Both deal with suicide/attempted suicide and depression. (They don't necessarily say that outright, however one main character from each movie has similar feelings of sadness and/or hopelessness.) They both also feature a main character that gets better/feels better when another character becomes close to them.
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Both movies focus on overcoming a unhappy circumstances in order to learn the importance/joy of living. Both have bittersweet endings.
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When Kosuke was 14 years old, his mother died. As a young gay person, he spent his adolescence in a rural village and suppressed his feelings. Now, Kosuke is all grown up and he works as a fashion magazine editor in Tokyo. He meets Ryuta, who works as a personal trainer. Ryuta's mother raised him alone and he is close to his mother. Kosuke and Ryuta become attracted to each other and they sometimes spend time with Ryuta's mother. Kosuke is happy to share time with Ryuta and his mother, which makes him remember his late mother. Kosuke and Ryuta make an appointment to go for a drive together, but, on that day, Ryuta does not show up.
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Kizumomo and 1 Month like Summer Vacation are similar because both stories are about a fateful meeting for unexpected circumstances, and as they know each other they develop a friendship that becomes feelings for each other.
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A change in the stakeout team throws Onoe, reporter for a weekly magazine, together with his contemporary, Kaburagi, a photographer. Onoe secretly considers Kaburagi his rival, and Kaburagi's haphazard way of doing things goes against Onoe's strong sense of ethics. There's nothing but conflict between them. But, in joint pursuit of a scandal, the two of them begin to care about each other...? ~~ Adapted from the manga "Ameiro Paradox" by Natsume Isaku
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