shreya potahto

I’m still in awe of what seven episodes I’ve just watched in a single sitting, every minute was worth it. The single most brilliant thing I’ve watched in a long while. The sense of victory, the cinematography , I repeat the cinematography, and the characters, the protagonist, Beth herself was portrayed one of the best female characters there ever was, all the praise to Anya for that, couldn’t imagine anyone fitting the role as perfectly, cannot recommend it enough, an easy 10. Awestruck till the very last minute, speechless how the storyline unfolded. And the last episode? Currently curled under a blanket in a curve as I type, I’m still not out of my screen. Honestly, don’t have any complaints at all, this is perhaps the only series that has left me this content to my bones, I only want more. Dive into it no doubts, you’ll end up watching the finest masterpiece you could have come across.

I understand why one wouldn't like the movie, but for me personally I liked the reality of it, it was more about the movie setting itself than the plot, the animation was so nostalgic and calm somehow, the soundtracks were great, especially the ending theme, I've replayed it over and over, it's certainly understandable how nonsensical rikako's character would seem, but from a teenager in high school's perspective that's pretty much how confusing and altering it is to be admitted to another school in another city, how prideful one could be and ignorant to others at slight discomforts. There should've been a character development yes, and besides that I loved the first half's friendship between Taku and Yukata. And ofcourse Ocean Waves was meant to be slow paced, its just a reminiscent of a fragment of the past, this movie was a nice break from all of the immediate feel good romance tropes. Yes studio ghibli does make much better, amazing outstanding movies but like i said, it was still good even if it was far from fantasy, I would personally come back to it during the summers or when I feel that life is too fast paced, which I often do.