ART - 8
SOUND - 9
CHARACTER - 8
ENJOYMENT - 8
Let's get the film rolling. This is a compact yet sweet story highlighting the emerging love and dreams of two artistic teenagers.
The story itself is quite heartwarming, even though it does have its own clichéness or genericness. While it's a short anime, the amount of plot included in each episode felt perfect. You can think of the timeline as a division of thirds. Starting with the connection, then the breakdown, and lastly the resolution. The other characters didn't had that much screentime compared to the main pair but as supportive characters, they were handled well. This did gave more focus to the MCs, and overall, the progression for their development flowed nicely from the start towards the end. A bit of melodramatic hiccups around the middle part is the only thing that I found to be forceful to their personality. As for their passion in films and drawings respectively, this theme was a welcomed addition to create more layers to the story. Passion is definitely a strong emotion, something akin to a double-edged sword. Stemming from their love of their own aspirations, in certain situations, can lead to depression but the latter more positive side to it is a stronger romantic love. This part was the aspect that engaged me to what would otherwise be a bland narrative.
Visually, the art style is the definition of eye-catching. It kept that floating feeling in the air, an atmosphere that warmed my heart at a lot of their interactions. The animation was smooth though in a way, it does get a bit repetitive for their dynamic movement. It's a minor letdown anyways because the blushes and reactions from the characters were still adorable to see. An aspect that I found to be the strongest was the auditory section. Firstly, the OP and ED was catchy and very fun to listen to, especially with the ending song. The harmonious singing-in-tune and overall beat of the song conveyed the pleasant side of this anime. All of the background music that were used also sounded sweet to my ears. Piano is one of my favorite instrument so hearing this familiar sound from a few scenes had a complementing effect on me.
All in all, it's not a special romantic anime but it had this joyful atmosphere that made me want to see the love development all the way through the end. Certainly was a momentary but enjoyable heartwarmer.
