PriestMarmore

I used to watch this when I was younger and I loved it, however I watched it without following the correct order (I just watched whenever it was on TV). Now having watched everything from start to finish in order I don't feel disappointed.

Let's skip the positives because they are too many, therefore I'll only point out the negatives. Let's start with the fact that the first episodes, especially the ones from season 1, have extremely extensive recaps of the previous episode, so an episode with 23 minutes will actually only be maybe 15 minutes once you exclude the opening and closing song and that recap, it is annoying.

Another thing I didn't like is that throughout an episode (although they improve on this but not totally) they would reminisce too much. By reminiscing I mean having flashbacks, maybe during a fight, or things like that and some episodes are basically filled with this, and the worst part is that most of this flashbacks are about stuff that we already saw 3000 times before so sometimes the story takes time to develop because of this.

Lastly, the formula for a battle is always the same (regarding Naruto). Start to attack someone directly and get obliterated. Once that happens he gets angry and finds a way, either a clever way or just by pure force, to defeat the enemy, at least most of the times.

That's it, these are really my main complains. I'm now going to start to watch Shippuden so I hope I enjoy but I do have high hopes because, like I said throughout the review, most of the downsides of the show are improved over the seasons so I'm hoping that what I just pointed out isn't going to be so bad.

Such an incredible drama, however there are a few things that do push down the score a bit. I wanted to talk about the positives too but I couldn't find the words to describe them without spoilers but in general the story is pretty well written. The characters have depth, for the most part, and there wasn't a single moment where I thought "I wish I was doing something else instead of watching this". The score could be higher if not for some really terrible mistakes, for lack of a better word, that I'll point out right now.

So, what's holding this drama back? Well, some of the performances were a bit mediocre to be honest. I cannot tell you how much the scene, which I'm not going to enter in detail to not give any spoilers, where the guy was playing cello at the hospital bothered me (that scene was the worse but I think this applies to every time there was a scene where they were playing). It's funny because they did hire someone who could play cello when they weren't showing the face of the actor, but still the recording was so uncoordinated with the musician, and when it was the actor "playing" then it was just terrible. Besides, the sound of the recording of the cello playing was from a different place so you could clearly hear that the instrument shouldn't be sounding like it was if it was played at a hospital room. The fight scenes also look pretty fake but to be honest they did look pretty good when compared to any other drama out there basically. There were a few other scenes that could have been better but I would have to go into detail.

Overall, I do recommend this series and I think that if you look beyond some of the performances, the score is actually higher than a 7/10.

It's funny looking back at the first episodes. The drama seemed so light-hearted yet everything became much more emotional once you started to know about the characters and their personal lives. I'm not going into great detail because I don't wanna give spoilers, although a review will always reveal a bit of the story, but I'll try to point out the major positives and negatives from this drama.

Let's start with the negatives. This one is personal but I feel like the ending is not the best, it is a bit predictable. For a drama I think it has the best ending however I don't see it as being realistic, at least regarding the main characters. Another negative aspect of the series is in regards to the continuity between different shots in a scene. This is a technical issue, not one related to the story itself, like the first negative point. This is a really common thing however and to be honest it wasn't that bad, especially compared to many other dramas I've watched.

Moving now to the positives. Despite feeling like the end is predictable, and what leads to the end, they made a really good job making the story interesting and adding some plot twists. I also have to point out how deep every major character is in terms of personality and background and that's what makes this story so captivating and impactful.

This might not be on the top of my list, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this drama to anyone.