All in all, I did not enjoy it that much. It started very well but ended quite sappy and unoriginal. The manga was way better.
The only one that out-performed their manga counterpart was Ikuta Toma. Even though, sometimes he was exaggerated too, however his personality and his expressions were right on. Horikita Maki and Oguri Shun both did not do their characters justice. I feel that Oguri’s version of Sano was a bit more emo and aloof than the real Sano Izumi. All in all, definitely not the greatest drama. I recommend the manga to people more.
In the supporting characters area, I felt that Okada Masaki who played Sekime Kyogo did an extremey good job. After going to his drama wiki page, I found out that he is younger than me and his birthday is the same as Matsumoto Jun, which makes him six years younger than MatsuJun…