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wonderful slice-of-life about self-development
spoiler-free general thoughts:
I had such high hopes for this movie after seeing the trailer and cast, and it did not disappoint. The story is quite "uneventful" in the sense that there is not a lot of big dramatic moments, but leans more towards slice-of-life. The pacing is really nice tho. The trailer itself it quite deceiving, as I expected romance to be the main point, but the focus is more on the development of the four main characters. With the help of eachother, they learn about their "bad" traits and step outside their comfort zones to make a change to it. The cast displays their characters greatly as well and I love how the different characters just meshes with each other. Overall, a really enjoyable movie!
SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THIS POINT:
SPOILERS
Story:
I'm glad they did not try to the Akari-Rio situation got "resolved" relatively quickly and did not become the main focus of this movie. They did a great job at highlighting each characters' flaw and the background what led to those flaws. It has so many wonderful scenes like: Akari-mom late night talk, Kazu-brother scenes, Akari-Yuna push etc. Every scene has its purpose, no fillers. I wish we could have seen a bit more Rio-Yuna scenes tho.
Characters:
Let's talk about characters, as their chemistry is the highlight of this movie!
// Yuna: "Yuna is a really good girl": i could not have said it better, Akari! Only has good intentions, but severally lacks confidence. Despite that, she still is a wonderful friend to Akari and is not afraid to speak up when it matters the most. I love how Rio made her into the best version of herself. I loved her glow-up.
// Rio: The guy who tells other to accept rejections, so you can close a chapter, but unknowingly was doing it to himself. Yuna's scolding really woke him up. Glad he was finally able to move on.
// Kazu: Your typical character who is selfless with little self-respect. On the surface he is fine with how things are going, but deep inside he knows it is not alright. Finally with the help of Akari (and his brother) he realized he needs to stand up to his feelings and dreams he want to pursue!
// Akari: Minami did a stellar job on her acting. The self-labelled "not good girl", but she is not far off from Yuna. Another selfless character that will sacrifice everything to keep her family together, without telling anyone else. I love ow encouraging she is to her friends!
Overall, this is such a solid romance/friendship/youth movie with incredible cast and story-writing. The characters are all great with obvious flaws, but in the end they work it out together. 9/10, would recommend and watch again.
I had such high hopes for this movie after seeing the trailer and cast, and it did not disappoint. The story is quite "uneventful" in the sense that there is not a lot of big dramatic moments, but leans more towards slice-of-life. The pacing is really nice tho. The trailer itself it quite deceiving, as I expected romance to be the main point, but the focus is more on the development of the four main characters. With the help of eachother, they learn about their "bad" traits and step outside their comfort zones to make a change to it. The cast displays their characters greatly as well and I love how the different characters just meshes with each other. Overall, a really enjoyable movie!
SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THIS POINT:
SPOILERS
Story:
I'm glad they did not try to the Akari-Rio situation got "resolved" relatively quickly and did not become the main focus of this movie. They did a great job at highlighting each characters' flaw and the background what led to those flaws. It has so many wonderful scenes like: Akari-mom late night talk, Kazu-brother scenes, Akari-Yuna push etc. Every scene has its purpose, no fillers. I wish we could have seen a bit more Rio-Yuna scenes tho.
Characters:
Let's talk about characters, as their chemistry is the highlight of this movie!
// Yuna: "Yuna is a really good girl": i could not have said it better, Akari! Only has good intentions, but severally lacks confidence. Despite that, she still is a wonderful friend to Akari and is not afraid to speak up when it matters the most. I love how Rio made her into the best version of herself. I loved her glow-up.
// Rio: The guy who tells other to accept rejections, so you can close a chapter, but unknowingly was doing it to himself. Yuna's scolding really woke him up. Glad he was finally able to move on.
// Kazu: Your typical character who is selfless with little self-respect. On the surface he is fine with how things are going, but deep inside he knows it is not alright. Finally with the help of Akari (and his brother) he realized he needs to stand up to his feelings and dreams he want to pursue!
// Akari: Minami did a stellar job on her acting. The self-labelled "not good girl", but she is not far off from Yuna. Another selfless character that will sacrifice everything to keep her family together, without telling anyone else. I love ow encouraging she is to her friends!
Overall, this is such a solid romance/friendship/youth movie with incredible cast and story-writing. The characters are all great with obvious flaws, but in the end they work it out together. 9/10, would recommend and watch again.
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