Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san

Stumbled upon this show on Netflix, and oh my gosh is it hilarious! A minor miracle of a show! Watch it NOW!

Story focuses on two 15 year old students, the bewildered and totally oblivious Nishikata, and his nemesis Tagaki, who delightfully and successfully win the teasing battle between the two. She obviously adores Nishikata (as do all his fellow students), but all in an effort to spend time with him. Nishikata, on the other hand, is obsessed with beating her in their teasing game, to the point his scheming, and over confidence, betrays his inherent innocence. It's all in good fun, or rather in Tagaki's efforts to get Nishikata to like her!

Over the course of the 10 episodes, our Nishikata starts to recognize he has some weird feelings for Tagaki, but never quite puts the pieces together. When Tagaki's father is set to be transferred, and move to Paris, Nishikata's competitive instincts start to be clouded by Tagaki moving away. The last three episodes are sublime...so very funny, awkward, and endearing.

The episodes are about 25 minutes long, move quickly and are in sync. The leads, both Nishikata and Tagaki are wonderful. They completely occupy their roles, with honesty, awkwardness, humor and just take over the screen. Just amazing!

This short series will send you straight to your first naive loves of college (if you did not have it is okay, we all have a different experience).

Being a fan of the anime I was afraid that the live-action adaptation would be missed but what a surprise!

Despite some changes of scenario we find all the original atmosphere of the anime.

The chemistry between the two actors is excellent and the beautiful scenery is typical of a small town on a Japanese island.

The rather slow and contemplative staging allows the silence and the looks of the actors to say a lot. The music fits well with the atmosphere.

I hope we get a second season!

PS : Sorry for the mistakes English is not my native language.

"Takagi loves playing good-natured pranks on her classmate Nishikata. But try as he might, he can never prank her back - she's just too clever."

It's about two high school kids living on a japanese island who constantly prank each other - but the girl, Takagi, always outsmarts the boy, Nishikata.

Both are secretly in love with each other but neither wants to admit it, so playing (lighthearted) pranks on each other is their way of staying close.

And although Nishikata always loses to Takagi, he never gets angry at her because as he says during one of the last episodes, "It is better to being pranked by Takagi-san than not being with her at all"

It is an enchanting story with two very talented lead actors taking pleace on a beautiful island.

Highly recommended.