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If you're looking for a slow, easy movie to watch, then this would be perfect for you.

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Story - 4
Tbh, I was very confused about the story. Maybe I'm just dumb, but at first, I sort of had a clue about what was going on, but for the rest, I was just feeling muddled. The story begins with introducing two boys to this young girl, and the boys were apparently raised in the sea, and therefore aren't exactly humans. Throughout the movie, the three kids are trying to find a meteor rock or something to make a sea festival happen, and when this happens, one of ... the kids dies and turns into multiple galaxies?? I'm sorry, but this was just too confusing for me.

Art - 10
Story aside, the animation was just outstanding. I would definitely say the art was very unique - but I also feel like the directors were just using the animation as a way to distract the audience from the confusing storyline. But nonetheless, this movie has one of the most beautiful animation styles I have ever laid my eyes upon.

Sound - 10
I feel like the directors put a lot more money into the music and animation, but I would still like to congratulate the sound producers for the amazing music. They did a really good job with the whale songs, and the background music really was on the same level as the animation.

Character - 4
Honestly, the characters were boring. The only reason I didn't give them a 1 for the character writing is that I kind of thought Ruka was pretty interesting. I could at least relate a tiny bit with her, but with Umi and Sora, they were just bland as uncooked pasta. It is pretty cool that they added a black character and actually portray him with a nice art style, but they were just too boring. It felt like they could have had a chance at being interesting characters in the beginning, but it just seems like that was too hard for the directors to do.

Enjoyment - 6
I know I talk really bad about the character writing and storyline, but I really did enjoy the animation and music, so I would say I fairly enjoyed this film.

Overall - 8
This is the type of movie you can put on in the background for your kids, or if you just wanted to watch a movie without having to really use your brain. The animation really does capture the beauty anime can hold, and I believe this movie was very good - characters aside.

Alright, that's my review! Hopefully, it shed some light on your opinion, or not lol. Thanks for reading this though! :^D