They both show the challenges of being transgender in the society. They show the discrimination and social pressure that they have to go through just to be accepted as who they are.
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Tomo is a neglected 11-years-old girl. She lives with her mother, who abandons her when she falls in love with a new man. Whenever that happens, Tomo goes to live with her uncle, Makio. However, this time around, Makio is cohabitating with his transgender girlfriend, Rinko. The film portrays the drama that unfolds in an unconventional family and Tomo's acceptance of LGBT people.
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Tomo is a neglected 11-years-old girl. She lives with her mother, who abandons her when she falls in love with a new man. Whenever that happens, Tomo goes to live with her uncle, Makio. However, this time around, Makio is cohabitating with his transgender girlfriend, Rinko. The film portrays the drama that unfolds in an unconventional family and Tomo's acceptance of LGBT people.
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Narasaki always wished he had a quiet space to study in, so it should be a blessing in disguise that he gets to help at the library reception desk. However, he was suddenly selected to supervise Terashima, a student with bad behavior who is famous on campus. At first, the two did not talk, but in the library, where only the sound of turning pages resonates, Narasaki gradually begins to take an interest in Terashima, who has a mysterious personality.
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This follows the story of illustrator Okusawa Ritsu and salesman Ikegami Fumiya. They met at an old coffee shop and eventually fell in love and lived happily together. However, a misunderstanding gradually arises between Ritsu, who lives freely, and Fumiya, who is swayed by it. After a fight one winter day, Ritsu leaves the house and is involved in an accident, and loses consciousness. Upon awakening, Ritsu had lost only the memory of Fumiya. Wanting to start their relationship over from scratch, Fumiya hides the fact that he was dating Ritsu and resumes their joint life. However, Ritsu asks him to take him to a familiar place in order to regain his memory. Fumiya is reluctant, but the two of them start a "journey" to follow the trajectory of their relationship. The coffee shop where they met for the first time, the riverside road they always strolled, the places they both traveled to before dating... Sweet memories and bittersweet memories, the time they spend together haunts Fumiya's mind. Ritsu, on the other hand, finds himself gradually becoming attracted to Fumiya while losing his memory.
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While they handle lgbt issues differently (close knit adresses lgbt issues while in how to win at checkers nobody seems to have a problem with lgbt+) they include lgbt characters.
Both movies focus on an 11 year old kid (the child actors did an amazing job!) and both are incredibly heart breaking
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Tomo is a neglected 11-years-old girl. She lives with her mother, who abandons her when she falls in love with a new man. Whenever that happens, Tomo goes to live with her uncle, Makio. However, this time around, Makio is cohabitating with his transgender girlfriend, Rinko. The film portrays the drama that unfolds in an unconventional family and Tomo's acceptance of LGBT people.
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Both are family dramas that feature characters of LGBT minority. Both show how they and their families face prejudice from society.
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Saito Haruomi is a young man who moves from his hometown to Tokyo to attend a university. He begins to live in a lodging place that charges the low price of 10,000 yen per month. On his first day there, he meets a beautiful girl named Kokono. While making conversation with her, Saito Haruomi’s face blushes. He suffers from erythromania, which causes him to blush often. Saito Haruomi is excited to live with a such beautiful girl, but he soon discovers that Kokono is actually a man.
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Fang Jia Hua is the successor of a business. His dream is to open a chocolate store and be an expert in chocolate. He ends up leaving his business and his family to fulfill his dream. Hong Xi En is someone who spent her days slogging and taking up part time work. One day, she ends up working for him and above all, she has to dress herself as a man for the job.
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Both movies include an lgbt couple with a kid, who have to face discrimination and prejudice. I guess the endings are also both left rather open.
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Tomo is a neglected 11-years-old girl. She lives with her mother, who abandons her when she falls in love with a new man. Whenever that happens, Tomo goes to live with her uncle, Makio. However, this time around, Makio is cohabitating with his transgender girlfriend, Rinko. The film portrays the drama that unfolds in an unconventional family and Tomo's acceptance of LGBT people.
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-both lgbt focused movies that also shed light on some of the discrimination and prejudices they have to deal with
-one of the main characters is a child
-theyre both sad and emotional, id put some tissues next to me if i were you
-the endings are very similar
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