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| I could give it even 10/10 if but since we got such ending I give 8/10 because message was such wonderful! *.* That Jun in cafe! It really hit me! >.< Animation and music was also amazing! I cried so much! But romance... Jun is so precious! <3 So cute! Damn, this was such good movie, but that |
| all-around very good movie. Really liked Daiki in this, in fact, noone was really a jerk... well... except Jun's dad. |
| Honestly, this movie didn't leave the emotional impact that AnoHana had, but the movie was still beautiful in itself. As expect from the AnoHana staff. It was solid and it was well worth the time to watch this. Great music, ED too and animation. 9/10. |
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15poundfish said: I think this statement accurately describes the film. This movie is a fast paced version of True Tears. I guess Mari Okada ran out of ideas, because the structure has a lot of similarities. For the record, I still liked the film (as well as True Tears, for that matter). I'm part of the crew wishing it ended with Takumi and Jun instead, but I understand that'd be pretty illogical given the apparent one-sidedness. Jun's cuteness is a great plus factor for me. |
ManjuuApr 2, 2016 10:48 AM
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| Kokoro ga Sekebitagatterunda is one of the great dramatic movie that I have watched, but... the plot twist (specially to the romantic end of the story), affects the positive insight of the audience towards the movie because most of the watchers (including me) preferred Jun x Takumi romantic shipping and I am somewhat disappointed to the ending. Nevertheless, the movie has great multimedia elements and the story-line is complex because it expresses metaphoric illustrations to describe the struggles of Jun, which is the representation of the story of an egg, herself, and the prince. Those things are all about her psychological trauma about her past experience with her family because of her uncontrollable expression of thoughts that contributes on what she was experiencing. Because of those unfortunate past, it made her depressed that contributes to her selective mutism towards other people and some comorbid symptoms like experiencing stomach-ache when she would talk a lot to other people. Someone would say that her condition may be exaggerated, but it could possible because of that prolonged and unresolved trauma (started from her childhood until she reached high-school; gueh! imagine that!) that triggers her condition. It must be watched by us anime fans who likes this kind of dramatic genre. :) |
HunterKhimMay 9, 2016 11:22 AM
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| such a lovely story, i enjoy it all the way to the end :) |
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| What is the name of the music at the beginning in the music room? I know I heard it before... it's old music. |
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| It was nice that she called out the two faced whore at the end, and Japanese baseball boys are the superior option anyways (sort of like a male Yamato nadeshiko), so everything worked out. After hyping it up so much the movie was always going to live or die by the musical scene. I think it stroke a good balance between realism and flashiness. Being dragged into the whole musical mess as one of the regular students would be some grade A bullshit though. |
| Aah, that was great. Guess I've just seen movie of this year now. Both exectution and dialogues were brilliant. The moment when Naruse got back and started singing her song in the theatre was very strong and emotional one, almost unforgettable for me. Highlight and centerpiece of this movie for sure. Yes, I the last part after that could have been cut better for more emotional impact and Tasaki's confession in the end came out of nowhere as there were barely any hints of it but that doesn't change the impression this movie had on me. It's fair to say that this can't compete with AnoHana (what can, right?) but it's definitely worth the watch and I enjoyed it from beginning to the end. I was also glad they managed to avoid usual cliches and that "prince" got his other "princess", that was really nice story twist. 9/10 All-in-all, a very nice surprise at the beginning of this year and the movie I'll definitely remember. |
| Can't understand who complains about the "plot twist", what a juvenile way of thinking. Should have been pretty clear that Takumi didn't liked Jun in "that way", believe in this was only a misunderstanding by Natsuki. Takumi said more than one time the he regret not gave said what he wanted to her. And at the ending Daiki"s confession was unilateral. The best thing about the romance in this movie was that they didn't ride the cliché route uniting Jun and Takumi. After all the real prince to who Jun wanted to say a lot of things was her father. |
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| I really enjoyed the movie. Realistic ending. For once, I didn't want a cliche happy ending where Jun would end up with Takumi. I think Dai and Jun is an acceptable pairing. I had a feeling they would someway end up together after Jun defended Dai in the family restaurant. The song where Jun entered and sang sounded exactly like "What Child Is This". Even my brother who came out of his room said, who's playing a Christmas song. LOL! 9/10 *** BTW, where can I find the movie where the subs aren't cut off/inconsistent during the singing scenes? |
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jbeat said: The song where Jun entered and sang sounded exactly like "What Child Is This". Even my brother who came out of his room said, who's playing a Christmas song. LOL! Just letting you know that the original song is a folk piece called "Greensleeves" :) But yeah, I think most people (perhaps mainly America or English-speaking countries?) know the tune from "What Child is This?" PaninaManina said: Can't understand who complains about the "plot twist", what a juvenile way of thinking. Should have been pretty clear that Takumi didn't liked Jun in "that way", believe in this was only a misunderstanding by Natsuki. Takumi said more than one time the he regret not gave said what he wanted to her. And at the ending Daiki"s confession was unilateral. The best thing about the romance in this movie was that they didn't ride the cliché route uniting Jun and Takumi. After all the real prince to who Jun wanted to say a lot of things was her father. I agree, but people like to see what they want to see (or don't see what they don't want to see), and I'm guilty of it sometimes as well. Even though at first I did briefly think that Jun and Takumi would be a cute couple, it was soon clear to me that he wasn't over Natsuki and that he really did only see Jun as a person you'd want to cheer for. And there was just no way Takumi would've accepted Jun's confession after what happened in the hallway. I like what you mentioned about the significance of the rejection as well. Romance wasn't really a big part of movie, but I did catch myself thinking that Jun and Dai would be cuter together (than Jun and Takumi) when Dai first blushed and also when just the two of them were walking home. Focusing on the romance too much though would be missing the point of the movie. |
| This was actually really great, living up to the hype which was the trailer. |
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| Loved the art style of the show. It didn't come on par to Anohana, imo, but it was still a very nice watch. I liked how they did the play, it felt pretty real and the songs were nice. |
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| I couldn't help but feel bitter at the ending. I understand the "realism" they were trying to play up at the end where things don't go Naruse's way, but the last scene felt sort of dismissive to her character. The movie centered mostly around Naruse's struggle to reclaim her words and expression again, and Naruse and Sakagami's blossoming relationship. Why not give them a cathartic scene with just Naruse, or Naruse and Sakagami together as friends? Instead, we're given a scene with Nitou and Sakagami, and then Tasaki and Naruse. The movie barely hinted towards Tasaki and Naruse as anything more than platonic. It's like they decided, oh, if Nitou and Sakagami are together... we need Tasaki and Naruse (the leftovers) to get together so everyone can be happy! Would Naruse really be happy to have Tasaki confess to her like that, right after Sakagami's rejection? I just felt betrayed by a movie that started off strong at the start, and then went downhill afterwards. While Naruse's problems were essentially "solved" there was no real time for us to reflect on it. All I needed was a shot of Naruse by herself being content with her improvement thanks to her friends, or Naruse and Sakagami reflecting on how far they've come... Or all of them, together, as a group. |
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| This movie is a humongous shit, so hideous even the bogeyman would be embarassed upon watching it!! So, aparently the general consensus believed that the ending was the smeliest part! The story was very promising if you take it out of the synopsis... now that you read this, be aware of mari okada, this bitch specialized herself in this kind of unsavory smell... This kind of anime with plot driven character would surely harm anyone's pulmannory capability with its unapetizing odor... Alright mate let's see... meet the sheep 1. Jun Naruse She lost her voice due to her trauma in childhood upon her naiveness broke her familiy circumstances consequentially. it is strongly hinted Bitch is highly delusional. I don't know about japanese norm and shit but her parent blamed her for their separation, this alone feels out of realism if they play it! Surely you could argue about "for the sake of plot", but c'mon, nobody is that stupid. the story revolves around her inability to speak and her neverending struggle to overcomes her trauma. now the relevancies of romance genre is to assume that one character sexually attracted to the other. in jun's case, it's sakagami... they prepared the musical together, then BAM motherfucker! right in the face! around this time the smells tolerable alright! then, she acted like a BITCH she was! running away abandoned her effort and her classmates! this is the very quality that made her character reeks UNREAL! i mean she shows determination then suddenly she fucked her life! as they play her she comes back again to finish the musical! and the classmates gracefully accept her! FUCKING CONVINIENT! 2. Sakagami Takumi Your supposedly average japanese boy with pretty face. naive boy that live as the personification of plot! 3. Tasaki Daiki A predator sportsman! he asked every women there is for a date! WTF! he's a fucking PIMP! a convinient tool for the writer for unexpected happy ending! 4. Nitou Natsuki The another bitch! convinient tool for love triangle! be there to shape up the conflict as the writer wants it! There! Characters has no striking moral, no theme, they play realism yet debilitatingly smells so foul! Do not watch this alone! watch with your lover so you'll have reason to stay stupid and says this movie was good just to not ruining the mood!!! |
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| It wasn't as emotionally impactful as I thought it would be, but it was still a decent movie. The first half was so much better than the second half :/ 3/5 |
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| as someone who doesn't talk much like the main girl in the movie, I relate to the movie. yes, I enjoyed it. the flow of the story is great. I also love the artstyle that resembles AnoHana (since I'm fan of that series too) .. the last part of the musical where Naruse made an entrance was really touching .. It would be nice if Naruse end up with prince guy, I was kinda disappointed. but I didn't expect Daiki to confess his feelings, so I think they're much better of a couple.. |
| i was ready to give this movie a 10 but sadly it fell apart in the final 30m :(, still pretty good |
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LuciferIAm said: i was ready to give this movie a 10 but sadly it fell apart in the final 30m :(, still pretty good I am on this train as well. It felt way too weird for Daiki to confess, although I like the idea of them being a couple. Just due to each others nature and personality, and how out of left field they both are for each other. Either way, the movie was a great watch, and I really enjoyed all the singing and that is the last thing I normally watch. Okay my thoughts on the whole Nitou and Takumi is that Nitou claimed she was dating "Someone" when in her own mind she was still dating Takumi because she still love's him and how they parted was very rough but reading the Manga about this, it seems she wanted to protect him no matter what, which is why she won't tell anyone who she is dating and even during the chat they have after the clean-up Takumi figures that out. Still wish we got a future look at them.. |
FallenUndeadApr 6, 2016 3:50 AM
| People saying this is worse than AnoHana... What? Are you 14 or what? AnoHana was really bad, while this one is actually decent romantic drama. Yes with angst and typical Okada's taker on romance part. But I personally liked it. And liked it much more than a trainwreck with no logic AnoHana was. |
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Manjuu said: 15poundfish said: I think this statement accurately describes the film. This movie is a fast paced version of True Tears. I guess Mari Okada ran out of ideas, because the structure has a lot of similarities. For the record, I still liked the film (as well as True Tears, for that matter). I'm part of the crew wishing it ended with Takumi and Jun instead, but I understand that'd be pretty illogical given the apparent one-sidedness. Jun's cuteness is a great plus factor for me. Really the first thing that came to mind after the ending is the True tears, and i didn't like True tears ending so i only want to ask why? Well there wasn't much romance development (maybe of time limit), and there is prequel manga about Takumi and Nita, but still think Takumi and Jun ending would've been much better. Seems like some people really don't like it, as for me it was very good. There are not so much romance related movies and series so i waited quite a long time for it to come out and i can say now that it was really worth waiting. |
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| Finally get to watch it and it did not disappoint. LuciferIAm said: i was ready to give this movie a 10 but sadly it fell apart in the final 30m :(, still pretty good The whole theme of this story is assimilated in the final 30 minutes. It didn't go for the expected "happy end" it stuck to it's point about the power of words opening up different paths in life. |
| Ohmygod, those goddamn subs were terrible. I appreciate the work they did to sub it, but just...ugh. I'm glad I understand some basic Japanese cause those subs weren't able to make out multiple people talking apparently. That out of the way... This movie wasn't cringe-worthy, imo. Was it cliche? Yeah. But most dramas are cliche. Actually, what isn't cliche now with the amount of stories we have? AnoHana is no better (for those praising the hell out of it). I might be biased here as I relate to the main characters quite a bit. I was never one of many words irl, and if I did end up losing track of what I was saying, I'd end up realizing I'm saying pointless crap no one cares about (nor listening to), or I'm saying rude things. As the main characters do, I also hold in multiple thoughts/opinions and have regretted not saying them when they needed to be said. This movie was nice to watch since it hit close to home. The only "eh" part, was the ending, like everyone else said. They didn't go much into Dai's character, so his decision to confess was really out of the blue. I mean, we did see him blush and whatnot here and there when holding a conversation with Jun, the five times...but that felt more like, "ermahgerd, what is this tiny cute thing? I must protect her from the bad in this world" kind of thing, rather than love at first sight. It was obvious after the point that Takumi's inner thought of "It's nice being able to talk to her again like this" or w/e, that he still had some lingering feelings for Natsuki. Jun never had a chance to begin with (poor girl). If they actually went into Dai a bit more, I wouldn't mind him confessing as much. I prefer the everyone is happy kind of endings anyways. It'd leave an awkward taste in my mouth if it didn't. |
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| Great movie although, I wished the fleshed out the characters more though, everyone(especially the Main Cast) felt like a foil for Jun. I thought the ending was nice since i liked Dai alot(were alot alike) but like i said Jun was the only character who got fleshed out properly so it was kinda meh( the lack any notable romance also hurt it). Also we also never got to see the culmination of the pairings anyway so i ultimately dont care. All in all it was good but not something ill watch again, same with AnoHana. |
IciBurnApr 6, 2016 11:49 PM
| Oh this is so good. <3 I also imagined that this is the real Kyoukai no Kanata ending where Nase Mitsuki wins. <3 XD Go baseball dude!!!! Hehehe |
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| This is 6/10 first half of the movie is talked about depression and family and why is end up to be romance ? this was just too cliche that made me think this was just another Cinderella spin off |
| 8/10 Didn't actually enjoy the film much because of crappy subs. (Will rewatch with new subs) A drama genre movie, but I didn't shed any tears... I wonder why. Sad/Heartbreaking parts didn't hit me as much as I thought. Cliffhanger. Still a great story despite having many flaws |
| Heh, pretty average to me. I get it revolves around teen romances but still watching some characters go overboard suddenly in emo mode, put me off. I somewhat understand Jun's mind and her personality but Taku remained ambiguous. I mean, he was still in love with Nito but was unexpectedly expressive of his emotions towards Jun. If he favoured even a fraction of his zealous attitude towards Nito, im sure he would have got his feelings across to her. But Taku remained passive spectator towards Nito in first half of movie but when past was revealed it suddenly dawned to him he liked Nito instead of Jun. |
| Good stuff overall... but didn't like the ending much... All those confessions makes it a damn romance shit... Jun + Daiki didn't even make sense... 7+/10 |
twonlineApr 10, 2016 3:00 PM
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| Jun x Daiki would make a lot more sense if we have seen you know, legit interactions? The only legit one was when he said sorry then that's it... This seemed out of the blue. It broke my heart when Takumi rejected her, but then Nito was the one who waited for Takumi for years so yeah. |
| That OST was really moving. Oh and that save at the musical.. Wow! I was shocked that Jun got rejected.. even though I felt it was just one-sided. They could've made for a nice pairing but I'm not rejecting Natsumi and Takumi either! Daiki/Jun was.. I don't know? That was really really weird. I guess that train scene was what made him fall for her? I'm a little in between 8 and 9 as I'm a sucker for these kinds of shows... sooo 8.5/10? |
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| The first hour of the movie is promising and very exciting, the last half of hour was terrible. |
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| What a great movie. I like how all the characters are unique and different. Story is interesting, sad, and poetic. I also noticed a parallel between True Tears and this show. Kinda similar if you agree with me. Like how the love triangle resolves in the end, just like in True Tears. Naruse gave him inspiration, made him able to speak and play. But his place in the end was by Nito. Reminded me a lot of True Tears. The touch of reality; But in this show we actually see a glimpse of romance for Naruse and Dai ^_^ What a lovely thing. I'd give this 9/10 for now. P.s. The name Nito made me lol every time cause I'm a big Dark Souls fan, so Gravelord Nito came to mind each time! xD |
x3mslayerApr 13, 2016 9:42 AM
| Mari Okada always left a bitter taste in my heart. Damnit.. those ending. I always felt that she likes to put the best girl in despair romantically. Look at Anohana, how I had preferred Menma to end up with Jintan but I also realized, she's a ghost, there's never a way. So even though I don't like Anohana ending, I'm still able to accept it because it is realistically acceptable. But here in Kokoro Sake, there's so much more possibilities, so why she didn't pair Naruse with Takumi? It's still make sense if they do. I don't understand, why she always put the interesting character in a not so brilliant ending. In my viewpoint, both Naruse and Takumi are interesting character. Both suffer from family problems, it's like they share the same pain, and they both did admitted that they feel mutually being 'helped' by each other's presence. I mean, it's a sweet relationship.. so why add a fucking secondary girl character that's so generic? Unless Mari also add layers to that secondary girl, but in fact no, she doesn't. The only problem that secondary girl has is her rough junior high relationship with Takumi. I mean.. that's all? And she ended up with the main guy? The main guy.. lol. Let's take a look at Kokoro Connect. Main guy ended up with secondary girl as well, but that fucking secondary girl is fucking interesting, she has layers to personality, and all the flaws she has are decently realistic that makes her likeable, or at least, acceptable. Mari just like to torture me. That's all she's ever good of. lol I have to spite this all out. Other wise I'm afraid I will end up just like Naruse with her tamago pyschological shit. |
| I would've enjoyed this more if their were more interactions between daiki x jun. None the less, still pretty good. |
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| It's been in my list for awhile and I finally watched it. Really great show. I enjoyed it. |
| I believe the Anohana staff just did it again. They moved me with this epic movie. Heart-warming, non-cliche ending. 10/10 !!! |
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kamisama751 said: Such a bullsh*t, it makes completely no sense. The movie is pretty simple and straightforward. You don't have to like it, but if you can appreciate anime like Ghost in the Shell, Jin Rou or Serial Experiments Lain I don't see how Kokosake could be remotely confusing. |
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kamisama751 said: TheKillerAngel said: The movie is pretty simple and straightforward. You don't have to like it, but if you can appreciate anime like Ghost in the Shell, Jin Rou or Serial Experiments Lain I don't see how Kokosake could be remotely confusing. It's not confusing. It just makes no sense. The girl's speech got sealed by that prince but then it turned out all that are just her "imagination" for ~10 years. The creator is just trolling. The egg is a metaphor, and I'll leave it at that. |
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| Once the movie ended - I couldn't help but think that there could've simply been more to it. But looking back (after some contemplation) I think that it precisely carried out what it was striving for; within a film's length restriction. And while it did conclude on a tepid note - the exact same factor considerably benefitted the realistic aspect the story leaned towards. I actually appreciated the fact that they didn't go for an all out tear-jerker here, but an rather (relatively) simple narrative and character interactions - which are easier to relate to. On a sidenote - I must to admit that I felt like I was watching Koe no Katachi's adaption for a moment or two. And as for me personally - considering the fact that I was initially drawn to this movie solely for Masayoshi's character designs--I can definitely say that I got more than I bargained for. 8/10 from me. |
| So cliche it made me cringe. Part 1 9/10 Part 2 5/10 |
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| Loved this movie. Handful of flaws but still enjoyed it. I was fine with how everything happened and ended but I don't feel closure for some reason. A great movie that I loved but at the same there's like this void in me that wasn't filled. Satisfied? Yes, and that's all that matters. |
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