Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita. Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai

"who is she going to confess her love to?", "who is she in love with?" ,"everyone in love", "I know she is in love with someone".....as they keep thinking like that they start hurting each other with words they don't mean it.

The movie is your typical sweet RomCom, which talks about a group of friends being secretly in love with each other and we can't forget the love triangle. The story wasn't any new but to me, every single one has its own charm just like this movie which has its unique way of getting them to struggle until they find their way to master ... their courage to confess!!

The art was pretty nice as they show us cute smiles, sad expressions, and tears of joy, jealousy, and happiness!!.As for the sound, it was good!!!


To summarize:
-Story: 8/10
-Art: 9/10 (a wonderful animation)
-Sound: 10/10 ( The sound was a great impact to the story)
-Character: 8/10 ( every character has her own charm)
-Enjoyment: 10/10
-Overall: 9/10 (it was a great movie!! I really enjoyed it!)

This might be the first time i write a review but i take really serious in giving some comments about this movie.

Story : 6/10 || Enjoyment : 6/10
In my opinion, this movie is a nothing special romance movie compare to others. I don't dislike this movie but for me, this kind of movie is too mainstream school set romance plus it is a movie with a cliffhanger ending which i hate the most. Besides, the duration of this movie is too short and messed up the plot.

The good about the movie is the charms of the characters with cool auras. Not to forget this ... movie have a heartwarming and giving some advices about love-life for viewers.

To brief my review,
Art : 9/10
I really love the art which is giving pleasant to the eyes with good sceneries.

Sound : 8/10
The songs in this movie are all my favourites before this movie was made including the ost. In other word, it is a masterpiece.

Character : 9/10

This review is just on what i've been thought about this movie so i hope you like it. Sorry if it is not really a good review.

Story:
If you've read a lot of romance manga you probably won't consider the story as very original. The entire movie is about different characters trying to build up the courage to confess their love. However, I do not believe that there are many animated stories of this kind which makes it unique in it's own sense. Sure, it doesn't have any super original plot point or anything that makes it very unique, but the story is well executed for what it is and if you're into more pure love stories, I believe you'll like the story in this one.

Art:
I rarely care about the art ... in anime to be honest. The art is good and of normal 2016-standard.

Sound:
Some fantastic songs that set the mood very well. Really was a big part of the movie for me.

Characters:
The characters themselves are nothing out of the ordinary, but what is special is the relationships between the character. Natsuki and Yuu are your typical childhood friend love cliche, Akarin and Mochizuki have never really talked with eachother properly, and Haruki and Miou are pretty much dating, but they haven't realized it yet. It was interesting to see all these different types of relationships in one movie.

Enjoyment:
Through most of the movie I was screaming at the characters to just get together already, but I must say that I really found the story and characters refreshing in a time where ecchi, magical girls and tragedy rules the romance anime industry.

Overall:
I feel like a lot of loose ends will meet in the sequel which will be released in december, but until then I'll give this movie an 8 overall score. It's really worthwhile if you like pure high-school romance animes, and especially if you like series like Ao Haru Ride. Don't expect someting AMAZING and I'll think you'll enjoy this movie.

I'm always a sucker for a sweet, innocent, slice of life romance; and this, my friends, really hit the spot.

There are many many slice of life romance anime out there, but not all of them tend to go very well in my opinion.
A lot of the time i end up very frustrated while watching because of misunderstandings or lack of chemistry or something along those lines. That wasn't the case for this movie though.

The characters were all extremely likable, there actually wasn't a single character i was annoyed by (which rarely happens).
The art was lovely, which is something i'm very picky with.
And the music was ... really enjoyable! I tend not to like/care about the music in anime, if a song catches my attention its pretty rare, but i really loved the music in this to the point where i actually searched it up on youtube afterwards.

Anyways, if you are looking for a sweet, fluffy, carefree anime to watch and squeal to then I definitely recommend this one.

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I am pretty new to the forum:

Anyways, I am just going to do my best in reviewing this just released anime.
Well this anime is your typical High School Love Story. Childhood Friends and etc.

The Story is quite typical to a high school love story as mentioned above but I still gave it a 9 despite the fact that it's quite ordinary because I am into this kind of anime, so can't resist giving a 9.

As for the art & sound/BGM, it totally gets an outstanding which is 10 because the art & sound/BGM are what I can describe as "exquisite" and "total masterpiece". ... Just one second into the movie, I am already astonished by the art & sound/BGM that were presented to the viewers.

Actually, the thing that really made me astonished was the 5 words "I have always liked you". I thought I accidentally skipped to the ending but when I look at the player bar, I was relieved. Well, would have s*cked if I were to skip to the ending but I think the ending is quite predictable even without watching.

Nothing much to comment on the characters except that they are quite everyone's typical normal character that you can find in any anime that has the same genre and plots with different settings.

In Conclusion, I enjoyed this anime as mentioned, I liked this kind of anime and a 9 will totally be a satisfy mark for me to give, if not, I will not be able to forgive myself. Anyway, a good anime indeed if you prefer school love, I will totally recommend it. If one already got bored with this kind of anime, I totally advise one not to watch because it will totally bore ones' out, because since the beginning one is already not interested in it. Then, why bother watching, right? :3

Sorry, if my review is not as grand as one expect from a reviewer and sorry if any of the contents are offensive to anyone.

P.S. The ending graphic was cute. KAWAII-DESU!

Story: I've noticed that a lot of the reviews have downvoted the story, but I personally didn't have any real qualms with it. It was cute; it didn't try to go too deep, but that was really to be expected from a (less than) hour movie. The story follows the love stories of three high school girls, as they try to figure out how to confront their feelings. Very shoujo. I would've preferred if the story had focused primarily on one romance, the one between Natsuki and her crush, but it was rather refreshing to see the different character interactions from characters that had appeared ... in Honeyworks's songs. (As a standalone, I understand why people weren't big fans of the story, but I'll elaborate upon that more later.)

Art: Personally, I really liked the art style. It's very clean, in the same style as Honeyworks' MVs, and there wasn't a depreciation (so to say) in the quality of the animation and the artwork in between scenes. I do feel that there could've been a little bit "more" whenever a character paused, but overall, it wasn't terribly jarring.

Sound: As a fan of Honeyworks's songs, I really enjoyed the music. The VAs did a great job at conveying the feelings of their characters, and the songs, though sometimes a bit awkwardly incorporated into the story, were solid on their own. The BGM was pleasant too.

Characters: As I said earlier, the story doesn't delve too deep, and neither did the characters. I feel that in certain respects, Honeyworks intended for this movie to be presented to a certain demographic (fans of Honeyworks's songs), and they intended for the feelings and characterizations of the characters to be revealed through the music. The characters are "okay," with minor character flaws, but none of them seem to be particularly memorable, even if acquainted with Honeyworks.

Enjoyment: I enjoyed watching this. It was cute and light-hearted, a nice pick-me-up when I just felt tired. Although I can't say that it's a new favorite of mine, I can't deny that I liked it and would watch it again.

In summary: if you enjoy watching shoujo and have some spare time, give it a try--especially if you're a Honeyworks fan.

First off, "Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita" is, to anyone who doesn’t know, based off the stories and characters of a song series by a creator named HoneyWorks. So as a stand-alone movie, or to anyone who hasn't encountered HoneyWorks before, it may appear as a buttload of cheesy anime high school rom-com right off the bat. However, to someone who had HoneyWorks songs and PVs on replay before (still do on occasion), it was immensely enjoyable albeit its attempt to squish all those personalities, unrequited loves, sibling loves, and love triangles into a mere hour.

The story in which the movie revolves around is just ... as sweet as its song [Kokuhaku Youko Renshuu], but peppered with cliffhanger stories as much as the PVs are peppered with cameos. The movie is gorgeous HoneyWorks art, animated and voiced. While it was a treat to watch, it leaves the audience hanging and a fan yearning for more stories and songs to be featured.

All in all, "Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita" was a joy to see even if it was only 60 minutes long, but may be less so if the audience is not familiar with the song series it was inspired by. I highly doubt they’ll leave it as it is, so I’m certainly looking forward to more movies in the series.

*So whether you've already watched it or not, if you're interested in a rom-com song series with peppy tunes and manga style art, HoneyWorks is worth checking out! It might even clear any confusion about some characters in the movie because yeah, there were a lot of them to process in an hour, all of who deserve individual movies themselves.

I personally absolutely loved this movie. But, I believe that I have a bias. This entire movie was based off of the events that took place in the song "Confession Rehearsal", by HoneyWorks, which can be heard in the background of the buildup to the finale. (There were other subplots that were based off of other songs such as "Solution to Jealousy", "Confession Rival Declaration", or Inokori Sensei, all written and performed by HoneyWorks) Because I knew the plots and characters so well I think I was more blown away by the execution, which was GORGEOUS!! I know it's not a very original plot, nor ... characters, but I would definitely listen to the songs that I mentioned and others, HoneyWorks is an amazing group and they 100% percent deserved this lovely movie based off of their work.

Watching this shouldn't be about originality, it should be about whether you've enjoyed it or not. A lot of the anime are about the same but it's not like nobody doesn't enjoyed it. I may not have watched a lot of shojou movies or anime but I have a lot of shojou manga and this has by far, won my heart over.

I love the characters, I love the story, and it may not have many twists but it shows relatable characters, romances and all. It doesn't have to be fantasy, full of turns, deaths and what not to make it interesting. If you read ... the tag and synopsis, you know the genres, don't shit on this series when this beautiful piece of work doesn't meet YOUR EXPECTATIONS when you should have known what to expect.

Is this movie typical? Yes. Does it mean it wouldn't be or isn't enjoyable? NO. I especially love the character Koyuki, what he said was so encouraging, so heart-wrenching and the effort he puts in is so admirable! This movie shows off 3 different types of girls, it's not only about Natsuki who struggles with confession but she shows courage, Mio who know about each other's feelings but felt that that feeling will only drag Haruki down because he is going overseas and Akari who wants to know more about love.

Please watch their music videos to know more about the story!

NO SPOILERS !

There doesn't always have to be a deep intellectual story in every single anime/movie. Sometimes it's fine to just kick back and watch anime just to smile and laugh.

Like I implied, this movie didn't have a deep story but it was fine because the other aspects of the anime made up for it. The story was pretty cliche where a girl/guy likes another girl/guy and they don't know it..you get what I mean.

Even though I had close to no love life in high school this movie made me smile because how the actions of the characters brought positive emotions in me. All the ... characters looked really cute and the way they acted made me wish I had taken more action in high school lol.
In addition,the music in this movie was great and one of the strong points of this anime, the music fit really well with what was going on at the moment. It made me enjoy the movie a lot more and the hour went by really quickly, it only felt like 30 mins or so.

If you are someone that just watches anime looking for "masterpieces" that blow up and everyone is talking about then this anime isn't for you but if you are like me, someone who watches anime just to laugh and have a good time then this anime is for you.

I'll keep this short, informative and spoiler free. It's a typical romance movie about 3 couples trying to confess their love. If you're looking for romance with twists and drama then sorry but you'll probably not like this one since the story is about high school romance and we all know how those go. I was very much impressed with the art and visuals, since they are pretty amazing and i'm not the only one who feels that way. The soundtrack is pretty good too which is important cause the movie is filled with songs. It becomes quite clear after some time who the main ... couple is and how their story will go. I felt like it was a bit short too and because of that there was not enough character depth. In the end it's a movie worth watching which won't take up much of your time and impress you with it's amazing visuals but will leave the romance fans or those who have watched a lot of romance anime a bit disappointed due to its lack of originality.

An okay movie, its worth a little to fill your blank heart or even waste your time. The story feel classical to me with the concept: the young lover and their complex love story. Trying to get the confession story get a long run, making all clear route get complicated even if their flag really understand to seen. This show even try to make the main thing get a long run while the white hair guy trying to steal. But, thats just only a plot device to make the story feel interesting. For me, its impact a little, only a little feels got some kind ... of burst out of laugh.

Yet, i kinda worry with this kind of show. Because i just feel bored with the theme. However, after scanning and understanding what is going on, my simple mind got a nice review for these movie. Although its music attachment not quite nice, their attempt got my respect. Idk, i feel like, the music just disturbed the flow of some good romantic moment in no time. Tbh, i like the sound track, however, its irked me a little. Its not suppose to fill that song on that scenes. I mark, some of missed moment failure to get the feels when track of sound appear at the half of the movie.

Thats all my weak point for this. At general, i dont blame with the classic typical romance appear as a main plot for this movie. A typical childhood love road, a classic love at first sight, a decent high-school love story that appear at every show, this show prove some basic romance story. I feel the strongest point only on its music, even i kinda worried about their decision for inserting the song on such scenes. Somehow, its missed some good point. And one point miss, no kissing at all in this show. Mark that, and, feel that.

Yes, theres no point for blaming kiss scenes. But, thats my opinion for this show. Even if i dont read or trying to know its resource material, i kinda feel that scenes must be added. Since this shows was actually too decent and pretty generic for the usual romance show, right? Okay, for the main course, i will do my complete score for other sections like usual.

For the story, its too generic, maybe i wanna say lame accusation for the sake of the classical school romance with no flagship. However, the third party in the half really get intrigueing for the progress of the story, and i salute for that attempt. Other than that, the flow feel normal, and nothing new for my sense of romance show. For all of them, and some point just got state on my statement above (feels with yourself, you will know what i try to implied), i wanna take 7 points as a gratitude.

Sounds, abit off-side, even i like the songs and insert music with my general sensical. Fortunately, their VA save the show, while trio heroine show-off their cute voices. With all of them, i kinda take a 7, sligthly below 7, but its take a 7 as my final.

Art, an okay blown up, a nice and heart-warming scratch. I dont have much complain on this, because i love the cuteness, and the art really completed my purposes. 9 for it.

As characterization, i take it to 9. No questions. Its same for my enjoyment, with my final wish drop to 8 points So for the overall, i make it short, i mean rate all of them to show my respect for all kind of sections. Then, afterall, 8 point must be enough for this show. A fair judgement for me, despite how decent and generic this show was.

Firstly this is coming from a giant honeyworks fan (and its my first review) but because of that I am mainly criticizing this film for what it could of been and how it doesn't do the original music videos justice.

The main problem with this film and the other adaptations is that it doesn't include all the information you need to understand fully what is going on and many plot points are left for the viewer to guess or never learn about unless they have seen the music videos or read about it in the novels. This is most likely a limitation due to how ... short this movie format is and other areas suffer because of it such as mochizuki's and akarai's relationship basically being completely shafted in all 3 adaptations due to lack of time and the poor release date of the adaptations in the first place. Thankfully Miou and Haruki get their own series to adapt their relationship. Lastly Sena and Midori were very much secondary characters but at least got an OVA to give them some more screen time.


Story: 6/10
Of course the main focus of this particular movie is the love triangle between Natsuki, Koyuki and Yu. This has at least adapted most of it right but still leaves out quite a bit of details.

Art: 4/10
I don't know what went wrong but I just feel like the character designs are so different then what we see in literally anything else related to honeyworks and they just don't capture the artstyle right.

Sound: 10/10
Ok this is where the bias would shine. Featuring a lot of honeyworks music including some new original songs sung by many popular utaite's that have worked with honeyworks, including some new original story related songs like Koiiro Ni Sake which makes this a 10/10. There is also some cool attention to detail where the characters may say a line at the exact same time they would of sung it over the background track playing.

Character: 7/10
The couples of honeywork's stories are all quite varied in how each relationship is formed from childhood friends liking each other for awhile to someone simply having a crush on another and trying to get their crush to like them. Though many of the problems I have said above still apply with alot of the characters not being fully developed and alot of details about them being left out.

Enjoyment: 9/10
Being a big honeyworks fan and watching this, it is a real joy to see some form of an adaptation with a somewhat cohesive story all presented at once. Even if some certain song's stories weren't adapted, you would be able to at least hear the instrumental version of the song as background music at times (such as Tokyo Summer Session).

Overall: 7/10
Now I have rated it this low as to someone who knows nothing about honeyworks and watches this for their first time, it would be very disappointing and give a bad first impression to how great honeyworks can actually be. Additionally is this low to just how poor of an adaptation this is for the stories they are trying to adapt. A longer 12-24 episodes tv series would of done a lot more justice to what there actually is.

In truth, the actual plot of the movie is very stereotypical. Most of the things that happen are very predictable and a lot of people might not enjoy a movie like this. If I didn't know the honeyworks songs prior to watching this, I'd probably have rated this very low (around a 4-5). Having played the songs from this movie on OSU tons of times, I'm very familiar with the music & what their songs are about. I recognized the stories the movie was telling immediately & it was nice seeing it being played out while remembering the lyrics to the music =P. Overall a ... 8/10 for me but the music was 10/10. Really good art too. Highly recommend this movie if you're a fan of honeyworks or an OSU player that's familiar with honeyworks maps! Very nice experience.

This will be my first review's

The Story most adopted from Manga and HoneyWorks Songs that i think its very great about high school love story. all the lyric from the song is displayed clearly. Especially "A solution of Jealousy" that Mochizuki souta and akari love story displayed with.

For the art is very ordinary

The sound and BGM is wonderful i'm as high school student feels like i'm in their situation

In the concert scene you will see sana animated character that very cute

... also akari and mochi love story remind me about my relationship i fee very enjoy when watching this anime for twice

overall : 8/10

I ended up watching this movie because I watched the anime (Our love is always 10cm apart). First off, I love the main characters, I have been rooting for them in the anime as well. It shows a typical triangle, which isn't new, but I love these kind of story lines.


After the credits there is an extra end scene which made me want to root for the couple (You and Natsuki) more!!! The story line is basic, the art is pretty alright BUT THE EMOTIONS I FELT WERE REAL! LOL I also really liked the songs in the movie!


I really suck at reviews ... but thanks for reading :3

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
What can I say, a very simple, cute and sweet high school romance anime. Great sweet vanilla. It wasn't anything special nor boring, it was simply cute and sweet thing to watch, a very enjoyable premise and execution. With a bit of drama, a fair amount of silliness and a great dose of cuteness. Although, as always with dramas, it tends to still annoy me to some extent (some more than another) that the main "drama" issue that people keep having is simply their own inability to ... be honest and say what they feel/think.

✦Art & Sound
Good, bright and simple art with cute and sweet songs. Nothing else to say.

✦Character
Cute. The end? I'm seriously not sure what else to add. There were some stereotypes and some really, really adorable side-characters that barely got any screen time. Lot of shyness and attemps for confession. Getting embarrassed and becoming silly over cutesy romance things, is just adorable.

✦Enjoyment & Overall
Cute
Sweet
Vanilla

I did enjoy, nothing too melt worthy, nor boring. It was simply bright and cute high school romance.

As a devoted Honeyworks fan, I was waiting for this movie since the first trailer came out. It reached my expectations, but it could have been a little bit better.

Story: 7
What you should know about the movie is that is based on a series of Vocaloid Songs.
This movie focussed on Yuu and Natsuki, two childhood friends. Natsuki decides to confess to Yuu, but after her confession she got nervous while waiting for his answer so "It was just a prank, bro!" and the story goes from that. It's not great, it's not bad. It's average.
Another one of the pairings is Mochita and Akari, who barely ... know each other. Mochita (or Mochizuki, but that's too long) fell in love with Akari at first sight, but he has never talked to her. His feelings are the purest, but he can't help but feeling jealous about every single boy that talks to Akari. Meanwhile, Akari is clueless about love, she doesn't like anyone and never has had a crush. The interactions between the two of them makes their story interesting. I find it hilarious how Mochita is constantly asking to himself "who does she like? who does she like?" and Akari just thinks about cake.
Then there's the third couple...who you barely notice they are there...Miou and Haruki, too oblivious and shy teenagers who have a crush on each other...and everyone knows that except them. I see why they didn't get as much screentime as the others, there isn't much going on in their story.
I would have given it a 6 if it hasn't given us extra content that we hadn't seen neither in the songs or v-comics.

Art: 9
I don't know much about art so this will be shorter. It was really cute and the colours were so nice to the sight. Although I'm used to the art of the PVs, which in my opinion has more quality and detail, but that's only because there are just images and not animations.

Sound: 10
Of course, as a fan of Honeyworks I'm going to give the sound a solid 10.
It was amazing to watch the movie and that the background music in many MANY scenes were the instrumental of the songs in the saga. That was a really cool detail and it made me want to sing them. The new songs for the movie (op and ed, and the song in the middle) were as good as you would expect for honeyworks. Catchy songs, with cute lyrics (quoting Natsuki "a little embarassing") and really good instrumentals, the usual honeyworks formula.

Character: 7
I love these characters, but i feel like they weren't developped properly in the movie, but that's acceptable, there's only an hour to tell a whole story.
Natsuki and Mochita were the ones that got more screen time, while their love interests Yuu and Akari were there plenty of time too. But, as i said, Miou and Haruki barely appeared.

Enjoyment: 10
The hype was real. I enjoyed watching my favourite characters animated. I enjoyed singing along the songs I knew. I enjoyed listening to the new ones. I enjoyed all the references i could get. But that's my enjoyment as a devoted fan, as a casual watcher, i would have given the movie a 7 probably.

Overall: 9
It's a great adaptation, but i feel it works as a summary.
I do not recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't heard the vocaloid songs it's based on. If you do, the story may look simple and bland, typical shoujo-anime. But if you had heard the songs (or even read the light novels) it'll be great and it'll fill you with hype to see your favourite characters animated. It also summarized and wrapped-up the story of the saga very nicely.
In terms of story and characters, the second movie will be better, I'm sure.

Just Because! in Movie form...

Seriously, Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai made LA think that by the end of the movie with mixed results...

Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai follows three relationships in three different perspectives, that of a love triangle, a friendship slowly blooming and love at first sight.

Let's look at the love triangle which is the main focus for Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai, the love triangle has Natsuki Enomoto voiced by Haruka Tomatsu in the center of this love triangle, with Yuu Setoguchi voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya being the childhood friend and Natsuki's confession practice ... partner and Koyuki Ayase voiced by Tsubasa Yonaga that forms the love triangle. -sigh- LA said this about Just Because! and this similarly applies to Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai and that is of LA liking the beta couples more than the main couple and though this love triangle is contrived and annoying to some extent, at least it has some degree of not being overly melodramatic (though it does occur in one scene..because...angst?) and not us constantly teasing us on who Natsuki will choose and yes she chooses, with the most logical option. Natsuki's love triangle is frustrating to say the least but gives some payoff at the very least with some predictable results. But yes for our main focus of Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai, it's subpar in comparison to our beta couples in LA's eyes.

Our "love at first sight" couple is of Akari Hayasaka voiced by Kana Asumi and the very shy Souta Mochizuki voiced by Yuki Kaji and really they have a simple romance story mainly on Souta needing to gather the courage to ask Akari out, simple but sweet and it works in this kind of situation and really this was the couple LA was rooting for the most in Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai.

And finally our "friendship blooming slowly" is of Miou Aida voiced by Aki Toyosaki and Haruki Serizawa voiced by Keniichi Suzumura, they get the least screentime throughout Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai and is the biggest detriment to what could have been something similar to Akari and Souta's relationship.

LA didn't exactly elaborate on many of the characters individually and more or less talked about the relationships in Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai and yeah, really Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai focuses heavily on it's relationships more than it's characters and sure you can easily defend in saying "well that's what it's suppose to be", but considering LA's disinterest and frustration in our main love triangle and the fact that besides all the main cast to be stereotypical to their archetypes and not much besides romance in their minds...really doesn't help Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai case for being entirely focused on it's relationship and forgetting that we kinda need to be interested in the characters first before diving into their romantic lives.

Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai has the transitional music video shifts in it's movie and that is because it's also trying to advertise to us HoneyWorks music and though LA doens't mind this too much as many of it's insert songs has relevance in some sense to the relationships in this movie but they do make it blatant and LA meh about it overall mainly because Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai derived it's source materials from HoneyWorks' music so there's that...

The animation by Qualia Animation was decent enough with some decent backgrounding work and the crisp, polished character designs but because the character designs looked somewhat homogenized (yes even with the various hair colors), LA constantly mistook many of the male characters because of their similar hair styles at times. Nonetheless Qualia Animation did decently to say the least with the rare facial derpiness but that's nothing to rage about.

Voice work, well we have a talented cast....saying some embarrassing and sappy dialogue at times and though many would laugh at the voice actors for this, LA more or less praise them for doing it, it shows talent, most notably being Haruka Tomatsu who has a niche in voicing characters like Natsuki. Kana Asumi did decently enough as the calm and collected yet kawaii high schooler with Aki Toyosaki being very similar but a bit more shy than Kana Asumi. On the other side of things, Yuki Kaji is being Yuki Kaji in Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai and that's totally fine, Hiroshi Kamiya is well the same and expected in many cases as well. Really LA would had wanted to hear more from Aki Toyosaki and Keniichi Suzumura due to their short screentime. Nonetheless talented voice cast, expected from veteran voice actors who's done for years and years.

LA at the start of this review made the comparison to Just Because! and to be honest there are similar vibes to it just that Just Because! has a love triangle along with one beta couple, Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai is the same but with two beta couples and honestly LA sees Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai as slightly better in this respect, at least Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai gave a resolution to our main love triangle whilst Just Because! just plain teased us at the notion.

Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai is not THAT bad of a romance anime movie, from being adapted from HoneyWorks music, it has it's problems from it's somewhat frustrating love triangle and it's generally bland characters, but Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai IS about romance and does just that even if it's the first step like confessing your love along with it's decent animation and talented voice work. But what is dragging Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai down is sticking to it's stereotypical tropes that most anime romances has done time and again and really not doing much to the formula if the relationships are going by...

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?