Mao Inoue delivers her most powerful performance here. Tsukushi matures from a girl fighting bullies into a woman fighting for a relationship. Jun Matsumoto, too, sheds the cartoonish arrogance of Season 1, revealing a Tsukasa Domyoji who is broken, exhausted, but still burning with love.
Opening theme "Love So Sweet" by Arashi and the insert song "Flavor of Life" by Utada Hikaru. The Storyline Hana yori dango 2