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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Just got back from watching the movie. It was very good with pretty animation, and the new music was amazing! As expected it's mostly dealing with the relationships (love triangle?) of Kaji and letting go of the past and moving on (and in) with Haruki. Not too much Ritsuka and just a little bit more Mafuyu so if you are looking for anyone other than Ugetsu, Kaji and Haruki you'll be disappointed. |
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| Does it continue adapting the manga where TV anime left it? |
OzOkumura said: Does it continue adapting the manga where TV anime left it? They mixed/edited a bit but pretty much covers from ch15 or 16 to end of vol 5 (ch30 I think?). |
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| I don't think it will be available online until the dvds/blurays are out... may take a few months. |
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| Just a little question for those who has watched the movie : did it feel rushed ? Because I'm a manga reader and I'm kinda scared to hear the whole arc was crammed into an hour-only movie |
Damuzen said: Just a little question for those who has watched the movie : did it feel rushed ? Because I'm a manga reader and I'm kinda scared to hear the whole arc was crammed into an hour-only movie I didn't feel it was rushed, it was slow paced, and felt longer than it actually was. But they did cut out a lot to focus on Akihiko-Haruki-Ugetsu story, so I guess that was the sacrifice (Ritsuka was only in maybe 3 scenes or so, including the live... at least he and Mafuyu had one cute scene ;-;). |
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myth720 said: Damuzen said: Just a little question for those who has watched the movie : did it feel rushed ? Because I'm a manga reader and I'm kinda scared to hear the whole arc was crammed into an hour-only movie I didn't feel it was rushed, it was slow paced, and felt longer than it actually was. But they did cut out a lot to focus on Akihiko-Haruki-Ugetsu story, so I guess that was the sacrifice (Ritsuka was only in maybe 3 scenes or so, including the live... at least he and Mafuyu had one cute scene ;-;). Oh thanks ! By "cut out", do you mean towards Mafuyu and Ritsuka ? Have you read the manga ? Because in this arc, those two are barely seen in the first place, so according to what you told me it seems it's a good adaptation ! @Jalis tu as ta réponse, apparemment ça a bien été géré ! Reste plus qu'à attendre pour pouvoir voir le film :- |
DamuzenSep 13, 2020 4:21 AM
| How gay was it on a scale of 1-10? If it goes above 5 then I don't know if I should watch it. |
 I said keep your hands on the table |
Arin-san said: How gay was it on a scale of 1-10? If it goes above 5 then I don't know if I should watch it. Haven't seen the movie but I have read the manga, and it's certainly a 8-9 out of 10 Pretty stupid unusual to come here on a movie tagged Shounen Ai and complain about how the movie might be gay tho. It's a really good romance however. |
Damuzen said: Arin-san said: How gay was it on a scale of 1-10? If it goes above 5 then I don't know if I should watch it. Haven't seen the movie but I have read the manga, and it's certainly a 8-9 out of 10 Pretty stupid unusual to come here on a movie tagged Shounen Ai and complain about how the movie might be gay tho. It's a really good romance however. No for me it makes perfect sense. There are some shounen ai that have a limit on the stuff they show and its just not all naked boys kissing each other, and then there are some shounen ai where sexualization is over the top that at one point its just gross and makes me feel uncomfortable, this is why I don't watch most shounen ai. Actually now that I think about it, I don't think I watch any Shounen Ai. The only reason I'm even slightly interested in Given in because it has the music tag and the poster isn't some older guy caressing some younger twink. |
Arin-sanSep 13, 2020 4:31 AM
I said keep your hands on the table |
Arin-san said: Damuzen said: Haven't seen the movie but I have read the manga, and it's certainly a 8-9 out of 10 Pretty stupid unusual to come here on a movie tagged Shounen Ai and complain about how the movie might be gay tho. It's a really good romance however. No for me it makes perfect sense. There are some shounen ai that have a limit on the stuff they show and its just not all naked boys kissing each other, and then there are some shounen ai where sexualization is over the top that at one point its just gross and makes me feel uncomfortable, this is why I don't watch most shounen ai. Actually now that I think about it, I don't think I watch any Shounen Ai. The only reason I'm even slightly interested in Given in because it has the music tag and the poster isn't some older guy caressing some younger twink. Well, there are some sexy scenes in the manga/movie, but they're realistic and not over the top |
| There are very few "sexual" scenes (including one rape scene and a het blowjob scene), but nothing is explicit, I think the movie is rated for ages 16 and up. A few kisses, nothing over the top and the music was great. Damuzen said: By "cut out", do you mean towards Mafuyu and Ritsuka ? Have you read the manga ? Because in this arc, those two are barely seen in the first place, so according to what you told me it seems it's a good adaptation Yes, it's a good adaptation! I enjoyed it, though I enjoyed the TV anime more. I did read the manga and I know they are not much in it, but even what they had was cut, except for one cute little scene, I am just sad there was not even a little kiss :') |
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Damuzen said: Just a little question for those who has watched the movie : did it feel rushed ? Because I'm a manga reader and I'm kinda scared to hear the whole arc was crammed into an hour-only movie An hour? Shouldn't it be at least 90 minutes? |
Rojaseb said: Damuzen said: Just a little question for those who has watched the movie : did it feel rushed ? Because I'm a manga reader and I'm kinda scared to hear the whole arc was crammed into an hour-only movie An hour? Shouldn't it be at least 90 minutes? Nope, the movie is 59 minutes long, that's why I was concerned about a potential rush |
Aw that sucks. It's impossible not to be rushed then, it adapted almost the same amount of content the anime adapted. And it was the best part of the manga too. Sigh. So weird since this studio always does faithful adaptations. |
uenoyamasimp said: But the manga is still ongoing and I heard that the manga content is probably not yet enough for a 2nd season. They actually already had enough content for a second season but they chose to use most of it for the movie. |
uenoyamasimp said: So does that mean that most of the Uenoyama and Mafuyu moments from the manga for this movie are not going to be used even in the future seasons if they are going to have one? I read it last year so I'm not 100% sure but both of them were barely shown during this arc. It was also the best part of the story back then so don't worry. You will also be happy to know that the author IS writing faster now, so a new season could arrive by 2022 if the movie bluray does really well. |
Flakbeard said: BD & DVD releasing on February 3, 2021 https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1603196563 Thank you! Fucking finally ima do a rewatch |
| This was adapted exactly as I expected since so many pieces of my fave couple were left out of the anime proper for the movie. Also. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! |
| As I expected they cut some parts of the manga, but those parts didn’t affect the pace of the movie so I really enjoyed it! |
| It took me two hours to watch it, and I'm still crying even 20 minutes later. lol It's been a while since something gets me this emotional, so I'm really happy. Already knew what was going to happen, and yet this movie was able to evoke so many feelings inside me ♥♥ I thought I wouldn't get as emotional with the music since I had already listened to it, but yeah I freaking did. The pacing bothered me a tiny bit in the beginning, but the later half was just perfect. *chef's kiss* Now I'm just gonna go back to crying bye bye |
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| I see people saying the movie cut stuff out from the manga, but I honestly can't remember what, since i read it so long ago. while I do agree the pacing was a bit rushed, it was nice to see this manga arc adapted in anime form. I think Given works better in anime form since you can actually hear the music. I don't expect there to be another tv anime season anytime soon, because there isn't enough manga material for another season. Plus I personally really dislike the direction the manga has taken right now because the story is focusing on |
Arin-san said: Damuzen said: Haven't seen the movie but I have read the manga, and it's certainly a 8-9 out of 10 Pretty stupid unusual to come here on a movie tagged Shounen Ai and complain about how the movie might be gay tho. It's a really good romance however. No for me it makes perfect sense. There are some shounen ai that have a limit on the stuff they show and its just not all naked boys kissing each other, and then there are some shounen ai where sexualization is over the top that at one point its just gross and makes me feel uncomfortable, this is why I don't watch most shounen ai. Actually now that I think about it, I don't think I watch any Shounen Ai. The only reason I'm even slightly interested in Given in because it has the music tag and the poster isn't some older guy caressing some younger twink. I recommend giving it a try. The anime is less explicit about the gay stuff. No naked bodies, just cute wholesome moments and scenes. The movie on the other hand had a little bit more explicit stuff. It still does not contain anything perverted (ie it's not cringe). The music was nice, I personally loved the outro and was bopping my head to it. I would like to mention that I'm caught up with the manga, and the only thing I would reproach is that it was a little short which caused many things such as the development of Mafuyu and Uenoyama' relationship that I wanted to see, to be cut out. Other than that, I liked how they focused on Haruki and Akihiko's story. |
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| This was too painful ಥ﹏ಥ I didn't think love hurts this much before watching Given ... |
| Just watched the movie and i can describe it with one word: Beautiful! Loved the animation, everything well detailed and amazing music, as always. I'm pretty sad they skipped the scenes with Mafuyu and Uenoyama, but i still have hope for a second season where they could animate those parts somehow. I wanted the movie to last longer tho :( Anyway, i loved it ^^ . |
| naaa shut up Akihiko's story hit too close home. i cried myself to sleep yupi, i know have a new song to listen every morning and cry |
No matter who much you regret or wish, if you couldn't do something in life, you can't do it after death, either. - Hanako |
| Pretty good follow-up overall I'd say. It was an emotionally-intense hour for sure. Love can be great, but can also hurt like hell, too. Glad Akihito finally got some closure. I have mixed feelings about Ugetsu, but seeing his face as he turned around and looked at Akihito was walking away from him for the last time at the end was definitely a poignant moment. I'm not a manga reader, but it felt like a lot was crammed into the latter half of the movie in particular. Like it went from Akihito leaving Haruki's place to the violin concert/competition scene pretty quickly. This movie probably could've used another half hour to an hour. But to the elephant in the room (at least for me). I did not like this scene at all: Just the term "basically consensual" left me feeling a bit uncomfortable if I'm being honest. I couldn't help but feel conflicted about everything that happened between those two after that scene, and I so badly wish that wasn't the case, because I liked their characters and was definitely rooting for them to get together going into the movie. It didn't 100% ruin the film, but it brought it down to an 8/10 for me. |
| *Mourning the disappointment of The Promised Neverland season 2.* |
| rlly hard to rate it a six and i really liked the movie but i realized that it's literally just a rapist/sexual assaulter (Akihiko) getting a redemption arc and the movie is focused on him and not haruki who was the literal victim.. like thats majorly traumatizing and they acted like it was okay. I tried to brush it off and like be like 'I don't forgive Akihiko but I can see how he's trying to improve and if Haruki likes him..' but honestly the way that this movie handled the rape/sexual assault is just how many bl authors handle it (and I've dropped plenty of BL because of this but I didn't see the similarities until someone pointed it out to me) like it doesn't matter and it's something that people can be redeemed from or like if the person is in love with you it's not rape?? esp in the movie where he's like "i said i would do anything so it's basically consensual' like that's not how it works. you have to give consent before?? akihiko was 1000% in the wrong and them showing how haruki forgave him almost immediately and then they eventually get together in the end? so yeaa i cant support this movie |
| Something felt wrong. Like, I feel like a huge chunk of the manga got cut. I don't remember the story from the manga very well, but it was definitely so much more satisfying. Given's protagonist is Mafuyu. But, this arc focuses on Aki and Haru. As a TV anime or a manga, it would work, but it doesn't quite work as a film. It was hard to tell whom we were supposed to follow. They should have directed it in a way that made Aki the protagonist of this film. The animation was also of a way lower quality than what you'd expect to see in an animated film. They ignored a lot of the 12 principles of animation. The absence of follow-through and anticipation was the worst. This isn't an action anime, so they didn't even have to do much to achieve a great result. On top of that, they used really stiff 3d models way too much. They had released three songs for this film: Hetakuso, STEEJI Kara Kimi ni Sasagu, and Yoru ga Akeru. The former two, in my opinion, were far better than the latter one. I can't believe that they didn't even appear. I kind of wish to get a second season where they redo this arc. |
FuMomo-kunFeb 3, 2021 5:19 PM
| like the anime i gave an 8, for me was very good yes i read the manga, but i enjoyed a lot the movie too yes few cuts, but for an hour movie they put the important aspect at least for me |
The spider is watching |
| “The reason I was changing was because I wanted to become a man worthy of your love.” Akihiko didn’t redeem himself as good as I thought he was gonna, he’s still a creep but he’s changing for the better and I respect that. Haruki finally learned how to stand up for himself; i’m so proud. Amazing movie. |
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| GEEEEEYYYY!! BLERGH!!! 5/5. 7/10. at least "Bokura dake no Shudaika by Centimilimental was great! |
matias067Feb 4, 2021 2:57 PM
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| Even as a watcher who hasn't read the manga (yet), it felt rushed. But to be honest, they actually did a great job relaying the important moments to a movie that is just 59 minutes. It could've been really good if it was longer :( I enjoyed the movie so much though. 8/10. |
mdrtbh_Feb 5, 2021 7:32 AM
| Wow wow wow wow. It was cool to get a closer look on Haruki and Akihikko's lives. I wasn't very fond of Ugetsu when I watched the first anime but I started to form a soft spot for him. Akihikko deciding to change just for Haruki was really sweet. I loved watching him play the violin. Also, Mafuyu's song made me cry yet again. No surprise there.. I've not read the manga so I have no idea if this is the end of the series but if it is, it was rather good! I should really read the manga now... |
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