first quarter of the movie was pretty simple. *first quarter*. you have your main character ruka who is struggling with her relationships both at home and at school. she goes to her father's workplace, the aquarium, a place she's always took interest and peace in and she meets an energetic boy there, umi. she quickly learns that umi isn't exactly "normal" as apparently he was found with his brother, sora in a beach and was said to be raised by dugong's so they had to be in water a lot.
things started to go from 1 to a 50 to a 100 to a full fucking thousand after that. it went from kids and the ocean to meteors, a sea festival, to quantum shit, to the full fucking universe. crazy shit. didnt understand a single thing after that first quarter but it was still an incredible experience. the art is gorgeous and i think we can all agree on that. there was a few cgi used which i usually hate but it didnt bother me at all here. every scene is absolutely stunning. from the big important events to little scenes. complemented by beautiful, fun, and exciting soundtracks that just makes the experience of watching this movie even more amazing. truly wonderful.
i think i could've given this a 9 if i understood shit more but my braindead head was just not made for this lmao i also didn't feel any incredible character/personality presentation, though i think i Could if i paid more attention. there are also a lot of symbolism in this movie which i wish i would've paid more attention to as i only realised that now
overall experience was great. didnt understand half of the shit while watching and still dont now but it was still great. and like i said, it was like a dream. a confusing weird and enjoyable dream which ill still be thinking about for a few days now.
