There was enough carrying the characters and stories that made the manga, and anime, rather enjoyable. Mei was a classic stoic heroine, but when she did start showing emotions you could connect and understand the rawness and confusion. I wasn’t certain Kurosawa’s intentions were all that pure at first, but you could see his character evolve and see his true feelings for Mei as the manga went on. He had this cool quality and air and even though he was well liked and nice, always had a slight, almost standoffish aura at times. In the manga, Kurosawa was like an enigma to me. It’s a fairly typical story in the grand scheme of things. Love rivals, jealousy, and more pop up to get in our couple’s way, of course. Their little world opens up and Mei finally starts making friends with others as well.

This brought her to Kurosawa’s attention and he soon is declaring his feelings and dating Mei. She keeps to herself until sick of being teased by Nakanishi Kenji, she goes to kick him and kicks the most popular boy in school, Kurosawa Yamato, instead…for which she didn’t apologize. Tachibana Mei had a traumatic experience in grade school which turned her into a person who depended solely on herself and no one else.

The manga revolves around a group of high school friends. Say “I Love You” was penned by Hazuki Kanae and was serialized in Dessert starting in April of 2008. Okay, so before getting into the heart of the review, first things first. This could in part be that they are cramming an entire manga series and several stories into one short movie. Was this the worst movie I’ve ever watched? Not by any means, but it still turned out to be a big disappointment.

Unfortunately that hope was not fulfilled. So…I came into this movie with some hope that it would be good. I’ve also watched the anime (to about the same point in the story). I haven’t finished the series, but I’ve read up to the arc where Megu (more on her later) was becoming a huge stumbling block for our couple. Unfortunately, this is a manga that I have read and rather enjoyed. Say “I Love You” is another manga turned into a live action that was released in 2014. There are tons of dramas and movies that are based on manga.

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