herself as a guy in Japan right?
Ashiya Mizuki is a girl who disguised herself as a guy to enter an all-boy school. Her intention is to make her idol, Sano Izumi, a high jump athlete who has now stopped jumping. So her journey begins to convince Sano to jump again while ensuring that her disguise remain unknown to her friends. Soon her feelings towards Sano bloom into "love".
My opinion:
Well, since I have watched it, the show has to be funny in the first place. Lol.. The first few episodes are full of comedy, I guess something intended to gain support from viewers. I laughed very hard when I watched the scene when Mizuki spits out her milk in episode 1. Some people are mocking each other "Are you a girl?" (something common in a boys school) and she thinks her disguise is over, so in her shock, she spits out what she drinks. Lol.. I almost spitted the water I was drinking to my laptop screen. Anyways, the spitting thing becomes a recurrent thing in the show so I think it's funny LOL..
The plot is much better than the Taiwanese-adaptation (last time I watched it thanks to my sister). In the Taiwanese-one, the girl chases the guy out of pure fondness and keponess to make him jump again. Something I think quite lame and unrealistic. Here, it was told that Sano was injured when he was saving Mizuki from gangsters. After that, he no longer jumps and hence Mizuki thinks it is all because of him saving her. That is a more "solid" reason for someone to go all the way from America and take the risk of disguising herself as a guy in Japan right?
The reason for Sano not to jump anymore is not because of the injury. It is something personal so Mizuki helps him to overcome his feelings of insecurity and from then romance blossoms . Of course at the end of the day, her disguise is revealed and she has to return to America. That's the ending..
The ending was kind of disappointing. And the events leading to the ending are even more discouraging. How can a girl change her attire at school without locking the door?? -_- Though eventually, the rest of the school knows only because when she faints, they want to loosen her clothes and tada: the wrapping around her chest is revealed. The teary goodbye is also a bit lame to me. There is no way that suddenly everyone has a good memory with her bla bla bla.. As if everything becomes fun after she comes or as if they all do things with her. Lame and cliche..
There is a special episode to tell the events which lead Sano to like Mizuki. In the dorama, it is not obvious since he is a typical of act cool bastard kind of character. The special episode ends with the graduation of the 3rd year, with Mizuki making a cameo appearance at the graduation. A bit wth for me because she was out of the school anyways -_-
So other than the comedy, there is nothing much from the show. The plot (other than the background plot) is rather weak. The love story is just uninspiring. While I hate love story in general (too mushy mushy..), I certainly think that this show needs more females! And by that I mean, females who look like females (and pretty too). Haha.. I guess the gender imbalance is too great already and that affects my mood (though usually I get irritated watching bimbos too :p)
My afterthoughts:
Comedy-wise, it hilarious. The bulk of the comedy lies on Nakatsu. He likes Mizuki (a girl who is disguised as a guy) and so he is doubting his own sexuality. Unfortunately, the laughing material from the 3rd episode onwards become more gender-bending in nature. Here comes the "unrealistic" part, something I hate when I watch something, though it is kinda expected since the drama is based on a shoujo manga. I am pretty sure that the mangaka is a woman so she knows nuts about a boys school. Firstly, we don't cross dress (the school does not approve cross-dressing competitions too!) and secondly, the gays in a boys school will not go around hugging and kissing the people they like. I am pretty sick of seeing the cross dress and the gay parts to be honest -_-"
The actors are so lame and I think they really go so faaa~~~r to play their character. The girl actually wrapped something around her chest to make it flat! I was like OMG when in the opening scene, a guy touches her THERE and he says "so flat.. no muscles". Later on, it was shown that she wraps something so it quite makes sense that it is flat. Lol.. In the Taiwan version, the girl looks so big THERE and it is so stupid that people cannot tell it's a girl lor -_-. Then the males are also cross-dressing for don't know how many times.. And worse, there are some male-on-male kiss scenes. Lol.. crazy right.. And the cross dress is really like wear make up, long gown, etc.. Siao..
The only 'nice' part of the story for me is Sano's personal conflict. He actually quits jumping because he is tired of people's high expectation on him (he broke national record previously) and because his dad (a retired high jump national athlete) was too busy training and didn't even have time to even accompany his wife in her deathbed. This kind of conflict, happens to everyone I guess.
Personally, I am also tired being a good student, who has to study very hard, cannot even skip lectures, must be a role model to other teachers. Without being arrogant, I am thankful that so far I have been doing well at school (at least until pre-university) and sometimes that good results is a baggage. Teachers will say things like "Why do you skip lecture?", "Why do you not do your tutorial?", "How come do you badly for this test?". I am a human too.. and there are times when I am tired and lazy, so of course there are times that I skip classes, I neglect my tutorials, etc.. My parents can be equally anal when it comes to school.. As if what they care is just results results and results.. not caring about the well-being of the person. Now in university, I become totally cannot be bothered kind of person. I guess it is kinda liberating too, to be able to skip classes as and when I like, to be able to do whatever I like and no need to be "role model" bla bla bla.. Though I think I am a bit taking it to the extreme (I think my attendance for this sem is only about 70% at most LOL).
Sano jumps again in the end.. though the training after slacking for quite some time is not that easy.. I guess it won't be easy for me to return to the state I used to be too :) And as much as an anti-social he is, he still has a lot of friends who are caring. Unlike me =( Sad lol..
Below are the collections of various spitting scenes in the show LOL..
The ending was kind of disappointing. And the events leading to the ending are even more discouraging. How can a girl change her attire at school without locking the door?? -_- Though eventually, the rest of the school knows only because when she faints, they want to loosen her clothes and tada: the wrapping around her chest is revealed. The teary goodbye is also a bit lame to me. There is no way that suddenly everyone has a good memory with her bla bla bla.. As if everything becomes fun after she comes or as if they all do things with her. Lame and cliche..
There is a special episode to tell the events which lead Sano to like Mizuki. In the dorama, it is not obvious since he is a typical of act cool bastard kind of character. The special episode ends with the graduation of the 3rd year, with Mizuki making a cameo appearance at the graduation. A bit wth for me because she was out of the school anyways -_-
So other than the comedy, there is nothing much from the show. The plot (other than the background plot) is rather weak. The love story is just uninspiring. While I hate love story in general (too mushy mushy..), I certainly think that this show needs more females! And by that I mean, females who look like females (and pretty too). Haha.. I guess the gender imbalance is too great already and that affects my mood (though usually I get irritated watching bimbos too :p)
My afterthoughts:
Comedy-wise, it hilarious. The bulk of the comedy lies on Nakatsu. He likes Mizuki (a girl who is disguised as a guy) and so he is doubting his own sexuality. Unfortunately, the laughing material from the 3rd episode onwards become more gender-bending in nature. Here comes the "unrealistic" part, something I hate when I watch something, though it is kinda expected since the drama is based on a shoujo manga. I am pretty sure that the mangaka is a woman so she knows nuts about a boys school. Firstly, we don't cross dress (the school does not approve cross-dressing competitions too!) and secondly, the gays in a boys school will not go around hugging and kissing the people they like. I am pretty sick of seeing the cross dress and the gay parts to be honest -_-"
The actors are so lame and I think they really go so faaa~~~r to play their character. The girl actually wrapped something around her chest to make it flat! I was like OMG when in the opening scene, a guy touches her THERE and he says "so flat.. no muscles". Later on, it was shown that she wraps something so it quite makes sense that it is flat. Lol.. In the Taiwan version, the girl looks so big THERE and it is so stupid that people cannot tell it's a girl lor -_-. Then the males are also cross-dressing for don't know how many times.. And worse, there are some male-on-male kiss scenes. Lol.. crazy right.. And the cross dress is really like wear make up, long gown, etc.. Siao..
The only 'nice' part of the story for me is Sano's personal conflict. He actually quits jumping because he is tired of people's high expectation on him (he broke national record previously) and because his dad (a retired high jump national athlete) was too busy training and didn't even have time to even accompany his wife in her deathbed. This kind of conflict, happens to everyone I guess.
Personally, I am also tired being a good student, who has to study very hard, cannot even skip lectures, must be a role model to other teachers. Without being arrogant, I am thankful that so far I have been doing well at school (at least until pre-university) and sometimes that good results is a baggage. Teachers will say things like "Why do you skip lecture?", "Why do you not do your tutorial?", "How come do you badly for this test?". I am a human too.. and there are times when I am tired and lazy, so of course there are times that I skip classes, I neglect my tutorials, etc.. My parents can be equally anal when it comes to school.. As if what they care is just results results and results.. not caring about the well-being of the person. Now in university, I become totally cannot be bothered kind of person. I guess it is kinda liberating too, to be able to skip classes as and when I like, to be able to do whatever I like and no need to be "role model" bla bla bla.. Though I think I am a bit taking it to the extreme (I think my attendance for this sem is only about 70% at most LOL).
Sano jumps again in the end.. though the training after slacking for quite some time is not that easy.. I guess it won't be easy for me to return to the state I used to be too :) And as much as an anti-social he is, he still has a lot of friends who are caring. Unlike me =( Sad lol..
Below are the collections of various spitting scenes in the show LOL..
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