I lost count of how many times I've rewatched this (I was here to find a movie to watch yet ended up rewatching this again lol), thus I decided to write my review which I don't usually do.

The story might be quite a "typical" shoujo story, but the execution is excellent imo. Plus the story actually delivers great moral values, not just a "once upon a time of a shoujo heroine's life" type of story, you know. Ofc shortcomings are found, yet they're covered by the nice production, i.e. the actors are being super serious in making might-be-cringe scenes into reality, thus they are actually --and surprisingly enjoyable! I keep going like, "how did they do that??" LOL.

I especially want to praise Yuna Taira whom in my opinion rocks her role here, but the supporting characters are likeable as well, like the parents, even the butler and maids. Another winning point is that the OST is so nice! ^^