It all starts as you're thrown into the life of Yukino Miyazawa, the perfect student. She's got the looks, she's got the grades, she's got everything any girl could ask for out of a school life. She is envied by all the girls and loved by all the boys, and is #1 in her class. The worst part could be the fact that she knows this, and couldn't love being more conceited about it.

Her mask was her life, and she lived fine within it.

Enter Soichiro Arima, now the perfect guy. Miyazawa can't help but notice that Arima has been stealing her thunder. Born under a rich name, looks to kill, and the grades that equal Miyazawa's, she can't help but be infuriated by his perfect ways. Day in and day out among her diligent studying, she plots to take down Arima, to break him.

Then, Miyazawa gets a curveball.

The midterm results come in, and Arima bests Miyazawa by half a point.

Meaning he becomes the #1 student in their class.

Miyazawa, even more angry than ever, as she's just leaving, Arima touches her and merely whispers...

"I love you."

Miyazawa gets yet another curveball, thus starts a comical romantic war between the two as they continue to try to get under eachother's skin. But they only seem to get closer and close until...

Arima then stumbles upon Miyazawa's dark secret, and after that, the seeds of romance start to sink in...

I loved Kare Kano, I really did.

I got addicted to the sweet but not sickly fluffy romance of Arima and Yukino, but I was so unhappy with its setup. I don't know if the ending was planned to be that way, or if those recap episodes were meant to exist, but I was just devastated as soon as the stick figures came out.

I didn't even watch the recaps.

Kare Kano had everything that a short anime series needed - a ready fanbase from the original manga, dynamic characters, captivating plot twists and a great plot. The anime adaption used so little of that.

Its setup was sloppy, the planning was less than average, and the ending is probably the worst of anime history. What are left now are only 'what if's.