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I wish more “kids” movies like this were as emotionally intelligent. Absolutely outdid my pretty mid expectations. Almost all the characters were memorable - surprising for a movie like this. I thought I wouldn’t like something like the lil epilogue but it was quite clever with the foreshadowing. I don't think it's wrong to complain about it being formulaic when the visceral nature of Kokoro's story is quite unique. Aki's story was also good if a bit more formulaic. Subaru was extremely unmemorable. Moe's role was left somewhat unexplained considering how important she was to the conclusion. These are minor complaints, though, and they only ... make me want to read the novel. Exactly the kind of movie I wish I saw in middle school (though I doubt I would have liked it then).

Shonen Bat is probably the most visually repulsive character I've seen in any anime. That's all I wanted to say, why are you making me write more, MAL? Ok? I have to write more? Fine. I thought it was a good show, totally fascinating, especially as it built up towards the end. Is that good enough? SERIOUSLY? I'll admit, this is the first review I've written on MAL, but come on. How long does this need to be? Not everyone is some pretentious critic, some of us just want to say that Shonen Bat is probably the most visually repulsive character they've seen in any ... anime.