The reason I watched Suzuka is because I thought the track-and-field thing was really neat. I do soccer myself and used to be on the XC team, so I was interested. But my god, the two main characters were so annoying.
Suzuka? A lot of people defend her by saying she's had a traumatic experience, and yeah, it was a traumatic experience, but the thing is: she was a total b!*** before Kazuki died. She was a b!*** to her friend, that chick with the long ponytail, and goodness knows she was a total b!*** to Yamato, even when he wasn't acting dorky. I mean, she said she didn't care about how he ran, insulted his form, never encouraged him, told him to quit running, made tons of snarky comments and was just plain rude 99.99% of the time. On top of that she only thinks about herself and is way too sensitive - notice how whenever somebody merely suggests she's doing something wrong, she has a hissy fit? She just has a horrible personality, plain and simple.
I thought Yamato was kinda dorky, and although he means well, I'll never get why he's so into Suzuka. She's cute and her commitment to her sport is inspiring, but it all ends there.
Glad I'm done watching this.... won't rewatch, that's for sure. In the romance area, this was horrible.