Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday - Are kara, Kimi wa...

If you finished Touch! you definitely need to watch this and the sequel Cross Road (Kaze no Yukue) as they are honestly the true endings to the show and help clear up the fairly ambiguous ending to the original series.

I'm gonna start off with saying that if you were expecting a lot of baseball in this you will be a LITTLE disappointed as Tatsuya doesn't so much as enter the field (except flashbacks to the koshien games) for plot reasons, BUT, this is honestly fine as it's explained in the movie why he stops playing baseball (don't get too upset, the sequel movie is 80% ... baseball and makes up for this). To make up for this you do get some updates on the Nitta's and Nishimura and even get to see Nishimura play pro league.

The story is mostly centered around Tatsuya and Minami having some struggles in their relationship as we all know by now is caused by their shared stubbornness with basic communication skills. You get updates on a lot of side characters thankfully, Harada especially gets a glow up. There is one new character who is fairly interesting but kind of falls flat as she is basically just a plot device, albeit a fairly good one. I don't want to spoil it at all but I will also warn that the pacing is a little lacking, I put this note in my review of Cross Road but these movies really seem more fit to be actual sequel seasons as they have enough content to be stretched out to probably 13 episodes per movie/plotline.

All in all if you thought Touch! was even a 6/10 it would not at all be a waste of time to check out both of these movies as they only add to the general story and give you some more of what made Touch! special. Just keep in mind the stories for both movies do go by quickly and don't allow for much development outside of pre-established characters.

After seeing some negative reactions regarding this show, i thought that i should give another perspective to what i've understand and enjoyed in the series

This is a sequel to the ending to touch. no mistake about that. And this movie justifies the last episode of the series.

I will assume you've watched the series already because in the last episode we see the hesitation from Tatsuya about his overall feelings in baseball and Minami. in my opinion, It left me wondering if there's any affirmation if both of them (minami) will work together. AND definitely this movie tackles that AFFIRMATION.

the new character is ... a plot device, no other reason other than that. BUT how she was presented was very acceptable.

The decisions they've made in the movie are justified. Maybe because i'm not young anymore, i can understand that life makes us lost all the time. That goes for Tacchan and Minami. They've achieved the Dream to Koshien leaving them wondering what the next big thing is, but in life there is no big thing, unless you make the big step to break in your shell.

Overall the show made the couple's feelings more stronger for the better. It reflects how we should accept things as the way it should be.

We see that in the end. Tachhan pursues his dream with Minami in his heart, while Minami waits for him until the day their love comes to fruition

if i were to choose one phrase to describe the series it will be
The story of their Dream!
if i were to choose one phrase to describe the Movie it will be
the Movie of Affirmation

If you're a fan of Touch and Adachi mitsuru, then don't even give this movie a chance. It's not written by Adachi mitsuru which is obvious from watching it but instead it's written by someone that is completely lazy and hungry for easy cash. The movie reverts all the amazing development of the characters we love and it just repeats the same things from the original series but it's done worse. There's nothing new you get to experience from watching this movie. I wish I didn't watch it because holy cow, did it leave an awful aftertaste in my mouth. Avoid at all costs!!! Just ... watch Mix Meisei Story instead which is an actual sequel to Touch written by Adachi Mitsura himself and it does a far better service to the original.