XAWAD said: Also Josee was unbearable for me. She is a living definition of how extreme selfishness and self-centered mentality can completely fuck someone else's life especially those closest to you. Exactly what I was thinking. Her continuing to call him a servant really pissed me off. But to be fair and let's be honest, what if you woke up in a hospital and the doctor said you wouldn't walk anymore? I can understand being bitter |
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| Glad I wasn't the only one. Like many people are saying, Josee was unbearable. I could immediately buy the hate towards her on the start, but I couldn't buy how their relationship turned well just because he gave her a fish lamp randomly. With stuff like this, the movie became another anime I wished the MC stayed with the other love interest. A lot of other parts felt too much melodramatic, like him saving her from the exact same accident she would've had in the begging of the movie and the movie playing an intense dramatic sound, as if it was genuinely impactful scene. Overall it isn't a bad movie. It's extremely well produced, with beautiful OST and it has solid pacing. But the story didn't really captivated me. It's a weak 7/10. |
BetterTasteSep 12, 2021 8:27 PM
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| I'm rating this a 9, but it did have problems. The first half was a solid 11/10, but it kinda spiraled down when the grandma died. The pacing for the second half was pretty bad, and it was too, for a lack of a better term, cliche (even though I don't mind cliches at all, it was just too generic and forced). The second half was probably a 6 or 7. The kiss scene was good though, something a lot of romance animes or movies don't have the balls to show, so it gets brownie points for that. In regards to Josee's character, I liked her. Sure she was very self centered at first, but that's what you get when you lack social cues. The fact that she got better overtime is is thanks to her character development. Overall solid movie (the kiss scene boosted the score by a lot), if they had kept going at the pace of the first half, it would easily be a 10 on my book. |
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| I want to give it an 8 but it gets too messy after the first half. The grandmother was basically just a plot device and while I appreciate that it didn't linger on her death, 10 minutes later Tsuneo gets run over in a extremely unbelievable manner. Context and back story for their characters is seriously lacking, I find it hard to believe Tsuneo is the first person to ever care about Josee that way in her 24 years of life. Did she literally never go out for 24 years? we don't know, and the story suffers because of it. If the second half would have been more nuanced withouth depending on tragedy to engage the viewer I think we would have had a much more compelling film. Still good though, at least a 7/10. |
| Unlikable characters.. probably the best character was the grandma and she left midway.. josee is a bully; the worst sorta tsundere ( disability doesn't justify her annoying character), Tsuneo seems like a superhuman but a doormat at the same time.. Mai says pretty hurtful stuff and that other friend doesn't have much presence.. Even after all the character development of Josee she just went to the zoo to see the tiger without informing anyone or picking up calls? Like what? The art and music are good but the characters barely make you feel anything for them.. needless melodrama and abrupt dialogues... Imo the ending catching scene :v I would have expected her to fall flat on her face rather than a Disney ending lol. Best scenes- when Josee was taken to sea the first time and when she was reading her own picture book later. |
TasusaOct 26, 2021 4:17 PM
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| as everyone else mentioned, from top to bottom the movie is cliche after cliche. but... i'm a sucker for melodrama (my favorite non-anime TV show is This Is Us, which is just a soap opera with a budget). it hit lots of good spots for me. i agree with the sentiment that you have to have reasonable expectations going into this movie. if you expect it to be the next coming of A Silent Voice or the best new romance since Your Name, of course you're going to be let down. if what you want is a Your Name-tier cinematic masterpiece, with masterful character writing, a captivating setting, and themes that keep you up long after the credits roll, you're absolutely wasting your time with this schlockfest. if what you want is a cheesy, overdramatic romance flick that you watch on a lazy weeknight and then forget most of by next week, you'll be perfectly satisfied. i will say that although i didn't hate Josee, i thought it was really annoying that they didn't have her start calling him Tsuneo at some point. during these touching emotional beats i kept expecting her to finally smile at him and call him Tsuneo, and then have that be part of her character. but it turns out she's only allowed to call him that when he's unconscious after getting hit by a car... also yes, as others have said, it's kind of weird to see a character who is canonically 24 act like a tsundere high school anime girl. but, not totally alien to anime. this season's My Senpai is Annoying has the same thing going on. |
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| the dramas were really bad and I can't stand Josee D: |
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| I kind of understand why people hate this show but I some what want to clear something too that may not be useful but I did my best. I don't really hate the characters because I do understand Josee has a disability to walk so expect her to face limitations and harsh reality + I wasn't surprise with her tsundere behavior like honestly what do you expect that's how her characterization goes with a simple given reason to her disability cannot let her do what others can do so she can feel pissed off / jealous at times plus disable people gotta be able do most things that they aren't capable of on their own which can be frustrating and it could possibly make them short-tempered. Meanwhile Tsuneo, he's just a casual guy with a normal elegance who wants to pursue his career at Mexico, both of their interaction was normal and typical, maybe the drama involving between both of them was a bit too forced like that scene during Tsuneo's car accident, man that gives more barrier to Tsuneo to pursue his own career and I don't really like how Josee has gotta be involve in this scene, I understand that she'll feel lonely if Tsuneo left her and both of them could've deal with it in a better way, but on the other hand, I was really happy that Tsuneo wasn't giving up with his career and took a practical treatment :)) Also that scene when Tsuneo was looking for Josee, I think it was a bit forced to idk just from looking at it if Tsuneo isn't involve, then Josee would've been left unconscious when she fell, pretty much similar to the car accident but Tsuneo would've died if Josee isn't involve and I'm relieved that both of them are involve in such incidents / circumstances, also Tsuneo's confession to Josee, it legit got me teared up a bit and I was happy that they were able to deal with it in the end and Tsuneo was able to achieve his dreams which goes to the important lesson for this overall movie that can be seen quite realistic which is always discover your dream, cherish and maintain it as obstacles will always exist in the progression. Pretty much the movie is a solid 8/10 for me after rewatching it. |
CQLLISTNov 23, 2021 7:27 PM
Short_Circut said: Yeah you're right on point that's why I don't like toradora that much cause the other female characters were much better than the tsundereIt was definitely very cliche, which isn't terrible outright but unfortunately, this series chose to take a lot of the worse cliches Plus it's yet another case where the love rival is a much better fit for the MC than the actual love interest lmao. Honestly reminds me a lot of Toradora what with how the FL just abuses the ML constantly and he doesn't really mind it all that much, and also how the more caring love interest gets shunned away lol. Never really got the appeal of those types of characters but oh well to each their own To give its credit it for sure definitely has some of the best cinematography, and there were some cliches that were well executed (like Josee's redemption part) but overall I'm actually quite surprised it has as high of a score as it does. The part where he got into the accident was actually a surprise direction ngl |
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SquishyPies said: What's the show about mate can you tell me in brief ? (About my senpai is annoying)as everyone else mentioned, from top to bottom the movie is cliche after cliche. but... i'm a sucker for melodrama (my favorite non-anime TV show is This Is Us, which is just a soap opera with a budget). it hit lots of good spots for me. i agree with the sentiment that you have to have reasonable expectations going into this movie. if you expect it to be the next coming of A Silent Voice or the best new romance since Your Name, of course you're going to be let down. if what you want is a Your Name-tier cinematic masterpiece, with masterful character writing, a captivating setting, and themes that keep you up long after the credits roll, you're absolutely wasting your time with this schlockfest. if what you want is a cheesy, overdramatic romance flick that you watch on a lazy weeknight and then forget most of by next week, you'll be perfectly satisfied. i will say that although i didn't hate Josee, i thought it was really annoying that they didn't have her start calling him Tsuneo at some point. during these touching emotional beats i kept expecting her to finally smile at him and call him Tsuneo, and then have that be part of her character. but it turns out she's only allowed to call him that when he's unconscious after getting hit by a car... also yes, as others have said, it's kind of weird to see a character who is canonically 24 act like a tsundere high school anime girl. but, not totally alien to anime. this season's My Senpai is Annoying has the same thing going on. |
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| I felt it a little bit rushed and some parts that I didnt like at all, like if they needed more development, but I cried at the mermaid original story so its an easy 8 |
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| Somehow I wasn't really into it. Probably because I could predict the flow as it was the usual "guy takes care of a very needy immature girl, and he falls in love with her because of that". I didn't expect him to get hurt and touch on more interesting themes, so I bumped it up a bit because of that. |
| Everything surrounding the melodrama made it kind of painful to sit through for me. It felt way too forced for my liking, felt like seeing the Violet Evergarden film again that also was frustrating for me overall. Not the most likable or well-written cast either in this film. |
| Tsuneo is always around Josee when she is in mortal danger, like 4 times he saves her (this is within 8 month span?), it makes me wonder how is their life going to go? It is seams as though universe, either constantly wants him to save her either her dead. So one day this will happen Like she will find herself in a sea (for some reason or w/e) and will get plastered to the ship. Or will she? No Tsuneo will teleport to her to save her again.... |
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| Josee was a bit unlikable at the start but she redeemed herself |
| Josee is unlikeable, yeah i understand why she is bitter cuz i had an accident and i lost my mobility in both my knees was painfull, still painful , PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND, people say just try harder but sometimes even if you do 50 psyshical therapy sections you still have PAIN while walking... not bei g able to to what you did before make any saint bitter, even tsuneo happen for that stage HOWEVER i dlnt treat like sh1t people who are genuinely nice to me, that show empathy and ACTUALLYHELP ME TO be out of the bitterness, people nice enought to show me the world and help me SHE IS SO RUDE FOR NO REASON, and he just let it happen, i wont understand why he liked her, i understand why SHE LIKE HIM! and she show no grow even at the end she do t show to tge hospital make him suffer again, she is annoying This is alovestory yet i dont buy thejr love , no builtup |
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