I felt like the original script could've ran for so much longer, and there was actually more to the story itself, but then it became so long that chunks of it had to be removed. I think this movie, plot line and premise has a good potential to be a 12 episode series.
The script should've elaborated on characters like Ruka Watanabe (the popular girl) because I find her character to be quite beautiful! She's pretty, she's kind and she's easy to get along with. And I think exploring Suzu and Shinobu's relationship is also necessary because I don't quite understand how they feel about each other. The reference to beauty and the beast was kind of bad, I just felt like it was forced...with the castle and roses n everything..
But- the animation was beautiful, it looks nice, but I'm not a very big fan of the animation style they used to animate shots within 'U'. Talking about 'U', I'm really starting to get tired of the 'teenagers in the metaverse' tropes. The scenes outside of 'U' looks really good.
Obviously the sound design was very good I loved it so much!!!!! The vocals r so pretty and it perfectly fits!!1! I just love anime with a good OST. (And to be honest, just watch it for the songs, it's amazing!).
Definitely watch this movie, it's good, and even though there were some parts that could've been improved it's still worth a watch~
