I have a love/hate relationship with this show. It’s a wonderful story in any of its incarnations, manga, anime or live action movie. The story, which is very slice-of-life, is interesting and the two main characters and their supporting cast are wonderful- coming across as real people you’d want to meet and become friends with. The only "problem" is that the manga writer, Ai Yazawa, is almost too good at writing about realistic relationships, especially powerful, unhealthy relationships. This is where the hate part of my relationship with this story comes in.