Review of From Me to You / 君に届け

I don’t know why, but lately I’ve been on such a drama kick. I ended up getting a Viki subscription a while back out of a spontaneous decision, and although I only have been paying for the monthly subscription, I still haven’t canceled it yet, which means I’m watching a lot on it.

One of the big pros from this is the fact I’m finally expanding my horizons when it comes to the kind of dramas I watched. For the longest time I pretty much only watched Korean shows, but after watching Only for Love and Kissing the Ring Finger, I’ve been slowly getting more into Japanese and Chinese shows.

That said, I was looking for something new to watch on Netflix and download for my flights to Malaysia when I came across From Me To You. I had about 25 hours of travel going to Malaysia and 40 coming home, so I needed a lot of content to entertain me outside of what Etihad offered.

So that was how I ended up downloading From Me To You. The plot seemed interested, which is what ultimately got me to download it and give it a chance. I watched all of it over the course of my flights.

Let’s get into the review!

Sawako isn’t used to be noticed and not bullied, but she could get comfortable with her new life and romance.

Our main character in this drama is Sawako, who goes sometimes by Sawa. She’s a high schooler who lives life in the shadows, as people at her school make fun of her because of how she resembles a character from a Japanese horror movie. Because of it, no one really pays attention to her.

Sawako is very quiet and soft spoken because of it, and doesn’t try to draw attention towards herself more than she needs to. This is a pretty lonely life, so when two other female students are nice to her, she latches on (politely) to the opportunity to become friends with them.

However, there’s some big drama happening with that throughout one episode, as rumors are floating around the school about these girls, and someone puts Sawako’s name to it. She doesn’t want to lose her new friends, and she’ll do what it takes to get to the bottom of that.

There’s also someone else who gives her some special attention: her male classmate Kazehaya. He’s one of the first people to talk to her and see Sawako for who she really is as a person, which leads to some wholesome moments between the two throughout the series.

She also gets a massive crush on him, which leads to some friction with another classmate, who also has a big crush on Kazehaya as well. With a new rival in love, Sawako navigates her feelings with her friend, and the two have their moments when it comes to realizing their feelings about each other.

I feel like this explains a good chunk of the drama, if we’re going to be honest. There are time jumps, as the series ends with them all applying to college and going off on their own ways, as high school has to come to an end.

It’s very much a slice of life show in the end, and it’s not really conflict driven. There are smaller conflicts, but nothing really big happens if we’re going to be honest. I didn’t care for the conflicts and the tension they created, which means that I wasn’t invested in a lot beyond wanting to care for the character.

Overall Thoughts

I’m glad I watched this show, especially as it entertained me during one of the longest journeys of my life. I don’t think I’ll be revisiting the show throughout my time watching dramas, if I’m going to be honest.

It was too low stokes and all about the fluff. I could really relate to Sawako and her conflict, but because I didn’t care for the plot and its conflicts it became kind of harder to watch towards the end.

Lots of love for the themes and acceptance between these characters, though. High schoolers always need to be reminded about how bullying sucks and screws all of us over in the end.

Taste is subjective, though. Someone else might love this show, and that’s totally fine too.

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