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| The only thing I didn't really understand what the dream sequences where Seki and then Natsuki were in an hospital bed, and he tells her he died and she went back in time and got hurt in his stead. I need to watch it again. It's one of those movies that doesn't spoon feed you everything. Really good, though. EDIT: God dammit, it's right on the tip of my brain. So the old man was actually Seki himself? Is that what they were trying to say? Because once young Seki traveled to the future, which he didn't do originally, then the strain on future Seki's heart became too much and he dropped dead? Is that it? EDIT 2: I see people in this thread have realized this too. Good, I'm not crazy. I did figure out that they were all connected and this was a multiple timelines thing. Second viewing, here I come! EDIT 3: Did Seki's sister (daughter?) have Down Syndrome? I sorta thought that's what they were going for. |
neontasterJun 29, 2013 10:10 PM
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| Well, I fairly enjoyed this movie, although it was a bit confusing for me :/ It had a lot of potential but...towards the middle, it kind of just went downhill. I wanted to know who Kyogoku mom was, and what accident Seki and Natsuki were in. |
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| I didn't understand anything. But I loved it. Still have a lot of questions though T_T The thing is, When Kenji is eating with his grandpa and sis, we hear Kenji´s mom yelling at him to help his dad at the beginning of the movie, but then, we never see them. The part when Kyogoku visits someone´s grave (his mom? definitely is someone related to Seki´s grandpa) there is a kanji in the gravestone, perhaps it could give us a hint of the name.... Kyogoku talks about watching snow with his mom, but then he realizes he never did, oddly enough in the after credits it is Kenji´s grandpa and sister who are watching it. (There is something really off about Kenji´s sister btw). If the talking pet was Kyogoku´s dad...then who is Seki´s pet at the end? Kyogoku? Im confused. |
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| Confusing for most parts but still entertaining |
| Wait, did I see right some people imply Kyougoku and Seki are respectively their own father and grandfather? It makes even less sense than the move itself. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| Just completed this movie. I was moved and left in awe of the art, music, and acting. It gave me feels. 10/10 |
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Antanaru said: Wait, did I see right some people imply Kyougoku and Seki are respectively their own father and grandfather? It makes even less sense than the move itself. Grandfather paradox. Paradoxes are a paradox in themselves. You don't understand them...you just roll with it. lol |
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| I will be honest. I watched this film simply because supercell's song is on it. I endured the movie until it ended and it didn't leave an impact on me. The animation was superb, no question on that, but the story was very confusing for me. There's so much that could have been done for this film. I felt like I wasted my time watching it but then again, since supercell's Ginirohikousen played both in the opening and ending, that somehow eased a little of my disappointment. |
| Senjougahara: Don't call me "this chick" Araragi: Then what should I call you? Senjougahara: Senjougahara-sama. Araragi: SEN - JOU - GA - HAA - RAA - SAA - MAA Senjougahara: I don't like the way you say it. Say it properly. Araragi: Senjougahara-chan~ |
| It doesn't spoon feed you everything. Additionally, I would bet money that by just watching the movie you aren't going to understand it perfectly. Going to have to throw out some theories and just roll with it. In truth, it's not that hard to connect the dots after watching this movie. I always find it true when reading comments that people have the hardest time comprehending a story as soon as time traveling becomes a major element in the story. Even if there are too many questions left...enjoy the love story, all 'dat animation, and the wonderful music. For <2hr novel adaption it was very good. I'm sure if I had the ability to read the novel and then watch this movie I would feel more satisfied (or maybe not). In any case, concluding the story that was presented with the information given I can say it was great. I'm biased already bc I'm a sucker for romance. |
| Im really happy so many people liked it, but it wasnt my cup of tea at all. Im not sure what I expected. When I read the title I thought this would me more action oriented, like student with psychic powers fighting each other or somthing like that. The whole psychic part was very vague, and the pacing was a mess. The story was not hard to follow, the only thing that was kind of weird were those dream sequences. Im noticing that Im the only one who disliked the animation. Dont get me wrong, its obviously high quality and talented people worked on it, kudos to them, but, its simply too much. Everwhere cherry petals, eveywhere light effects, so many frames in a characters animation. Its too much of everything, nothing ever stops moving and spinning and shining and they went clearly overboard. IMO hard to watch. |
| I only like the animation and the romance... there is a war in the title so i thought that there's gonna be some action, i was wrong. |
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| Wow, I don't get what happened in the end. What happened? So much confusion in the second half of the movie - plots jumping one after the other, leaving the previous ones unsolved. Ugh! Frustration!! I wanna know what happens but I don't want to rewatch it and waste another 1.45 hours of my time. :( Aside from the confusing storyline, I enjoyed the art, soundtrack and romance portion of the movie. |
You can just be yourself. Do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there. Just be yourself, you'll be fine." ~Fruit Basket |
| Ok. I loved the animation, the soundtrack, the voice actors...but what was that plot? Could anyone please, please explain the plot to me? Thanks in advance. |
| I just want to know one simple thing: If Seki went to the future with Kyougoku to help him come back to the present forever, why at the end, he came back alone? That's the saddest thing, Kyougoku and Harukawa don't meet again. |
Nehtor said: mayukachan said: But Seki doesn't die at the end... Huhhhhhh I'm confused as fack on what happened LOLOL No, Seki doesn't die. But if he and the grandpa are really the same person from different time periods then that would explain why the grandpa randomly died at the same time that Seki time traveled. Ohh the joys of time travel. ^_^ but seki's grandpa didn't die. in the credit, he's sitting on a wheelchair while staring at the snow (or moon?) with his granddaughter @_@ |
| Awesome animation and visuals, a story that doesn't make much sense (at least to me), boring characters... A very disappointing movie. |
| The most confusing anime movie I've ever watched! o.o The only thing that I get is the romance between Seki and Natsuki, Harukawa and Kyougoku XD |
| was rerating everything bumped down to 6/10 XD |
| Wow, the animation really is outstanding, in my opinion. The scenes looked really cool, and the art was also really good. However, the story wasn't as good. It felt like a lot of time was wasted in the beginning, making it feel like a slice-of-life or something, when only later does it reveal mystery. There is also romance tied into all of this, which in my opinion, kind of got mixed in with the story. By that I mean it felt like the romance was supposed to be important, when in actuality it did not interfere with the time travel, it really only dealt with the characters' feelings. So with that, I'd probably give this a solid 8. On a side note, I actually found this movie from supercell's single while I was downloading all of their music.  |
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| Well yeah, it was really confusing. And i still can't get over the time travel part. For the very first time i feel like i must read the original story. It might have been a bit rushed and left a lot of questions, i still think it was enjoyable. So if i would have to rate it then it would be like a 8/10. PS, does anyone have any idea where could i read the manga? |
VargrJul 17, 2013 10:49 AM
| So in nutshell: Ryouichi comes from the future to take psychic people back with him (to save them from the catastrophe on earth and to repopulate the future), falls in love (with the girl and the place) goes against the original plan (throws in a clumsy excuse), has fight with his dad and as result can't go back to the future (the crystal is broken), can't stay in the present either without that crystal thing because he is an anomaly and will get erased, Kenji decides to help him go back, they both get erased from the present in the process. The end. Now, i have very mixed feeling about this one. I get that they wanted to get that A Midsummer Night's Dream vibe, they pretty much were saying this over and over again, but there were too many lens-flares, way too many! And it's a good thing that this was animated so no cherry trees were harmed in the process. The whole cellphone+school council intrigue was absolutely pointless, I get what they wanted to show: how people in the future didn't communicated verbally and how thoughts are very honest etc., but that was very unsatisfying way to go about it. I did liked the the dream sequences, the no-time space and basically the second half of the movie. Bottom line: Interesting idea, but clumsy execution. |
figuetteJul 19, 2013 4:24 AM
morshuwarrior said: Most likely the best anime movie I've seen in years. 10/10. Sytes said: so some of you said this movie is good, mind explaining the story to the one who is confused? They won't as they only care about graphics and don't care if the story is a pile of scooped up shit. They would rather go for this than well made stuff like Windaria, which saddens me.. |
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| Too much of the movie was "slow". It got a lot better when it picked up towards the end. It turned out to be a pleasant watch. 5/10 |
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| Great movie, confusing ending and questions unanswered!!! |
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| Vague, very vague nothing much surprising nor clever The production quality however was very high which kept me watching it |
Klonoa79H said: morshuwarrior said: Most likely the best anime movie I've seen in years. 10/10. Yup. |
Zel_Ezl said: the same here :(The most confusing anime movie I've ever watched! o.o The only thing that I get is the romance between Seki and Natsuki, Harukawa and Kyougoku XD |
| 00:38 mata tenkousei ka yo... 03:19 dat perverted dog 03:49 i'm guessing that other girl's his osana najimi... LOL 09:08 "are、seefu？" lol 11:14 naisu kyacchi 16:50 ”tsuki ga suki”？ so he came from the Moon? 17:43 "kono jidai"? timetravelers? 17:51 mistranslation: "kimyou na kanji" means "strange feeling", not "disturbing" 25:55 LOL ful of win 26:42 baka da ne 41:18 hanbaagaa ga tabetai! ... that ending... and dat after-credits scenes... 7/10 |
ShirubaasouruSep 2, 2013 5:36 AM
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
| Confusing as fvck. Seki returned right? So he's the new transfer student. I guess? |
| Not going to give out any score because I realized it's only for fans of original novel and not newcomers to this setting. Movie clearly doesn't care about people who aren't familiar with previous NG works and only serves as fanservice to those who read the novel. Well, possibly it also intends to interest others enough to pick up the book and well, I could say it succeeded to some extent in my case. I wish we got full cour or maybe even two, story wouldn't be such a horrible mess then. I liked the characters and visuals are certainly amazing so I won't regret watching this movie, even though story barely made sense. As a standalone production it simply doesn't fill its purpose. |
senaa said: This movie was completely everywhere...and the most surprising moment was when seki's dad died LOL. Other than that the animations and ost were godlike. He didn't died... and wasn't he his uncle? |
Saburo-kun said:  I just realized that two of them look like twins. Oh god. |
| Ok, animation-wise this movie is pure heaven, it was breathtaking experience to watch this and it sole beauty can be described only as something Makoto Shinkai can do (though he does better with emotions). Atmosphere-wise it reminded me the movie Toki wa Kakeru Shoujo for just every minute of its almost two-hours length (though GWLTT is still bit better). Plot-wise, this is great school story for first 70 minutes but then they starts mentioning time-travels and it gets very complicated - the story seems very though and deep but its not so good presentation left me confused (or sort of). I got out with most of it but I have the feeling I will have to watch this again to comprehend it fully cause for the first time it felt some parts are just missing to get the whole picture - but that, on the other hand, can be movie when one has to think and be smart to fully enjoy it. All the time I had the feeling I was watching something bigger. It's great experience nonetheless and sometimes I will definitely watch it again, if only for its poetism (that will be after I remind myself of Midsummer's Night Dream again). 8/10 |
Mich666Oct 7, 2013 1:43 PM
| why it look a bit like sequel to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time? -.- The story would be perfect if it just typical school romance :S |
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| i uh, dont know what to think visuals shinkai/10 music, very decent and the plot was somewhat understandable for the first 2/3s of the movie then it sorta went south, im not even sure what happened with the ending, and a lost of loose strings were left unanswered. if only this had a stronger story this would have easily been a contender for one of the better anime movies ive seen fortunately there's already been an anime with this sort of production values and a much better story, it was called 5 centimeters per second. |
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| Nothing was explained at all, the plot was terrible and the characters were meh. Wasted potential because this could have been something great. The visuals were amazing though, I probably ejaculated at least on 5 different scenes. The music was beautiful as well. The scene after the credits added some bit of closure, before the credits I was mad as shit before that scene. 8/10 |
420BLAZEITSWG said: Ringa said: 420BLAZEITSWG said: This movie was completely everywhere...and the most surprising moment was when seki's dad died LOL. Other than that the animations and ost were godlike. He didn't died... and wasn't he his uncle? Herpa derp. you're right, my bad i guess. and im pre sure he died....i mean he suddenly collapsed =/ It was his grandfather. One of the image stills in the credits also shows him in a wheelchair with Kenji's sister, so he did not die. |
| I don't easily give a 10/10 rating but the impact this movie gives in both story wise and development from start to end was just amazing! Really this was one hell of a masterpiece! The amazing art and animation makes it only better but that ending and epilogue just make this whole story complete and totally worth it! And man I even teared up on that ending! |
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| LOVE IT! OMG! I love anime like this one! That animation, that music, these characters, these seiyuu and that story! Everything was so damn good! *.* Want more! I really enjoy that OnoD's gentle voice! *.* I really thought Saki will don't come back... and that picture only with girls on the beach and repaired cord with mugs... I thought they changed past and at the end, he won't come back... ;( Really nice ending! Well... I thought Kyougoku will be back, too... ;( Glad that Seki's grandfather is ok :) and KenxNatsuki happen *.* Ach... This was really nice worth seeing :D |
| 7.5/10 The art and animation was amazing. There were small moments I really enjoyed. But, this movie just tried to fit in too much in the hour and 45 minutes it had to offer. |
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| The ending was kind of confusing,but in the end enjoyed anyways and the art was spectacular,oh one more thing anyone reading these comments before you watch the show make sure you watch in till the end of the credits. 8/10 |
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