Boku no Hatuskoi kimi wo Sasagu

"I Give my First Love to You"
I've been following this manga for a year now. Now, there's gonna be a japanese live action movie based on this manga which I am very excited about. Before I start writing about my excitement on this movie, I'm gonna give you an idea what this manga or movie is about.
The story is basically all about the effects of having a disease that would eventually take your life when you're still young. Well, it's a different thing when you know about it when you're still very young so that's how Takuma was at the start of the story. Takuma is someone who thinks that he shouldn't love because he doesn't want to hurt the person he loves, whose name is Mayu by the way, when he dies. The story revolves on that thought. I've already read about the summary on how the manga ended although scanlations are still a long way from there but it has a very good ending and I just don't want to divulge it because I don't know how the movie will end so let's just cross our fingers for now.
I've seen the trailer and I think this will be a very good movie and seeing that Mao Inoue would be the main character, Mayu, I know this one would turn out to be a great movie since I've seen her Makino role in Hana Yori Dango and it was exceptional! I've seen Masaki Okada in his minor role as Sekime in Hana Kimi and it was also good although, of course, we didn't get to see much of him on that series. I can't wait to see the subbed version on this movie!
OMG! It'll be showing this October and it's almost October! I'm getting all impatient all of a sudden!

TORADORA!!!!

This series got me to laugh so hard and cry as well... The story starts off when the clumsy Taiga places a love letter for her crush on the wrong bag that unfortunately belongs to the alleged class "delinquent", Ryuuji. Surprisingly, both of them are neighbors and it somehow ended up with both of them agreeing to help each other on their individual love lives.
From there, the story progresses with a lot of humor in it and a touch of drama for both characters but there are also times when other supporting characters have their share on the limelight. We witness both the main characters on how they cope up with rejection, acceptance, change, family matters, school, society, and all other emotions. As I said, this series has all the essential elements on it.
The plot is not as complicated but it's very unique in its own way. I guess maybe because I'm tired of the usual opposites attract kind of romance like rich-poor, dumb-intelligent, ugly-pretty, delinquent-popular, etc. match ups. This series never focused on their intelligence which is a good thing because I hate it when there's someone who gets to be so slow in the brain. The plot builds up smoothly and the characters are portrayed well. The seiyuu of Taiga was the best ever. I just love Taiga's character.
The art is more than decent. Just the right amount. Not too much color. It's actually very simple and neat. I love it that way.
The music is also good. The series has 2 songs for the opening and another 2 for the ending. This is a short anime series but you get to be satisfied on the outcome of the story. It's not a cliffhanger so you don't get to be making your own assumptions on how the story ends.
Overall, I just love this series so much and I love TAIGA!!!! She's my favorite anime character for now and definitely would still be in the list in the future.
You just have to watch it to know what I'm talking about.
If you enjoyed Ouran High School Host Club, you'll definitely love and enjoy this anime! :-)