Everyone, at least once in their lives, has created their own versions of an ideal love story inside their minds, regardless of whether it has a happy or sad ending. Having said this, it is also a fact that not everyone living in this world right now has found a partner. But no matter what your marital status or gender is, these 5 movies are guaranteed to make you fall in love on Valentine’s Day.
The Liar and His Lover/Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru
Set in the music industry, the movie shows the love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer named Aki and a 16-year-old high school student named Riko. Aki is a former member of the popular band, Crude Play, who decided to focus on writing songs for the group. He feels melancholic after some events that happened in his life and but right then and there he meets Riko. Being a singer for another band, meeting Riko changed Aki’s life from then on.
So what does lying have to do with this movie?
Blue Spring Ride/Ao Haru Ride
Ao Haru Ride tells about the story of a curious high school girl who wants to know what happened to her crush from three years ago, and why he changed.
When Futaba Yoshioka was a middle high school student, she liked Tanaka-kun, who was different from the other boys, simply for being gentle. Tanaka then moved away from the neighborhood and they lost contact since then. Going on separate ways, Futuba suddenly meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Kou Mabuchi, and with an entirely different personality. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now that is the thing of the past.
Will Futaba be able to continue with her love that has never even started yet?
May Your Love Bloom a Hundred Years/Hanamizuki
May Your Love Bloom a Hundred Years tells the story of Sae, a high school student hoping to go to college in Tokyo. She meets Kouhei, who goes to a specialized high school, where he is learning fishery. They ended up having a long distance relationship with each other, which did not last long. Having different dreams, they then decided to go on their separate ways to achieve it.
Do you thing they will be reunited?
Girl in the Sunny Place/Hidamari no Kanojo
Love is simply sweeter the second time.
Girl in the Sunny Place portrays the story of an ordinary young couple named Kosuke and Mao. Kosuke saved a cat when he was younger. He then met Mao who transferred to his school. They happened to like each other but Kosuke soon moved to another location. Years later they meet again, and eventually fall in love the second time around. However, beneath the happiness is an extraordinary secret that that Mao has been hiding from Kosuke all along.
Will this secret become a hindrance to a lasting love story?
My Love Story/Ore Monogatari
My Love Story is a Japanese high school romantic comedy film based on the manga series of the same name, written by Kazune Kawahara. It tells the story of three teens: Takeo, the hulk man, Suna, the pretty boy who most girls like, and Rinko, the petite girl who loves cooking.
After Takeo saves Rinko from a bully, he immediately falls in love with her. However, he mistakenly thinks that she, the girl of his dreams, likes Suna. Giving way to a friend, Takeo finds a way to get the two of them together, even it is against his own happiness.
Who will be together in the end?
So, did the movies make you fall in love?