Review of We Were There

This is one of the greatest romantic stories of all time, with overflowing emotions, great and relatable characters and outstanding realism in its drama. The story is realistic and relatable. You will easily connect with the characters and, from the very beginning, you'll go on an emotional roller-coaster ride with plenty heart wrenching moments. Some people will feel that there are plenty of moments that the story becomes extremely realistic in its portrayal of young teens' love and life's circumstances, that at times you will end up despising that realism but absolutely understand it. It will be reminiscent of these awkawrd years in the youngstages of our lives, when we acted immaturely and selfishly, moments of indecisiveness, moments when we should have let something go and we didn't, moments of regret.

Bokura ga Ita is as realistic as it can get in all the matters of the heart. For those who have yet to experience true romantic love, it is going to be a great lesson on what you have missed, both the merry and sad aspects. For those who have had the pleasure to experience love before, it is going to be a reflection and reminder of all these memories you have locked in a corner of your heart, both the dear and traumatic ones.

Overall, the story will be appreciated more by mature audience. And if you think you have hit rock bottom after finishing the series, you should go read the manga, there you will reach a whole new level of poignancy. The series covers the first 8 volumes out of a total of 16 volumes. If anything, it is compulsory to read the manga afterwards until you reach the conlcusion of the story.