Teasing Master Tagaki-san: A Lifelong Love

Life can be heavy sometimes. It’s why you don’t always want to watch dramatic or sad movies. This was one of the reasons I ended up watching this Japanese movie “Teasing Master Takagi-san”, a lighthearted drama that continues from a well rated television series of the same name. 

Nishitaka and Takagi were two middle school friends on a small Japanese island. Takagi leaves for Paris and exactly ten years later returns to the island as a teacher trainee at the same school they attended. One, where the very shy Nishitaka ends up being her supervisor. 

They go back to the same teasing & fun relationship they had, even as adults. The way Takagi-san looks at awkward Nishitaka is beautiful. Realizing their childhood crush, The blooming romance. It was just cute and heartwarming. What happens when you know you have met the one. The one you are supposed to spend the rest of your life with. And the scenes & views of small town coastal Japan were magical to me. 

Takes one back to anyone’s childhood. Looking back to mine, it helps me remember that it wasn’t all bad. The moments of silliness. Goofing around with friends. The childhood crushes & unrequited love. I realized now how easy and wonderful I had it in many ways then. The innocence. You are only ever that age once. I just wish I was more brave then. 

“So if you meet someone special, tell them how you feel. No regrets.

First crushes don’t turn into real love. But the feeling of love makes your heart feel full. So even just the act of loving someone is a wonderful thing.”