I genuinely loved this movie, it's not the best, and it definitely has flaws. But coming from somebody who isn't easily captivated by slice of life, it impressed me.
The animation was beautifully simple and had a nice, distinct charm to it. Sure, running looked weird, but in a cute way, and the story was just...simple.
That's all this movie is, it is simple, it is calm, it is cute. That is it. It's the type of movie you should watch on a bad day, a day where you are lonely or just feel off. If your looking for something groundbreaking, this is not it, and I wouldn’t advise going into it expecting such.
A lot of people give it a bad rap for the main relationship being “messy” and unrealistic. Didn't they explicitly state that this was Kusakabe's first love? The first relationship he was genuinely invested in? Of course there's going to be miscommunication and misunderstandings. He has no real experience, and as far as I, an anime only knows, Sajou doesn’t either.
Now, to end my humble little review, this movie does have one genuinely unique thing to it. The ribbon. I truly loved the way they used the ribbon.
