Touch: Cross Road - Kaze no Yukue

This is a Gem

My feelings for this show is that...

From the humble beginnings to the very end i really enjoyed touch as a show. It does what it needs and that is to deliver. If i were to compare this show it has to be Maison Ikkoku. both tackles how one person overcomes the loss of another. They are subjectively different but the message is conveyed in a strong way. I love Touch.

The movie itself is...

a good conclusion to the series! it further concludes the personal issues of the two main characters and formulates a new bond. I could never imagine another ending other ... than this. Tatsuya being out of the shadow of his brother and Minami devoted as ever to support him.

If there was a nitpick within the movie is that the new characters are not that fleshed out, but acceptable for a 100 minute show.

Overall, Touch will be forever in my heart as it reminds me of Brotherly love, Passion, funny skits, and the determination of Minami and Tatsuya to commit to one another as their future rolls to their new chapter.

If you watched the prequel to "Touch: Cross Road - Kaze no Yukue" then you might as well watch this special to see further development between Tatsuya and Minami.

The concept revolves around Tatsuya finding his own baseball in a place where Kazuya's shadow isn't constantly following him every time he plays baseball. And for Minami to find herself in general. All towards the vision that when they find themselves they can finally be together and sure of themselves.

I hope I didn't over sell this special. Anyways if your a fan of the series, watch this special.

(Ignore the rest, it wants me to write ... more.)

Before you watch this make sure to watch Miss Lonely Yesterday, it's basically the part 2 to that. I liked both movies as each one really goes over the individual aspects of touch.MLY was mostly the drama of the old show with some baseball thrown in there. Cross Road is mostly the baseball of the old show with some drama thrown in there.

The story is good and everything is pretty standard so I can't really give it more than a 7 as it does its job of being a more drawn out conclusion to the general story of touch, HOWEVER, I feel that both ... MLY and Cross Road would have been better as full on seasons. With time to draw out more content and make things feel less rushed both story lines really could have left Touch! as a champion of baseball and probably sports anime in general. Instead you get two sequel movies with way too fast pacing that feel akin to Disney straight to DVD sequels. I definitely feel that both movies are a must watch for people who finished Touch and they are solid movies that don't belittle or tarnish the original story or characters (something that can happen all too easily in other late entries to established franchises).