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Probably a 6,5.

Great art, especially the riding-the-waves-on-the-air scenes and even the bubbly love scenes.
But the characters were almost annoying. Their love story had developed fully at 20 minutes in. The back story was revealed almost in the end, so before, it was hard to relate. Also the type of all 4 characters was again, the "happy, harmless, hard working" type so it becomes impossible to relate. Like, this is a systemic stereotype, give us a break. Lastly, it seemed that everyone else other than the 4 youths, was either too promiscuous or too old to be considered a character.

The message in the end, was imo: it is ok to mess up, as life is mostly messy. Find things and people that you love and don't get overstressed. Which is a comforting message. BUT for me it is a little worrying that the issue the main characters were struggling to get over was climate change! We should be worrying about climate change, even in fantasy films! If somehow this serious issue was connected to the myth, again imo, the outcome would be magical.

One more issue for me, was the girl character, Hina. Very stereotypical, no background story, almost deliberately a sexist portrayal.