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So if you don't want any spoilers, skip this next paragraph.įirst and foremost - Yuko and Sugimura. There were so many story elements that could have been built upon, and I'm gonna put a spoiler warning for the following paragraph explaining what those elements are. The love story could have been fleshed out more (felt very, very rushed) and I felt like the side characters were pushed too far into the background. I just don't think it was anything else than that. I think it was a cute story about personal growth and following your dreams/heart. I feel like I have to like this since it's Ghibli, and I do, but that's about it - I like it, not love it. Think I've gotten so much pure, unadulterated joy from a film in a Oustanding animation, filled with loving detail and impressiveįluidity, and you've got yourself a truly excellent movie. Pretty much the perfect pick for a film such as this. As mentioned before, the OST is absolutely brilliant and is Likewise, theĬoming-of-age storyline, while slow, somehow manages to seep into everyįiber of your being and in the end provides a truly satisfyingĮxperience. I'd say it is impossible not to love them.
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By theĮnd of the show, you really feel like you know the characters throughĪnd through. What makes WotH so great the end result is far too satisfying. In the viewer's cynicism, in WotH the OST blooms into something Though in weaker films the soundtrack would most likely drown Like the anime, they reflect a completely untainted world The aforementioned theme song, "Country Road," would be incrediblyĬorny for just about any other anime. In its earnest simplicity, the scene does far more than a However, the result is as unpredictable as it is heartwarming.
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Which the parents confront the child and demand a reason for the severeĭrop in class rank. A rather predictable scene follows shortly after, a "talk" in Where the main character's parents discover that her grades are rapidlyįalling. Provides something much, much better: a purposefully imperfect WotHĭoes in no way mimic what I would define as "real life." Rather, it That the anime is "realistic," and I heavily disagree with them. WotH's main strength is its sheer idealism. Immensely satisfied by the relatively undramatic, no frills plot. I was never bored throughout the entirety of the show, and was That tend to afflict this kind of down-to-earth, everyday sort ofĪnime. Throughout the movie, Ghibli neatly avoids all perceivable pitfalls The anime is remarkably slow moving, andīy all logic should be a dull, mind-numbing experience similar to Nieaįortunately for us, WotH does not conform to "logic." I admit I enjoyed the soundtrack immensely,īut why? The main theme, "Country Road," is a song that I have Outstanding in traditional Ghibli fashion, but this alone shouldn't beĮnough to save the film. Likeable, are very typical of what we would expect from a Ghibli film -Īmiable, uncomplicated, and generic. There are noĮspecially memorable plot points.
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What does perplex me, however, isĮxactly what makes this anime so incredibly satisfying. On the contrary, I am absolutely certain that WotH is a classic,Īnd needs to be seen by everyone.
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There is absolutely no doubt in my mind about whether this movie is Occassionally, a caseĬomes up in which I am at a complete loss to understand what factors More maddening principles that I have taken up. For a good while now, in every review, I have always tried to explain exactly why I liked or disliked an anime.