Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e

I actually stumbled across this movie completely randomly while looking for time to kill without having heard anything beforehand and also only found out after it ended that there is a second movie which tells a different perspective of the same story. Therefore, I went into it with no expectations, and while I thought it was a good movie, I have to admit that it has some issues that keep it from being great.

The story is actually quite charming. It’s hard to explain in just a few words but for simplicities sake I will keep it brief. "Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e" is ... about a boy and a girl who fall in love after the girl admits she’s from a parallel world where they are already a couple. From there, it turns into a story that mixes aspects of parallel universes, travelling across them and a classic romance. The two characters switch between multiple parallel timelines without even noticing it sometimes and to be quite honest it tends to get rather confusing quickly. There was multiple times where I was not sure what iteration of the characters I was witnessing and whether it was the original two or not. After the two main characters fall in love, the pace advances in blistering pace, skipping multiple years at a time. What this means is that for example you end up watching their wedding ceremony and the next scene has them living in their own home with a child. Anime movies always tend to have the issue that they simply do not have enough time to tell the story to a satisfactory degree but in this one it feels particularly so. It feels like it skips many important milestones and moments in their blossoming relationship which would have given them so much depth. I was pretty confused during the last half hour, but the ending pulled it together and left me feeling satisfied.

That said, I’ve got to admit, for a 2022 movie, it doesn’t quite feel like one. The animation, especially the character designs, is pretty basic and doesn’t have any standout features. If you told me it was from 2012, I’d probably believe you. In my opinion, the movie's biggest issue is the poor quality of the voice acting (I watched it subbed). The main character, in particular, speaks with little emotion and no vocal variation during key scenes. His tone remains monotonous throughout most of the movie, which really takes away from the impact of the emotional and romantic moments. The voice lines are read of the script, without adding anything to it. The other voice actors are not exactly better either, but it’s especially notable in the main character. As a result, I found it hard to connect with the characters, as they lacked emotional depth. Whether this is the fault of the voice actors themselves, the studio or something entirely unrelated is unknown to me, but it’s a shame because it pulls the quality of the entire movie down.

Without knowing anything about it and zero expectations I found myself enjoying it to a certain degree, but it fails to break free from being anything more than just a good movie. It’s not bad by any means but not great either. Whether you will like it or not probably fluctuates from person to person, since maybe others are not bothered by the issues I had with it, and that’s totally fine. You can very much enjoy this as a movie and I recommend it, although it’s not gonna be the best movie you’ve ever seen but alas. It doesn’t have to be. And that’s fine too.

Well this movie is pretty solid, its not bad and not that good either, the word "pretty good" pretty much sums up the entire show.

This show is centered on parallel worlds and how people from another timeline or world line could somehow swap with themselves from another world line and stuff. Well the premise is pretty interesting and has a lot of potential but somehow I don't feel like they explored the topic enough.

Story: 7
Like I said before, the plot is pretty interesting but the execution is lacking, the way the story is told somehow feels rushed and lacks emotion, stuffs are happening all the ... time with very little explanation and confusing story telling that makes you question yourself on whether you understand the plot or not

Characrers: 6
The characters are very forgettable, well there aren't that many characters anyway and even if they're introduced they somehow feel unimportant and lacks personality. It really is hard to relate or to undertand each characters as the story progresses very fast and leaves very little time for us viewers to have a connection to the characters.

Animation: 7
The animation isn't all that amazing either, there are a lot of cgi used in this anime and it's not like cgi is inherently bad but the cgi in this anime is just average and so is the traditional 2d animation. It doesn't feel like what you would expect in an anime movie, but that's probably just me being spoiled by how other high budget anime movies have insane animation.

In conclusion, I gave this show a 7/10, I have mixed feelings towards this show since it isn't bad by any means and most people would probably enjoy this show but just don't expect anything mind blowing or life changing from this anime

I watched this first and I am mad. Why put spoilers in the movies. They put a recap of the other movie in this movie before I got to watch the second movie. I think no matter the order you watch the second movie will be boring. I would still watch the other movie (pink) first I think. The movies had they been without the spoliers may have been good but I will never know because they just screwed me. I really can't understand why they would do this. Anyways maybe other people found enjoyment but after watching this movie first the second movie was ... totally pointless.