This drama was pleasant on its little moments, but taken as a whole felt a little stuffy. An overload of introspection doesn't seem to agree well with me especially with its kind of story. I actually wasn't convinced of the how and why the main couple had fallen in love despite the fact that it was exactly what the drama was trying to do. For one thing, I didn't buy into their chemistry. I think Kubozuka was too charismatic and Takizawa paled next to him, it goes for both the actor and the character. Kubozuka had more chemistry with all three female characters which was just ironic. I like ABBA, and their songs set the mood well and that in itself somehow improved my experience in watching this. If I have to do my own introspection, I guess that the plotline already felt a little jaded at this time. Since I'm watching this more than a decade from its premiere? Yeah, most probably the case, though such doesn't always happen with an old drama for me. If you like a kind of hopeful forbidden love, teenage angst of unrequited love, sweet & sour moments of self introspection, or maybe just to enjoy a very charming Kubozuka Yosuke, then you might want to give this drama a chance.