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| Definitely needed to be longer. I liked the main two but outside of them and his friend every other character suffers from the “”Who are you again” syndrome. Which is a shame because I liked the movie but was left with the feeling of wanting something more from it . Somewhere in here is a incredible movie and I feel as if more love was put into it. This very well could’ve very well could’ve been an amazing piece of cinema and a generation defining piece . |
| I went into this in the beginning thinking I would end up feeling bad for Yutaka, but the whole time I just felt bad for Taku, man was a g. Seriously don't get this romance though, there was literally no reason why he would fall in love with Rikako in the first place with how shit she treated him Easy 4/10 I'm actually surprised this is listed as the 2nd best romance movie (at the time) in that mal article |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
I don't get the problem with the absence of "chemistry", it's not really about a couple of lovers. I can't really say a thing, sadly, since I am rarely clear when thinking about it (it actually angered me the 1st time I saw it accidently) Score: 9/10 Enjoyment: 0~5/5 Between Ano hi ni kaeritai and this special, Mochizuki is really a good pick to direct this kind of stories. @FMmatron If you ever feel like "going back to that" kind, it's a pretty good choice. I should check his own created Pierrot magical girl someday... @Shock_Yin For non english speakers, could you clarify what 's a "simp"?? February 5, 2021 @Clars_sama Well, they're teenagers, it's hormonal. ;) (More seriously, to be in love sadly requires not a grain of logic and reason.) |
Rei_IIIApr 3, 2021 8:47 AM
| a little too short and I couldn't figure the girls personality out at all:/ All in all great movie though, kinda like Whisper of the Heart, yeah<3 I'd say 8.5/10 if that was possible, now I have to decide between 8 and 9._. Let's say...uhm..............9! Whisper of the Heart was a straight 8 though |
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| I think that this movie has aged well after all these years. I particularly liked the visual aesthetics and the calming soundtrack |
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| I really liked it! so relatable 8/10 :) don't understand MAL's low score :( |
laputiaJul 22, 2020 8:47 PM
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| This is where the beggining of not so good Ghibli starts. The decision to let young directors make their own product resulted into something that doesn't have the Ghibli magical touch in it. Even tho there were parts that I liked, overall its a pretty dissapointing and not memorable film, I guess this is one the weakest films produced by Ghibli but the good part is, that its not made by Miyazaki or Takahata |
| A simple SOL, there wasn’t much to it but I loved Morisaki, great MC & overall a great guy. I smiled at his every action, like when he got up during dinner with his family & his mum was nagging at him while he sat away from them in front of the TV, and that phone call with his mum while he was in Tokyo..... I dunno there was this little charm to him, quite like the easygoing, unassuming, down-to-earth kind boy-next-door vibe I was glad when Matsuno picked him up at the airport, glad they didn’t let a girl ruin the friendship they had Also loved the 90s fashion, everyone dressed so well ♡____♡ |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| first ghibli movie that i didn't really like. it was very beautiful, yes, and i sometimes watch some things just for the design and animation of it, but the story... although i really do like the fact that it's very realistc, the main guy is one of the few i've seen that is not abusive or disrespectful and the girl does have a personality and flaws, what we don't see very much in anime these days i just ended it feeling it was futile. maybe it's because i'm past my teen years and i now find teenagers to be very annoying, because that was the feeling i ended it with. i was annoyed. thinking back about it, it was okay, but i'm probably not in a time of my life to actually enjoy watching these teenagers just being teenagers. |
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| They should have been gay, then this movie would be 10/10. I love everythig about this movie but there is no way any of those guys would be in love with that anoying bitch. |
| “I am running away from my responsibilities. And it feels good.” – Michael Scott |
This is so satisfying i could watch it 60000 times |
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| i really enjoyed the style of drawing. it wasn't too complex and easy on the eyes. i also liked the nuanced behaviors that the mc exhibited, for example the leg shake when he was called on the phone or when he was called down to the cafe. the music was especially fitting, since it took on this tone of light and naive. everything about the film/show was light. i thoroughly enjoyed it, but the ending was kind of meh. a cliffhanger imo. well what's next now that the ending happened? only the viewer can surmise. |
| That was interesting. The characters acted in a very "human" way, which is one of Studio Ghibli's best tricks. The atmosphere of the movie is very lively, also the backstories of the characters were well developed. The movie could be longer though, in order to explain more and keep the pace a bit slower. Overally, this movie is very good. It kept me entertained, even though it could have more. |
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| man i watched it 10 years ago and now again, on Netflix. This movie disapeared from my memories, completely. I think it is because there is a big NOTHING happening. Annoying big city go to smaller, hates it, two boys like her, but no relation grow from this... and high school days are already over. Thanks now i can set it complete on MAL, because i will forgot it again. 6/10 |
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| Good movie somewhat give Only Yesterday vibe. 8/10 |
| Ok, so Rikako's character was annoying throughout most of the film and her development (if there even was one) happened off-screen. Then Taku made some stupid and questionable decisions to get involved with her and somehow ended up falling in love (yeah, that makes sense). Lastly, the glasses dude was the most believable one yet but he was also kind of nagging towards Rikako and and his relationship with Taku didn't really seem stable. The rest of the characters were either forgettable or not important, the music consisted of maybe 2 songs, the animation was flat... yeah, nothing really to recommend on my behalf. |
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| 9/10, I really liked it! I thought it was a lot of fun. It was kinda chaotic but I like that vibe lol. I thought it was a nice story about high school life. I wasn't a huge fan of Rikako, she was kinda crazy but I didn't hate her though. And omg this movie was SO Kochi. Like, there was that part where she was talking about how surprised she was that people in Kochi actually talk in their Kochi dialect and yeah, there was a LOT of Tosa-ben (said Kochi dialect) in this movie. Like omg, it was in almost every sentence they said. They also had a bunch of places from around Kochi, including Obiyamachi, Harimayabashi, Kochi Castle, the local trams, Ryoma Airport, Otemae (their high school), and they even included a bit of yosakoi by showing some naruko for a bit! So yeah, VERY Kochi lol |
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| It was an odd movie for sure, but it didn't bore me to death like Only Yesterday did. |
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| Pretty decent movie for an old anime which was released in 1993 |
| https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ [WATCH THIS^^^] |
| I think I've finally found it: the worst Ghibli heroine, or should I say, the best Ghibli vilainess within this special. With apologies to Orwell: Proof that Ghibli needs to stick to the supernatural/environmental stuff, and leave the teen romantic dramedies to others. |
| Probably my least liked ghibli female lead. |
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| The weakest movie from Ghibli so far for me. 1/5 3/10 |
| i've never disliked a ghibli movie, film, special, whatever it is. and i've already watched the majority of the big hitters. but this was sorely unpleasant and unsatisfactory to watch. exactly where, was taku crazy over this chick? what kind of chemistry, all they were doing the whole movie was yelling and heaps of slapping. just not believable that it ended in romance. i don't even know what's so good about that bitch? if i'm agreeing with everyone in the damn cast berating her without sympathy, then there has got to be some ounce of truth there. lies to a guy that she lost her money so that he'll give her some, and throws in that she knew he had a job so it'd be no biggie if he could just pitch in. after all, she's in a pinch right? nah, gets two tickets to tokyo and despite her only friend expressing distress over her strict family, switches the intended location which she again lied about. then it became a whole fiasco where poor guy taku had to go in place of the friend, only to be told to act as her boyfriend to get rikako's previous boyfriend jealous. there has to be an end to this clown shit. f*ck. you know what would have made this interesting and enjoyable? if it just turned gay. two best friends reminiscing that they fought over some annoying ass transfer from tokyo to the point where they stopped talking until graduation. it was all dumb in the end but they grew from it and realized... cut. action the animation and everything else is separate, 8.5/10. replayed that second slap multiple times, i felt the force. |
| I wanted to say that I liked her narrative style, just that. There was no chemistry between the two of them, when she said she wanted the money for something, I suspected it... for what? I don't quite understand the relationship with her family not even the father's girlfriend came out to introduce herself.... It was all very rushed... |
| Short, but sweet. |
| DAMN! that was a good one! really captured how people can be a god damn disaster largely by no fault of their own during adolescence and how changes in perspective can drastically change them when coming into adulthood. man that was damned good, enjoyed that miles better than any of the modern romcom stuff getting pumped out nowadays |
| This movie will much better if it was a queer movie. |
| Honestly, Rikako made the experience of this movie worse with her horrible and distasteful personality and attitude. I understand that she felt like an outcast since she's from the city and everyone else is from this town, and they all know each other, but she never once attempted to connect with the others while being rude and disrespectful to the three people who continuously tried to befriend her and look after her, Yutaka, Akiko, and Taku. I also cannot believe that Taku fell for someone who kept being rude to him the entire time, but I guess to each their own. PS: Actually, Taku had more chemistry with his friend Yutaka than with Rikako. I said what I said. Bye. |
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