The review by Olivia Negrete covers so many of my feelings. I can’t even talk about this movie without ranting, but it just feels comical with how the characters behave and react. I was frustrated above all this entire film. The way the girls are written, from Tsuda to Kuno and the bullies, felt so glaringly written by a man… Tsuda falling for the mc who is literally helping pimp her out because he “protects” her made me roll my eyes out of my head. The girl “gang” talking like dramatic villains in a film that tries to be more grounded felt ridiculous, and the reason being… they’re jealous all the boys like Kuno!! Eye roll. Olivia Negrete covered my other opinions on the plot, especially Hoshino… ugh.
Sat through an interview with the director just to understand WHY about this film, his thought process and whatnot. He just answered the question about developing the story and its relationships with “it was a long process until we edited it” 🤷🤷