Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita. Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai

Love is blooming at Sakuragaoka High School. Natsuki Enomoto has finally mustered the courage to confess to her childhood friend, Yuu Setoguchi. However, in the final moments of her confession, an embarrassed Natsuki passes it off as a "practice confession." Oblivious to her true feelings and struggling with his own, Yuu promises to support Natsuki in her quest for love. While Natsuki deals with her failed confession, fellow classmate Koyuki Ayase struggles with his own feelings for Natsuki. Despite his timidness, he is determined to win over her heart.

Zutto Mae Kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai follows Natsuki as she dreams of one day ending her practices and genuinely confessing to Yuu. Meanwhile, close friends also find themselves entangled in their own webs of unrequited love and unspoken affections.

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Hayasaka, Akari Main

Asumi, Kana Japanese

Aida, Miou Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Setoguchi, Yuu Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Serizawa, Haruki Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Mochizuki, Souta Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Enomoto, Natsuki Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Ayase, Koyuki Supporting

Yonaga, Tsubasa Japanese

Setoguchi, Hina Supporting

Asakura, Momo Japanese

Narumi, Sena Supporting

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Akechi, Saku Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Saitou, Shunsuke Producer

Yanagisawa, Tetsuya Director

Nagasaki, Yukio Sound Director

Kuramoto, Hotaka Episode Director

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Dec 21, 2021

algoPotaku

Recommended

The animation of the film is very good, the songs are the best of the film the lyrics, please listen and analyze the lyrics of the songs. The movie is very good, so I do not close the story of two characters. But giving that very good has a phrase "The only love that lasts is unrequited love." I got very very in the chest just for that phrase it was worth seeing an hour of a good drama.
I really liked how the film deals with the different protagonists and situations that are generated with them. Also keep in mind that the movie lasts 1 ... hour and 20 minutes if I am not wrong or it is quite short. In such a short time you get to give closure to almost all characters and their love situations. All very Japanese but hey is an anime that you expected?


En español:
La aniamcion muy buena de la pelicula, las canciones son lo mejor de la pelicula las letras, por favor escuchen y analacen la letra de las caciones. La pelicula esta muy buena lo uncio que no cerro la historia de dos personajes. Pero dacando eso muy buena tiene una frase "El único amor que perdura es el amor no correspondido". Me llego muy muy en el pechamen solo por esa frase valio ver una hora de una buena drama.
Me gusto mucho como la pelicula trata a los distintos protagonista y situaciones que se genera con ellos. Tambien hay que tener en cuenta que la pelicula dura 1 hora y 20 minutos sino me equivoco o sea bastante corta. En tan corto tiempo te llega a dar un cierre a casi todos los perosonajes y sus situaciones amorosas. Todo muy japones pero bueno es un anime que te esperabas?

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 10, 2021

Tepria13

Mixed Feelings

I didn't really expect much going into this movie, as just from the summary it seemed pretty unoriginal. Plus, the short run-time wasn't doing it any favors considering the multiple points of view it was trying to convey in a short period of time.

Story: 5

The unoriginal and uninspired plot makes for a bit of a boring watch. The scenes from multiple different perspectives are lumped together awkwardly to the point where you have trouble discerning almost anything other than what is currently happening between the characters in the scene. The ending could be better and the cliffhanger isn't even a good cliffhanger. It didn't leave ... interested in watching any more.

Art: 8

-Nice art that pops in the right moments.

Sound: 7

-Some nice music inserted throughout the movie. Most of them were in good spots, but some felt out of place, especially in the middle. I believe this movie is an adaptation based on a series of music videos, so that may be why. Still, it's decent music, but it doesn't stand out in any way from other soundtracks enough for me to rate it any higher.

Character: 3

-This is the worst part of the film. The characters are boring and one-note. Some may have quirks here or there, but there isn't enough time in the movie to make them enjoyable to see. I guess in a movie about a bunch of students being in love with each other can start to feel that way when every character is constantly thinking about one person. There is no development either. Each character stays the same beginning to end, which makes it extremely boring to watch. It was also obvious from the start that certain characters would get together, making it a pain to wait for the inevitable - especially when the movie is boring to progress through.

Enjoyment: 4

-Like I said before, this movie was a pretty boring watch. The lack of any development, movement, or change made it a chore to finish. That says a lot for an hour watch.

Overall: 5

-While not necessarily bad, this feels like a movie without life, passion, or character. While the art and sound is good, it doesn't make up for the boring story and the one-note, soulless characters. The fact that there are multiple viewpoints in an hour length means that it is hard to form any kind of connection or relation towards any of the characters, and the ending is predictable and unsatisfying. It's a pretty easy pass for those who haven't watched it yet.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 16, 2024

AeroGunz

Not Recommended

“I've Always Liked You” is what happens when… honestly? I have no idea. Maybe it’s what happens when You have a metal rod stuck in Your frontopolar cortex and yet someone forces You at gunpoint to write a script.

It’s hard for me to even call this a movie. It’s just a series of scenes stitched together in a chaotic way. There is an overarching motif (confessions) but its execution is so bland You’ll forget about it in an instant.

Let’s get this out of the way. This is one of those cases where the story is plot driven and not character driven. The focus isn’t the ... relationship between characters but just the act of confessing their love. Everything happens not because it makes sense, not because the characters made the best possible decision in their eyes. Everything happens because the plot deems it so. Even if it doesn’t even make a lick of sense.

All the characters are annoying and poorly written. I couldn’t tell You anything about any of them if You held me at gunpoint. Maybe it’s done on purpose. After all, teenagers are annoying twats in most cases. If that’s the reason… 10/10 character design. The main character (and I use that term extremely loosely) is loud, obnoxious and kind of a moron… and also a ripoff of a much better character from “Lovely Complex” (go watch that instead).

Another problem is the amount of characters. There are too many for anyone to actually give a damn and ALL of them are just one trait pumped up to 11 to pretend it’s a personality. We have a shy girl, a shy guy, a friend next door, a ripoff of Risa from “Lovely Complex” (yes, I’m not joking, they are almost 1:1 in design and “character”) etc. You get the idea. None of them get the screen time needed to get invested in them. Even in the more dramatic scenes I felt nothing, because I didn’t care about them. I had no idea who they were as characters. All I knew is their function in the story and that’s not very immersive.

You could easily delete about half of this movie and the plot would stay the same. What’s more strange is that one of the “romances” isn’t even resolved during the movie itself. The resolution is shown during the slideshow with the end credits. Clearly a 300 IQ move. Who would want to get everything in the movie? It’s much better to use the part that most people don’t care about. It’s just so… amateurish. It almost looks like there was no one with experience in actually writing and directing an actual movie.

I have seen and read many stories, in many forms but this script is probably one of the most nonsensical and amateurish I have ever witnessed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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