Title: Spring Story
Aired: 2003
Staring: Oguri Shun, Nishihara Aki
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Akane is a wannabe fashion designer. Kei is a high school basketball star. This cute drama is about a high school romance, where they quickly grow up, leave school and life gets in the way. Are they ment to be?

I have had trouble trying to find out more information about this drama, but I think it must have aired in 2003. It ran for about an hour as a one off show. Staring Oguri Shun, who is in everything, I don’t think that boy sleeps, and Miss Nishihara Aki, who was the sweet Yuki in Hana Yori Dango.

Akane looks bad with purple eyeshadow. In fact, besides barbie, I’m not sure that there is anyone who does. Um, back to the review…

The main characters do it within the first 10 minutes. That is awesome.

I admire Akane for being her own person. She has to live her own life. She is a very stubborn, strong headed girl. This is both a good thing and a bad.

Kei on the other hand, comes across as very full of himself. Self centred, or at least he pretends to be, probably because I suspect underneath he is insecure.

My biggest complaint about this show is that it moves way too fast. It would have been much better if it was at least an hour longer. Everything could have been fleshed out more, instead everything felt rushed.

I think this show is about finding a balance between personal dreams and love. Both are important. It’s nice to have both.

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Where did I first see him?
Without realising it, I first saw him in Densha Otoko, the tv series. It wasn’t until later, when I knew who he was, that I went back to rewatch and see him there. I can’t remember if I watched Hana Yori Dango or Gokusen first, but I watched both around the same time. It is around this time that I actively became aware of Shun. I’m not sure when I first became to really appreciate him as an actor, but I certainly came to admire him.

My Opinion
Shun is one busy boy. He seems to do a lot. I really like Shun as an actor – he’s someone that I would watch something because he is in it. He is pretty sexy too, in an odd kind of way – and definitely looks better with darker hair in my opinion.

Misc Facts
Shun has Pectus Excavatum, a disorder in the chest which makes a part of it sunken. He’s still sexy.
He’s left handed. Lefties for world domination!
He likes surfing.

TV Shows:
Tokyo Dogs (2009)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e SP (2008)
Binbo Danshi (2008)
Detective Conan 2 (2007)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007)
Hana Yori Dango 2 (2007)
Detective Conan 1 (2006)
Densha Otoko Deluxe (2006)
Hana Yori Dango (2005)
Densha Otoko (2005)
Stand Up!! (2003)
Spring Story (2003)
Gokusen SP (2003)
Gokusen (2002)

Movies:
Hana Yori Dango Final (2008)
Crows ZERO (2007)
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Links:
Official Site
Japanese Wikipedia
English Wikipedia