PLOT/STORY:
A Highschool boy who isn't interested in the people around him nor makes an effort to make friends. His hobby being reading books at his leisure, unexpectedly meets a very cheerful, lively and unique girl, his total personality opposite. That's suffering from a pancreatic disease that's slowing eating away at her life. The boy helps the girl (or is rather forced to) finish her things to-do while in turn the girl helps the boy get in touch with the world.
CHARACTERS/CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:
The movie is focused on the Main characters with only limited screen time for the side characters (though they do play a decent role in story progression nothing too major). The boy has no intent to interact with the world but slowly breaks out or is broken out of his introvert shell by the help of a particularly lively girl that's the total opposite of him yet he feels so compatible with her. As time passes she manages to change his perspective about the world and the people around him, while they both form a bond not of lovers or of friends, something special they will cherish as long as they live.
ANIMATION:
The animation was detailed and in a way lively, colorful and just made the whole watching experience better. Especially the sceneries were amazing animated and the use of 3D during a certain scene made it much more eye-catching.
MUSIC/OST:
The music itself was soothing and relaxing sometimes even thrilling, the opening and ending both were amazing, not masterpieces just in-sync with the movie (though imo the ending is way better). And the addition of music to scenes made them more IMPACTFUL as music does.
MY THOUGHTS:
I'll start off by saiyan what I felt watching the show were the YOUR LIE IN APRIL vibes. If you've watched YLIA (and loved it as I did) then this movie is perfect for you. The humorous portion of the anime was as good as the drama (moments that made you laugh while some made you sad), the dialogs hit hard, weren't shallow especially of the main female lead, she was playful but said some though provoking things. The moral of the movie that I felt was that
"Life is unexpected, anything can happen at any time and plans don't always work out so live each moment to the fullest as it just might be your last, and try to connect with the world around you."
RATING:
8.8/10
An overall decent anime movie worth its time that won't disappoint (well, keeping in mind the term to each his own.)
