"Bungaku Shoujo" Movie

Different shoujo more focused on platonic love, here you will not see them pairing up, it is something rare to see in these demographics, when I saw it at that time it hurt me that it was a dropper, three OVAs and a movie, I think that is enough, then they lengthen it a lot like Kimi no Todoke, highly recommended.

I remember the soundtrack was calm and varied depending on the situation.Characters that convey what they feel, with the seiyuus on duty, you manage to understand their motivations, whether good or bad.

It is unfortunate that it is forgotten by the new generations addicted to anime. ... I believe that watching stories with healthy love are better than toxic love and these should be more consumable than stories.
Thematic toxic love, changing the subject, guys can also enjoy this type of stories with non-toxic love, so read and watch shoujo so that it teaches you how to flirt comfortably at least to understand them better XD

About its ending in a movie at the time I didn't like it because it didn't end as I wanted something more conclusive, but I think that an ending with a hint was good.
It left me wanting more at the time I gave it a lower rating of 7, for that very reason I wanted more and they were forgetting it, but after some time I'm glad that they executed the adaptation in this way

The bad thing in general, both 3 OVAs and the movie, they leave things out because of the type of format and it is limited, the only thing that fails is the time you see that the doubts it leaves you are not explained in depth, but that is an everyday bread with other longer stories, but despite the fact that this adaptation falls short by leaving loose ends, it is passable and bearable.

For whatever interest Bungaku Shoujo's premise had for me, this movie proved to be quite the mixed bag. The movie is focused on male lead Konoha meeting with the titular heroine of the movie, Touko, who has an unusual interest in eating pages from books with the girl helping out Konoha in dealing with the strained relationship he has with former girlfriend, Miu, related to his past in submitting for a writer's contest. The strained relationship negatively effected Konoha's interest in writing and much of the movie is focused on trying to have the young man regain his confidence to write by moving past whatever ... problems he had with Miu. It is this element to Bungaku Shoujo's storyline that is the mixed bag for me. The movie makes comparisons of the relationship with Miu and Konoha to Kenji Miyazawa's classic literary work, Night on the Galactic Railroad, with Konoha trying to figure out some cryptic hints about the ending to the movie alluded to by Miu. While this dramatic parallel has its potential, the movie suffers from the fact that it has some genuinely shallow and unlikeable characters that kill ones interest in this exploration. Nanase and Kazushi don't get much in the way of depth nor do they have any major relevance within the story and Miu made for the worst and unlikeable character in the movie because of her hateful and irrational behavior in her actions, even with the tragic backstory presented on her character. Why Konoha continued to be committed to Miu despite the girl's self-destructive, cruel and unlikeable character was baffling to me.

Genuinely, I was more interested in the relationship of Touko and Konoha's characters as it helped save this movie from complete mediocrity for me. Touko's character was the most interesting of the lot for me with her unusual penchant for eating pages from books and obsessive interest in literature, yet was also able to keep calm and remain genuinely likeable throughout the dramatics of this movie. Konoha even came to see her as a major companion to help him through the mess he goes through with Miu throughout the majority of the movie. The chemistry between these two made for the fun and heartwarming moments to this otherwise subpar movie. Only major issue I have is that the movie never provides any depth to Touko's background as it seems the makers of Bungaku Shoujo made the film under the assumption you would have already read the light novel source material for the movie.

Visually, Bungaku Shoujo was quite beautiful on the eyes as it sported vivid scenery with vibrant colors and plenty of detail. Vast camera shots of night skies and the city landscape are quite the sight to behold in this film, especially a later scene when the characters are in a planetarium. Character designs get similar treatment with their details and while not the prominent element of the movie, animation is still quite fluid for the movie as characters and vehicles move about at a natural pace and moving camera shots move about rather nicely as well.

Overall, Bungaku Shoujo was a bit of a mixed bag for me. While I enjoyed the chemistry between Touko and Konoha and some of the literary parallels it established with the movie's main plot, the movie suffers from having limited depth on some major characters and Miu being too unlikeable of a character for me to genuinely care about. I think your mileage will vary on whether or not you will enjoy this movie to its fullest.

Bungaku Shoujo (“Book girl” / “literature girl”) is a disappointing nothing burger of content.

While it doesn’t do anything explicitly wrong (no obvious plot holes or random points that make no sense), it also doesn’t do anything well enough to warrant any level of praise.

It’s just so…. Bland.

Starting off with a premise about a girl who literally eats words was a great idea, yet the movie fails to do anything noteworthy with that promising concept. Why does she eat the books? How did she start? Does she eat anything else, or is she a magical entity only requiring literature for sustenance?

I’d love to know, but unfortunately, ... we don’t get this information. Yes, I am aware there are OVAs attached to this, but this review is talking solely about the movie on its own, and after being this disappointed I can’t be bothered to watch the other connected media.

So yeah, Bungaku Shoujo is the epitome of mediocre- truly boring, but not so bad that I can justify rating it any lower than a 6.