Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta (Review)

I recently watched a Jdrama called "Taesetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta" which is the longest freakin title ever. It means "I Learned All The Important Things From You." I still cannot pronounce it to this day. It aired around January in 2011 and it stars Miura Haruma (EEEEP!!) and Toda Erika as its leads. 

Here is the plot line taken from Dramawiki which is taken from Tokyograph since I'm too lazy to write my own:

• Toda and Miura play two teachers, Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi, at the same high school who are set to get married in half a year. However, the night before the school year's opening ceremony, Shuji becomes involved with the young Hikari Saeki (played by Takei Emi), without realizing that she will be a student in his class starting the next day. As Shuji struggles to help Hikari deal with the mental complex she is suffering from, he is also torn inside by his betrayal of Natsumi. Meanwhile, Hikari attempts to get closer to Natsumi, driven by feelings of jealousy and a desire to destroy the couple's relationship. 

Right after reading the synopsis I knew that I would not be shipping the Natsumi and Shuji together. For some reason in most dramas like this with the third girl or whatever I always end up liking them better. It's not that I love all antagonists but for some reason I dislike watching dramas where the two main leads are already together. I'd much rather watch the process of them falling in love instead of them already being in love. Weird? I unno.


Cast & Characters

I discovered Takei Emi through this drama and now she's kind of like one of my biases. Although her acting isn't superb in some of her other dramas, she totally won me over in this one. Plus she's just super pretty. Her depiction of Hikari is very believable. If you just read the plot you will probably think that Hikari is a bitch but in the actual drama it is completely different. At first I also thought she was a little bit psychotic but then as her character developed, I learned why she did what she did and I began to root for her full on. 

I knew Toda Erika from Liar Game but I have yet to watch it. I think she is so pretty and this shot of her in a wedding dress was gorgeous :D I'm not sure why but in this drama she looked too mature?, which I actually didn't like at all. I know that they are playing teachers but I only watched it because they were young. Don't get me wrong I really like Toda Erika but she feels too mature compared to Haruma, who looks like a cute lil dumpling >.<

Miura Haruma is just always looking fresh and I loved his facial expressions in this drama. I remember watching Kimi Ni Todoke and kind of spazzing whenever he smiled. His smile is just super adorable. The expression I loved the most in this drama was whenever he would peek at Hikari when he's teaching. It's not the peeking kind of peeking but rather the worrying kind. 


OST (Soundtrack)


The soundtrack was also amazing. Something weird was that they used a ton of P!nk songs. And when I say a ton I mean like 12 songs by P!nk in one drama. It was used perfectly in terms of melody but since I knew the meaning of the lyrics, some of the music placement felt awkward. Now I am going to talk about the best song in the world. It's actually more like background music but it is beautiful. It's called the "Prelude" (Link) and OMGEE IT IS JUST GORGEOUS, SENSATIONAL, EXTRAVAGANT. No, seriously I listen to it every night and just hearing the song gives me heartbreaks because I know exactly when it was played and I still feel bitter about the ending -.- 


Review & Thoughts

Now lets get on to the actual dorama. Obviously I really liked it but the ending kinda broke my heart. This would've been my absolute favourite Jdrama if it weren't for the ending. Actually it wasn't the ending, it was who ended up together. Other then that I really loved this drama. the cinematography is amazing and the hue of the whole drama felt fresh and clean. I totally recommend this drama to someone who wants to watch something new and interesting. The interesting and twisted plot is what pulls you in but the constant surprises and characters are what keep you interested. I have rewatched this drama like a thousand times. When I rewatch though I only watch the episodes I feel like watching. 



OTP FOR LIFE

This otp seriously kills me because they have so much chemistry. Haruma and Takei have so much more chemistry than Haruma and Erika. I was rooting for them so hard even though I knew who would end up together in the beginning. After all, Toda Erika and Miura Haruma were the leads. But seriously up until the last episode I still felt butterflies and spazzed so hard whenever they had scenes together. They had alot of scenes together. I feel like the writer was tricking people into believing that Hikaru and Shuji were going to end up together. It felt like that up until the very end, like literally 2 minutes at the end they still had a scene together. I won't spoil the scenes but it broke my heart. (I wouldve sobbed like a baby but for some reasons its really hard for me to cry here since I knew the freakin ending -.-) Whenever I rewatch it I just watch it up to their scene and then shut the video. It kind of brainwashes myself into believing that they did end up together lol. 

In the drama Shuji doesn't have any romantic feelings for her and just cares about her but I would call that bull. He does not treat his other students like the way he treats her. Shuji tells Hikari things so personal that its impossible to think of them as just a teacher and a student. And Hikari is so in love with Shuji that she would do anything for him. She gave up many things so that Shuji wouldn't have a stressful time at school even though that would've meant  getting bullied herself. I don't know if its just because I skipped all of their scenes but Natsumi didn't do much for Shuji. 

Anyways,

I will die with this ship.