I can't believed I cried to a half CGI anime movie but lemme begin to tell you that the ending had me ballin tears.
I love this movie and I dare call it a masterpiece, because I feel like it is one. One of the most satisfying feeling even if you do end up bawling by the end, it is so beautifully told. I won't review the movie too much, I think it deserves a watching and you can decide for yourself if you like it or not. I just hope that you know that at one point in time you were loved and right now in life too... you are loved. Just because we no longer have those people, they live in our memories and are a part of who we are today. You aren't a mistake, you have a purpose to live, whatever it is, don't give up and continue to shine as stars can only be seen when it's dark. So just because you're in a dark place, let your light shine and guide those who are lost now, because you've been there yourself.
The time skips suck and ruin the pacing. This isn't even a controversial statement, most people don't like time skips in anime when they are done poorly. It's a storytelling device that lets us get from Point A to C without wasting time telling B. The implication when a time skip is done is that the audience has enough information to fill in the blanks. Time skip #1 is great because this is possible to do. #2 - 4 on the other hand are just confusing. Especially 3, where we go from Maquia being kidnapped by the royal guards, to Krim cutting her hair in some weird room (but wait I thought Krim died, what?). Oh, the kingdom is at war now I guess, cool, I don't know how that happened. It just comes across as they didn't have enough runtime to tell everything they wanted to tell (even with a 2-hour runtime). I understand why they wanted to have time skips at all, to show everyone around Maquia growing older. It's a cool idea but I've seen it done better before, if you are going to time skip, the story better be 100% coherent to let us fill in the blanks.
Overall I give this a Solid 9.7/10 but i'll round it to a 10/10
