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| WTF did I just watch? :s And high-school is no where as beautiful as portrayed in this movie! 4/10 I guess, it would be lower but I give it points for the gorgeous visual treat it was. |
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| Think the movie was everywhere but where it should have been. I really hate watching things that roll with the melting pot, simply throwing in things left and right and stirring them to make a plot, it just doesn't go very well. It wasn't that it was bad, it was that it was immensely boring and didn't tie things together properly. It was more of a half-assed effort to try to make a convincing story, it felt like because the movie had marketed itself off in the beginning as a school romance, it was forced later on to have long drawn out conversations between characters to try to appeal to those watching for the romance, while trying to keep it entertaining to watch for those wanting the supernatural aspect. In short, it became A Girl Who Leapt Through Time, only less interesting.... |
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| w Tyrel said: A lot of cliche, some skipping I did because I got bored. Animation was godlike imo, ost and music was also nice. Lots of confusing stuff, but w/e, though one thing that bothered me was What happened to his Grandfather or w/e during the ending scenes. He collapsed on the ground next to Seki little sister. 5.5/10. obviously its going to be confusing if you skip shit..... |
"Urushibara Ruka. The mannerisms and voice of a woman... No... More feminine than any woman. But he's a guy. Taller than Mayuri, but so very thin... But he's a guy. Looks great in a miko outfit... But he's a guy. It's already twilight And yet, it's so hot. The cicadas are crying. But... He's a guy." |
| Most people in this thread focus negatively on the complete lack of structure; culminating in the 'beach episode'. And while it was utterly retarded that - just because it's Japanese/anime - a plot involving a psychic going back in time to A HIGH SCHOOL and controlling it via the student council in order to ban mobile phones (...) was thought to qualify as a movie, it was the horribly cliched anime stereotype characters that REALLY got to me. You've got Dense Average: a guy that's supposed to be a latent psychic when he can't even see the girl next-door from his childhood is jealous. Then you've got Angry Tsundere Childhood Friend, who exists solely to say "Baka!" and hit the lead. THEN you've got the Long-Haired Reserved Perfect, who - of course - is friends with the short-hair tomboy and creates a love triangle. AND THEN you've got Mysterious Transfer Student to complete the facepalm list of everything wrong with anime. I'm not even going to get into the overly blushy, oh-so-anime character designs. This movie was like watching the ANIME version of TGWLTT; as in, the anime version that can't be appreciated by anyone other than anime fans. How anyone can overlook the characters, let alone the otaku pandering 'story', is beyond me. RELEASE YOUR CRYSTAL TO AWAKEN MUTANTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, YOU IDIOT! I couldn't even appreciate the visuals. The cherry blossoms CG was like seeing an army of flies battling it out over the picture. And how everything was made to look so bright and perfect... UGGHHH! It was like entering a pink girlygirly room: like an alien's vision of the world. If I didn't almost always reserve 1-3/10 for hentai, this wouldn't be 4/10. |
| Nothing amazing really..It was okay. |
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| Exactly what happened at the end? At lot of shit still unexplained. Welp, the animation and OST are great - but they don't cover up a lame narrative. Exactly what are their other powers? Exactly what's up with that cellphone prohibition? That didn't get solve at all! Exactly what happened to his uncle after he vanished? And what might his disappearance has something to do with it? Is Kenji and Ryouichi brothers? [Insert other confusing things/plot holes that I forgot to mention] Edit: Re-watched some scenes, and all I gained were small clarification on certain plot elements. I think I need to read the source material to fully comprehend this. |
julyanFeb 13, 2014 1:52 AM
| Isn't this all just one big time paradox infinite loop? There is no "Kyougoku's dad" or "grandfather". It's always been Seki vs Kyougoku. At least that's what I gathered after finishing this. |
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| Proof that gorgeous animation and art can't make a decent movie alone. lets settle this... nvm lets go to the beach...dafuq? the plot was all over the place, and they tried to focus on too many things at the same time that I even didn't know what they were trying to focus on by the end. A lot of confusing and unresolved things by the end, completely bad plot overall. Also Natsuki is annoying as fuck, can't believe he had to apologize that much for throwing a nut or whatever it was at her but she hits him violently at the slightest things and causes him nosebleeds so casually, and still has the decency to cry afterwords. Both of them are idiots. Didn't give this a 1/10 for the visuals. |
SalxerApr 23, 2014 11:35 AM
| Nerawareta Gakuen... VERY STRONG CHAR DEVLOPMENT AND ENGAGING STORY! I kid... I felt that the show took a nose dive as soon as the movie was half-way finished and by the end left me with some unanswered questions and dissatisfaction... - why was the school council so anal about cellphones to the point of suspending students for having in possession of one even if they weren't using one. -where the fk did ken's power come from. His powers is even more confusing than what i've seen in any shounen anime -why were some characters so antagonistic (ie. stu council& girl who initially wanted to commit suicide) -Ryouichi, who or what on earth is he ... he claims to be saving humanity but all he does this entire movie was spurt out crap from "a midsummer night's dream" which was confusing as heck. By the end, it makes me wonder why would the makers flush the budget down the toilet and just fed us with some eye-candy animation, a confusing plot, a 'mediocre level of character development' and unmemorable characters. I felt Hanazawa's (voice actor of "Kahori") effort was wasted on such a boring character who in the end I did not care for. The movie's only strong point was it's animation (oh the sakura leaves and dat sunset) and the sound just felt natural in this movie but IT WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!. Although it seems like i'm bitching it throughout what i've just said ... but the movie kept me long enough to finish the movie instead of dropping it. I give this a 5/10 |
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| Well I really shouldn't have watched this movie... Nonsensical... It didn't make sense at all to me... and some background story would have been nice >< Like how the world came to an end cause I'm not sure having psychics would actually help, the cellphone incident, ... And there are just so many questions unanswered --" I also think the animation is just not that great... too bright somehow oO I thought it was nice at first though Well anyway even though I say all this, it wasn't so bad since I watched it till the end ^^" |
| Wow this anime hates cellphones! LOL Other than that there is nothing else new, time travel and the paradoxes it might produce, parallel universes...moving on. If I've seen this maybe 5 years ago I would rate it higher but cynicism has crept in my bones, part of getting old I guess. XD So it's just 6/10 for me. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Wait... so the two guys leave at the end for what reason? The other guy never comes back anyways so why'd they go off in the first place? |
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| Still a bit confused with the story but I guess it was a very good movie. When the credits rolled in I was kinda disappointed as it ended just like that, but then the after credits showed up and I was like 'oh this is actually quite good'. Also, I was surprised big time when I saw the art and animation, I didn't expect it to be this amazing. It's almost on par with Makoto Shinkai's work. And lastly, the soundtrack, well the opening theme song was kinda nice, there are also a few stand out OST, but the supercell song was the best one. 8/10 |
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| Huh? I mean huh? Seriously huh? |
| zzz another plot twist >_> I just like this movie cz has some romance and good music on it.. and yes I'm a "cat eyes" who like to watch good scenery like sea, clear sky and girls.. I finally understand what is going on at the end :D sometime anime like this has a good point that always make u "curious" lol |
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| That was really confusing and it was very hard for me to pay attention. For those who read the manga I guess the movie was easy to enjoy but as a stand alone movie it wasn't very good in my opinion. Yet the art was very beautiful as well as the characters. Anyway I liked it :D To explain things in an easy way: PARADOX I think.. |
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| 6/10 From me, It was okay and at times was very emotional, The animation and scenery was amazing, But the story was bleh and meh due to them not explaining half of the shit that is going on. Well Yeah it was good at times but there was some lack of foresight here due to lack of information, I think if this film had an extra 20-30 minutes it would have been fine. |
| I don't know why people here is saying the the grandpa died. He's clearly on a wheelchair in the ending, are they same person or not? |
| Great art and animation, extremely confusing story. 6/10 |
| i swear i thought this was gonna be a school psychic battle movie then the first scene when future dude and MC met made me think it was a gay anime the mentioning of shakespeare made me want to puke music and art were amazing srsly the scenery was fucking awesome... it's like i'm there everything else sux donkey balls and here's my take on the story -future dude came to start spreading psychic powers to save mankind, if shit doesn't work out, then he's gonna bring all the ones he could back to make more babies -MC is one of the natural psychic that can pretty much do whatever the fuck he wants, and he wanted shit to stay the same the way it is -MC also has a man crush on future dude -neighbor chick also had psychic powers but she used it up to save MC (Her dream of MC in bed in her dream becomes her in bed instead) -MC and future dude could potentially have the same mom -Speedo scene was the shit -cellphone ban blah blah.. human contact and all the psych that comes with it beats superpowers blah blah blah --- and this shit keeps reinforcing the idea that ' 99% of anime movies I've watched are a total fucking waste of time' fucking hell man.. |
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| It was definitely directed by a JJ Abrams fan, flares everywhere |
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| Wow, that was pretty confusing, but I liked this movie a lot surprisingly. I liked the theme though, that is to communicate with others. Having unknowns is what makes life interesting and seeing how the psychics lost so much as they gained the power to know each other. Being able to argue, cry, laugh are all part of life that probably wouldn't happen as the outcome is already know. I guess this was part of the reason why Kyougoku fell in love with Harukawa. Satsuki while an overused character, I can't help but to like her too. When she was with Harukawa, there would be 3 sides to her. One that wants to get Harukawa for a selfish reason, one as a person that understand her situation, and one that wants to help a friend. Such as when Natsuki felt like she was genuinely there for Harukawa as a friend and then that time on the beach. When Natsuki was questioned, I really brought the fact that by wanting to learn or tell the important events in our lives, that is what makes it treasurable. The whole time travel thing with how Seki's grandfather is also a part of it led to many unanswered questions. The cell phone banning seemed to have just stopped itself from being so extreme as if Kyougoku never existed. That would seem likely as everyone that disappeared was back and smiling, with how everybody forgotten the time after the transfer student come. There is always a natural flow to things, it is just there. Being grateful and happy for what we already have, can't stop liking shows like these that are really simple yet being one of the most complex thing to achieve. Great art and music forming a relatively enjoyable anime. Just realized how fragmented my thoughts are but this will do. |
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| He came back and all she says is "Baka" xDDD Nice ending.. huhuhu Why did Kyogoku never came back? They say that Harukawa is Kyogoku's mother... is it true? Somehwat confusing but It was really great that Seki came back. Seki x Natsuki <3 <3 <3 |
| This movie really looks great. But, I had to stop watching after 23 minutes ( the scene, where Natsuki slaps Seki ). And then she acts, like she is the one that is hurt. At this moment I thought, drop dead bitch. Maybe it's ridiculous, to drop an anime because of one character ( not that the others are really better ), but I couldn't stand this any longer. |
| You're a louse, Roger Smith. - R. Dorothy Wayneright This is my fight! No Senpai, this is our fight! - Kojou Akatsuki & Yukina Himeragi  |
Seraphrim said: wakka9ca said: I don't think there are English translations. However, the author Mayumura is a well-known SF writer with his famous Shiseikan series. How much I wish they would adapt the Shiseikan series instead of this. Heck, if they simply adapted the original Nerawareta Gakuen it would have been much better (although hard to fit in a single movie) I agree. If the movie had been about 2.5 hours then i think it would have turned out alot better than what it was. Actually reading the story on my part is what allowed me to score at a 9. It was not a great adaptation that will appeal to many people but for readers of the novel I think it will go over fine. @GulityKing For you comment that movies should appeal to a broad audience I have to disagree with you there. Niche films are not uncommon. There is one anime that I know was a niche film but cannot remember its name.(will go through my list to find it) Whether or not the director wanted to target a specific audience or not is unknown to me but from how the movie turned out, accidental or not, it appears to me that they might have been targeted the readers as opposed to the larger audience in general. Considering that I do not think the book is printed in English I believe that this movie will not go down well in the West. This thread is proof of that. The movie aired first in Scotland, according to Wikipedia, so I think they were targeting the larger audience. From which the most people most likely never read the novel. So they should have the movie work as a standalone work. |
| You're a louse, Roger Smith. - R. Dorothy Wayneright This is my fight! No Senpai, this is our fight! - Kojou Akatsuki & Yukina Himeragi |
| It could have been a good Slice of Life, but because of a freak and poorly explained plot, turned a confused and incoherent movie. |
| 10/10 for the visuals 1/10 for everything else |
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| Too much convoluted and unnecessary bullshit 3/10 At least the visuals and the sound were nice |
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| yeah, the visuals and soundtrack was really really good, the story however was.... |
| 9/10, that post above helped explain the story but the romance was pretty good and best girl won so I'm satisfied. Still the best looking anime out their, maybe rivaled by only Redline. |
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| Just wanted to share my own theory based on how I understand the movie. I hope it will be helpful to you guys. Although its a bit too tad late but still won't hurt tho xD Hope that clarified some things up for you. Ciao :D |
Maple-SenpaiAug 28, 2016 5:31 PM
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| That was a bizarre movie. I really don't have much to say beisdes I really enjoyed the art style and some of it was kind of good but man did it fall apart at the end...sigh. Also kind of refreshing that the next door neighbor won in the end..haven't seen it much in the anime I've seen. 5.5/10 maybe a 6..idk that ending was rough. |
| After being impressed with the character designs in "Grimgar", I wanted to see more of Mieko Hosoi's work, and I found this film. I must say, it wasn't too bad. Albeit, this time travel stuff gets really confusing, plus maybe something got lost in translation from original Japanese. Even so, I found the visuals, and story telling to be delightful. There were times when the animation quality hit me like, "wow, that's realistic" or "wow, that's really beautifully done!" Visuals were great with lots of eye candy and brilliant colors. This needs a definite re-watch, as I was too busy reading subtitles the first time around to really notice everything. |
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