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I just finished watching Kimi no Na Wa and it seriously is a stupid film; a shitty film. Even without the hype, I'm pretty sure I would've still judged it as stupid.


I'm pretty sure that I've read a premise that's like the premise of the movie - two people exchanging their bodies to live as the other. Like the movie, it was also a romance type of story but it wasn't idiotic like that of Kimi no Na Wa.


Kimi no Na Wa's premise is definitely interesting. What would actually happen if two strangers, from two far away places, exchange their bodies? What would develop ... between the two? How would it affect their lives in the present and in the future? How would it affect the lives of other people around them? There are so many interesting things that you could do with the premise and in the beginning, the movie did have some of the things I've thought of. The problem is, that wasn't the point of the movie. And because it wasn't the point of the movie, it was done in a very lazy manner. As such, it just killed my mood for the show instantly.


The two protagonists acting weirdly every now and then? Present. How were they received by other people? Positively. How much time were they presented to the audience? Oh, just a minute or two. But it was still believable, right? Definitely not!


The two protagonists having no memories of the body they possesed? Present. Where they still able to cope up with their every day lives? Yes. How much time were they shown to the audience? Just some scenes here and there. But it was still satisfying, right? Absolutely not!


And this last one is the one that I definitely was disappointed the most. Basically, how they fell in love with each other. It was not shown. At least for the other two problems I had with the show, there were some scenes that showed them, this love development, on the other hand, doesn't have one. It was just told to the audience! This is like the foundation of the show! They should've shown things properly, right? So why did they not show it!


Then things happen. They suddenly stopped exchanging their bodies, date & time is different between the two, magically exchanged their bodies again because the show said so, without real explanation, just some superficial ones that wasn't even hinted at all, and more sh*t, and blah blah blah.


Basically, characters, 4/10, and story, 2/10.


Now, for the good parts.


Like any other Makoto Shinkai anime, the visuals are spectacular. Animation is fluid, character designs are good, and backgrounds, alright. Directing is great. I didn't look too much on it. 9/10

The sound section is definitely a good one. Even before watching the movie, I was already listening to its soundtrack due to a roommate of mine listening to one of its songs back then. And so I just also listened to it since the song was catchy. Perhaps, because I can’t use my headphones (jack something of laptop is destroyed), I was not really able to listen to weaker background music, but from those I’ve heard, they are great! There might be scenes that I think needed some background music for better feeling but meh. It was already great so 9/10.

Enjoyment: I was enjoying it until the third problem I mentioned. I just somewhat just lost a part of my interest with the show but there was still a little bit of enjoyment, even until the end. 6/10

Conclusion: A movie that surely should have been better if it was a serialized one since the characters and the story are horseshit in the movie. If it was a tv series instead, characters would have improved quite a lot (a 2 or 3) but for the story section, an addition “one” would already be generous. It’s just another easily digestible movie with bad writing but entertaining nonetheless. 5/10
I just finished watching Kimi no Na Wa and it seriously is a stupid film; a shitty film. Even without the hype, I'm pretty sure I would've still judged it as stupid.


I'm pretty sure that I've read a premise that's like the premise of the movie - two people exchanging their bodies to live as the other. Like the movie, it was also a romance type of story but it wasn't idiotic like that of Kimi no Na Wa.


Kimi no Na Wa's premise is definitely interesting. What would actually happen if two strangers, from two far away places, exchange their bodies? What would develop between the two? How would it affect their lives in the present and in the future? How would it affect the lives of other people around them? There are so many interesting things that you could do with the premise and in the beginning, the movie did have some of the things I've thought of. The problem is, that wasn't the point of the movie. And because it wasn't the point of the movie, it was done in a very lazy manner. As such, it just killed my mood for the show instantly.


The two protagonists acting weirdly every now and then? Present. How were they received by other people? Positively. How much time were they presented to the audience? Oh, just a minute or two. But it was still believable, right? Definitely not!


The two protagonists having no memories of the body they possesed? Present. Where they still able to cope up with their every day lives? Yes. How much time were they shown to the audience? Just some scenes here and there. But it was still satisfying, right? Absolutely not!


And this last one is the one that I definitely was disappointed the most. Basically, how they fell in love with each other. It was not shown. At least for the other two problems I had with the show, there were some scenes that showed them, this love development, on the other hand, doesn't have one. It was just told to the audience! This is like the foundation of the show! They should've shown things properly, right? So why did they not show it!


Then things happen. They suddenly stopped exchanging their bodies, date & time is different between the two, magically exchanged their bodies again because the show said so, without real explanation, just some superficial ones that wasn't even hinted at all, and more sh*t, and blah blah blah.


Basically, characters, 4/10, and story, 2/10.


Now, for the good parts.


Like any other Makoto Shinkai anime, the visuals are spectacular. Animation is fluid, character designs are good, and backgrounds, alright. Directing is great. I didn't look too much on it. 9/10

The sound section is definitely a good one. Even before watching the movie, I was already listening to its soundtrack due to a roommate of mine listening to one of its songs back then. And so I just also listened to it since the song was catchy. Perhaps, because I can’t use my headphones (jack something of laptop is destroyed), I was not really able to listen to weaker background music, but from those I’ve heard, they are great! There might be scenes that I think needed some background music for better feeling but meh. It was already great so 9/10.

Enjoyment: I was enjoying it until the third problem I mentioned. I just somewhat just lost a part of my interest with the show but there was still a little bit of enjoyment, even until the end. 6/10

Conclusion: A movie that surely should have been better if it was a serialized one since the characters and the story are horseshit in the movie. If it was a tv series instead, characters would have improved quite a lot (a 2 or 3) but for the story section, an addition “one” would already be generous. It’s just another easily digestible movie with bad writing but entertaining nonetheless. 5/10

First review so really bad. (Ok done with revisions.)

Relife is about a "NEET" (he has a part-time job) who was given the choice to take a drug that'll make him 10 (?) years younger and study as a high school student, again, and use it as a means to be reintroduced into society. The concept of getting back to one's feet is something that I really appreciate but the means the anime used, which was turning younger does not really make me that happy (and somewhat disappointed) since it is akin to that of him getting reincarnated. In other words, another device for the NEETS ... in Japan for escapism. So, that’s basically the premise of the anime. As for the main theme/s, we’ll talk about that later.

CHARACTERS (5/10):

Characters of the show, as always, are like any typical modern anime, people who has problems, which is really not a bad thing, since that means that there is a potential for them to develop as better ones. The problem with most modern anime characters is that they have backstories that are seriously very dramatic that you’d find it very unrealistic. That is not the case here in this anime. It being unreal is toned down considerably that it can be considered as realistic. It is quite interesting to see the other cast of the show being fleshed out and some being also given slight developments. Although that is the case, it still means nothing since they are completely forgotten after their stories end, NOT. I am quite surprised that this is not the case in this anime. Most of those with resolved problems are still actually given important roles for the next arc or so, which is really good. But, of course, there is a problem again, which is the fact that there is a lesser time given to the main character. Rather than being the main character, it is more like he is now the main support character, which is VERY BAD in my book (the red(?) haired girl seems to be the mc, lol). Although this is the case, I guess it is still okay since the problems and solutions made by the author to the real side characters are more than satisfactory, NOT! Although they are relatable to most viewers (which are adolescents), I still think that the solutions given are VERY basic, aside from the solution shown for the girl bestfriends, which I consider as basic to ok. As the show has 13 episodes only, when some characters say things that one would normally say to close friends or whatnot, I find it quite hard to believe. With so many problems involved, there actually aren’t enough time to actually show the closeness of the characters with each other (or at least within their groups). And yeah, most characters are one or two dimensional.

STORY (3/10):

The anime (until 10th episode, actually) has 3 main themes that are not really related to each other and are only connected with one thing, which is society. This already means a VERY bad thing in my standard. Although this is the case, as parts, they are quite good enough to watch, albeit, again, the solutions to the problems are not things that one would really appreciate much. It was all good and well up till the 10th episode. 11th episode made every thing downhill. Why? Because it became romance all of a sudden. Although there had been foreshadowing on the previous episodes, the fact that there were no problems mixed with these romances made me have a bad feeling towards this anime, but not that much. Why? Because there is still the possibility of a case of a 27 year old guy presumably starting a relationship with a 17 year old one, which is still an interesting thing to see. The actions brought by two supporters making them have a relationship even though they know the real age of both parties irritated me though, until that part, which completely made me disappointed with the anime altogether since I know, the possibility that it’ll turn into a low-tier anime was just raised exponentially with that. And most climaxes are quite done melodramatically which is shit. Shit, I tell you. But who cares anyway, right? They are, after all, high school students (15-18 years old), right? NO F WAY! And gee, have I already said that theme explorations are basically thrown out of the window? Not yet? Yeah, it is thrown out of the window. You don’t present your themes in only 2-3 episodes. That’s basically what this show did. This is a series, damn it! This is not a movie. Writer, you are not Miyazaki so quit dreaming of writing something like Princess Mononoke. Ok, this’s quite excessive. Anyway, the story’s basically shit.

ART & ANIMATION and SOUND (7/10) & (6/10):

[Original: I have little knowledge about these but I think art & animation is slightly above average (6/10) and sound average (5/10) ]

I skimmed through the episodes to confirm my conjecture and it seems it was a wrong one. So here goes, but still amateurish: The art seems okay, ordinary, but it fits with school life so it is still great. The change of the art style to fit with what a character feels or something like that is also good. Character designs are okay. Animation is also fluid, nothing great but still good. Sound is nice, osts come whenever you need them and op and ed are alright, I guess. Voice actors and actresses fits with their characters, too.

ENJOYMENT (6/10):

This is the first modern anime in a long time that captured my interest and made me watch till the end without feeling bored. Good job with that.

VERDICT (5.4/10):

A nice time waster that has ok themes not fully explored. Characters are average, art and sound are above average. It has no conclusion so you might want to try reading the manga after.