Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai (Japanese Series) [I Want to See Only You]

This short little mini-series was a welcome change with no usual BL tropes that can sometimes be annoying. A simple, cute, very positive and enjoyable sores that makes you feel good and makes your heart warm with the innocence of a teenage love story. Surely, because it is so simple and straight forward, you sometimes wish something more to happen, but part of me was glad it stayed the way it did.

Sakura and Yuma have been friends from childhood and are now entering the senior year of school. Yuma is fun loving carefree guy who is spontaneous and playful and Sakura likes to play piano and hopes to go to a music university. The duo always hang out despite a bit of opposite personalities. As the summer holidays are coming close, Sakura takes the bold decision of confessing his feelings to Yuma and kisses him. Initially taken aback by this, Yuma thinks about it and feels he like Sakrura very much and decides to continue their relationship/freindship. At a camping trip, he confesses his love also for Sakura and tell shim that he wants to cherish him as long as he can. The final episode is all about the couple doing small little things to make each other happy to make this summer the most memorable they have.

Besides the main couple, we also do see the love story of two of their teachers (on of them is Sakura's Music teacher) and also of their friend trying to woo a girl in the class. The overall show is very feel good that depicts a sweet teenage romance and coming-of-age journey from adolescence to adulthood. The two friends have distinctive personalities and using flashbacks from childhood, we see their unbreakable bond. When Sakura confesses his feelings, I wasn't sure what will happen and was expecting some kind of drama, but thankfully, the series takes it all in stride  and the narrative goes with a smooth delightful pace. Of the two actors, Yuma clearly steals the show. He has the most gorgeous smile, makes goofy faces, is full of energy and always tries to make Sakura smile and is a true friend. He was amazing and embodied his character really well. In contrast Sakura is a shy guy and the actor playing does a decent job. I also actually enjoyed the goofiness of the love story of the two teachers. 

Keeping the show short with only 4 episodes of about 20 minutes each, the show never feels it is dragging. A happy ending where even though the your youngsters may not be sure of what their future holds for them, one thing they are absolutely clear about is that they want each other's company. The warm and cozy premise of the show, no unnecessary drama, a straight forward but very cute love story are all good enough reasons to add this to your list immediately. (7.5/10)