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I'm finally done watching this movie. I have mixed emotions while watching it. Although I did enjoy this, sadly it didn't hold up to my expectations that I'd had after watching the prequel OVAs...

For one thing, the 'literature girl' barely seemed to feature, with the story focusing so much on Konoha and Miu - which wasn't really an engaging plot, I certainly didn't care for Miu too much. After the OVAs I'd been expecting that Touko would be the main focus of the movie, so it was sad to see that she was almost a side character.

For all that though, the animation was beautiful, and the interactions between Konoha and Touko were great - when we got them. The music was another high point. Just a shame that it wasn't quite what I was expecting.

I really enjoy watching it from the part were Konoha started running and searching for Touko until the ending.

...That was SO GOOD! :) 9/10 because there's a couple of things I disliked.

So first, the good. It felt like a mix of Hyouka and 5cm per second. At first, Touko was a bit annoying and she felt like Chitanda from Hyouka but obviously, she's not and we see that she's actually pretty amazing and not that annoying later on. Then there's Miu. Sure she's manipulative and evil but if you've seen the OVA, you would know her background story. Her family treats her like crap. Not gonna lie, I would be as bad or even worse if I had to suffer so much. And the last female protagonist would be Nanase. She didn't play a bit role actually but I liked her character much more than the other two girls. She's the one who suffers from unrequited love and we see some of that from the OVA as well.
I like the characters. Yup. They all were pretty awesome.

And the things I didn't like? Well, adding Maki was really weird. I didn't read LN so I had no clue who she was. She was completely unnecessary to the plot truth be told. Also, the Chia/Ryuuto relationship. I understand that it was LN-only but why did they squeeze that into the movie? It had nothing to do with the plot.
Another thing I didn't like was the shift from loving Miu to loving Touko. Konoha was like "I love you, Miu" and then he goes and chases Touko. And kisses her. To be frank, I barely saw their relationship evolving. Sure there were cute scenes like them praying under the stars and her getting his scarf and gloves but nothing else really happened. :S Anyways, I just didn't like the rushed romance going on.

Anyways, I did enjoy this movie a lot and I might re-watch it in the future if I feel like it. I definitely recommend EVERYONE to watch the OVAs before you watch this movie. It definitely helped my experience.

...Now, where are the light novels?

Miu. Such a great character. It sad to see that Touko is kinda behind the scene for this movie but I'm pretty satisfied with it. Great art, great character and great story.
I'm giving it only a 7/10 cause I didn't really like how it ends, but I don't deny the quality of this movie.

Miu and Konoha remind me of Amadeus--one is talented, the other not. I guess the reason why she committed plagiarism is she attempted to compete with him; since she was not talented, the only way she could compete with him must be plagiarism. As she said, beautifying of things was merely a lie after all. Indeed, fair is foul, and foul is fair.

Poor Miu; the more Konoha treats her with ternderness, the more she gets hurt. It is why she sometimes liked him and sometimes hated him. Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. Maybe it would have been the much better compassion and tenderness if he had left her alone?

Enjoyed this film a lot but a little deflated with the bittersweet ending ...

I'm sort of glad for the bittersweet ending, as I hate Movies that leave you hanging.

What Happens next? Do they ever meet again? Stuff like that always makes me ponder and just annoys the fuck out of me. I'm glad they showed what happened after the graduation of both of the two, and 6 years later.

Solid 7.5ish out of 10 for me so 7/10, since it didn't have the Yandere girl annoyed me lmao.

The movie Bungaku Shoujo of it was really nice to plot and narrative. The characters are just mentioned but they have a good characterization already. Another thing to point out the beautiful colors and the CG really good. The only flaw the seabed not up to the film, the PA Works does best at this juncture, and the character design does not maintain the good level throughout history, there are decreases in some places! However, it is a film that I recommend to all! ^_^