Orange: Mirai

Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.

Filled with regret, Suwa and his friends decide to write letters to their 16-year-old past selves to set their hearts at rest. With the knowledge contained in the letter from his future self, 16-year-old Suwa has the chance to rewrite the future. What choices will he make? What will happen in this new future?

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Suwa, Hiroto Main

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Naruse, Kakeru Main

Yamashita, Seiichirou Japanese

Takamiya, Naho Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Hagita, Saku Main

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Murasaka, Azusa Main

Takamori, Natsumi Japanese

Chino, Takako Main

Kinugawa, Rika Japanese

Haru Supporting

Aizawa, Saya Japanese

Hamasaki, Hiroshi Director

Nakayama, Naomi Director

Nagasaki, Yukio Sound Director

Kobukuro Theme Song Performance

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Jun 12, 2017

Jak

Recommended

Orange. Orange. Orange.

You know when I first saw this show, I didn't really care for it. I used to roll my eyes when people gushed about it because I couldn't figure out why it was so well liked.

This movie has given me a new found respect for the show because frankly it made the show and its events make a lot more sense. It also helped that I went though the show again before watching the movie.

Now from here on out, there's spoilers so you are warned. Most of the movie is flashback of events from the new timeline of the story from ... Suwa's point of view. What really shines is the last like 25 minutes or so that's basically epilogue.





Spoilers:

It begins with Kakeru asking Naho to go to a shrine with her and she says yes. They pray together and the other 4 are there as well, but not with Naho and Kakeru. You find out that this is where Suwa actually convinced Naho to be with him. The show made it seem like in the original timeline, she started to fall for Suwa before Kakeru's death after he confessed at New Years. That wasn't the case. While she was always very close to Suwa, she didn't start falling for him until the second time he confessed and basically proposes to her. Past Suwa says he's a horrible person for taking advantage of Naho while in a fragile emotional state after Kakeru's death. The others try to cheer him up and say he's a good guy and was only being Kakeru's substitute. In my opinion, that would have been true for new timeline Suwa. If Kakeru had still died then he would have been Kakeru's substitute, but only because of the influence on this timeline brought by the letters. Original timeline Suwa did it for his own selfish purposes and nothing more. In the show, Future Suwa even says that if Kakeru had lived, Naho would have rejected him. (Sorry, SuwaxNaho shippers, the only conceivable timeline where Naho would be with Suwa is one where Kakeru dies.) Free from this, Suwa is now able to walk down his own path. Skip ahead to 10 years in the future. They all meet on the same hill and now Kakeru and Naho are married with a child named Haru who loves Uncle Suwa. They laugh and have a good ole time at a picnic. It ends with them looking at the sunset and them all agreeing to all send letters to a 3rd timeline where Kakeru will tell himself that he's happy and to not let the depression burden him. It doesn't show if they actually send letters though. Jump back to the original timeline where Suwa awakens to find Naho crying. Now at this point with the fact that original timeline Suwa was guilty about how he got Naho, it shows that their marriage might not be as great as it showed in the show. Naho is crying because she was dreaming about Kakeru. The way she says it, she might have been dreaming about the new timeline, but that's not clear. Suwa says he was dreaming about it as well then looks annoyed and goes back to sleep. Not even bothering to comfort his wife as she sobs. I had this theory that people blasted me for. I believe that Future Naho still had feelings for Kakeru and she regretted not being able to reconcile with him. I think this movie adds credence to that theory. It ends with what I assume to be the 2nd timeline where its morning of the first day of school at Naho's house and you see a future letter waiting for her.

End Spoilers

All in all, this was a pretty good epilogue movie for a decent series. Answered a lot of questions for me as well. This will probably get pounded by Suwa fans, but it makes sense that Naho and Kakeru are together. They were destined to be, not Suwa and Naho.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 23, 2020

lilkraken

Mixed Feelings

*review contain spoilers*

So, if you really want to know what I think about Orange, please refer to my review of the anime. I am not even going to get into details, because more than 50% of the movie was basically a recap of the anime and things we already knew. I was expecting more of what happens after the anime, either on the real world or the parallel world. We do get to see some glimpse of what happened in the parallel world (with Kakeru being alive, married to Naho, even having a baby with her and Suwa being the favorite uncle), but that scene ... alone, as good as it was, does not make up for the waste of time the whole movie is, if you already watched the anime. I am going to say though, that I am going to keep preferring the parallel world (even though Suwa is a great person).

It is not a bad movie, but I would recommend that if you did watch the anime, start the movie at least half way through and save you some time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 12, 2017

ph4zoN

Not Recommended

Contains spoilers.

As a fan of the original series, with Suwa being my favorite character, this movie was quite the letdown.
What bothered me the most weren't the constant recaps of the anime (despite them being completely skippable), but the insight we got into Suwa's route with Naho.
At some point in the movie, Suwa is reflecting on his actions and says that he pretty much exploited Naho when she was vulnerable and that's the reason the two ended up together. His friends try to snap him out of it by saying he's a nice person and that she fell for him naturally. Ok, I'll take it (not ... a very good reason though)... Then by the end of the movie we see the two of them waking up from the "dream" we just watched. Not only do they seem distant from each other and sad, but Naho just dreamt she had a child with Kakeru, and that she was happy with that... which pretty much confirms what he was saying earlier. Had Kakeru been alive, none of it would've happened. Ouch.

Having that route ruined, at least I'll get to see Suwa move on in the timeline where Kakeru is saved, I thought! Nope.
Suwa's idea of happiness there is seeing Naho and Kakeru together... well, okay. But what about YOUR happiness? He's still alone 10 years later... and is smiling at how close Naho and Kakeru are... talk about NTR.

The best part of the movie was seeing Hagita and Azu finally get together, that was fun.
Animation and sound were pretty much identical to the anime's, not much to say there.
The scene where they're watching the sunset together was nice too, but I consider everything else not worth watching.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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