Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (light novel)
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| what can I say? it was a waste of potential for something that could be great. The final song worth the time but I really wanted to avoid some scenes. So the end is one of those realities were they actually did scape, that was cute. |
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| No offence... But what did I just watch? What's happening? Why do they even like each other? Gorgeous visuals. Outstanding music. Great voice cast, even the main two sounded good. But what the fuck? LOL Main characters had no personality AND no chemistry. Why do they have romantic feelings for each other? Why are the side characters so useless? Only cute couple was the teachers. That's it. I'm so glad I didn't pay to watch this in theaters. It wouldn't have been worth it. |
MayukaMay 11, 2018 7:41 PM
| Hmm, so in the real timeline, after the day norimichi see nazumi being dragged by her mom. He is regreting it like all the timeline he had tried, all the timeline intention is "how to save nazumi". They talk on the train in the middle of the sea and relizing she is not really wanted like that, she dont want the only world for they two. And its contradictive in the world at that time. (The world grant from norimichi desire to not ever losing nazumi + Nazumi parent and thier friend not ever find them and they keep going to the tokyo). On the train they relize the only thing they wanted is to see each other again in the future, even Narumi gonna left the city and move so far. Norimichi regreting his action to not win the swim race. Nazumi regreting inviting Azumi beside her real intention is to invite Norimichi. (She said it on the real timeline, on the park. She want going out with Norimichi but he is losing the swim race). So they seeing all that fragment to the timeline when they keep going and not stop in the train station, timeline when they success go to Tokyo. At the end of the fragment, they maybe relizing their feeling, so they kissing under water. Narumi last sentance is "im curious when we are gonna meet again" Ir revert all the timeline and goes back to normal. In the real timeline when the kids see nazumi dragged, MC throwing the first ball, eventuallu the ball not grant any wish and the real timeline goes on. Its because their last hope, "when we are gonna meet again ?". So my last theory for the last scene is, after summer holiday. Norimichi is searching Nazumi. The only cons in this movie is, the other character is not really memorable beside their action, i forget the name and their face really quick. And of course the confusing theory and explanation. |
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| I guess it's an okay movie with good visuals. But I didn't really understand the theme or the point apart from the reverse time thing. As of the ending I am assuming everything went back to normal after the magical ball was destroyed while Nazuna and Norimichi successfully ran away. |
| Well, it was pretty good in my honest opinion. Sure, the characters felt bland and the Storyline was haphazard, but the dynamics of the Animation/Art and the Sound Department was just gorgeous. If only the movie were to be some 20 minutes longer, I’d imagine the overall impression of the movie would have been far better but the openness of this ending is deliberate, so that’s a pity. Moving on, the experience of watching the movie felt a little empty. Empathy of the Characters was absent from the show, almost entirely, and that’s surely because of the lack of time provided to each of the characters. I think only our main Character, to be frankly honest, recieved enough screen time and attention to actually have a feel of. On another note, it was difficult to comprehend the female lead, in particular, as she seemed to be fine with either of the two boys initially but by the end it turned out to be our main lead solely. Lol, that sure felt awkward. It was a little disheartening to see the Animation quality drop here and there too, especially during a conversation between our two main leads in the train I think. All in all though, the movie was a pretty good one that is definitely underrated here. As for the finale, I’m going to have to go with what most others suggested above of returning back to the original timeline and the others as alternative as the shards magic effect has been broken. |
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Ventus_S said: If the movie fails to showcase all these elements you talked about, then it's a bad movie. Don't blame audience for being clueless about wtf is going on. I didn't blame the audience, though...I explicitly recommended people to read the manga precisely because I thought the movie was confusing. |
| Lmao wtf I had high expectations before I watched this movie. Thank god I watched TLJ instead of this one last year. So many plot holes and missing scenes that could've explained the storyline much more better. What a mess. |
| Fiction is an art not a science. Experience it, don't analyze it. This is words coming from someone who actually does science. Upon absorbing and experiencing art, as opposed to trying to disassemble it into it's constituents, you will gain more from it, and it will come to make sense on it's own, even if hard to describe. People like to call this an excuse, but it's a fact. Although there are better that exist, this is still an art film, exploring an idea, the idea in this one is possibility: "what if". It is so very simple. Only thing any time should be spent on trying to understand, is what the writer/artist's vision is. |
GenesisAriaAug 30, 2018 8:32 PM
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| There are lots of stuffs that I just don't get it and this movie just wants us to accept everything at face value. I'm fine if it's only the supernatural stuff but also characters' motives and way of thinking? The hell. |
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| Fireworks can be flat or spherical. It depends on the design. Here's an example of both  The smileys are flat and you can see them at various angles. And the willows are round with that drooping slow burn. Or the flat ones you see at the Olympics to show the rings  Like all they had to do was google image search fireworks and it's in the first page of results. But the stupidity train didn't stop there for these kids. They should check the water reservoir for lead because the intelligence level is shockingly low for everyone at that school. |
| Visuals: 9/10 Soundtrack 8/10 Story: 3/10 Shaft can only carry so much lol |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| I have finished the movie, the story started of decently but confusing with the marble as there was no explaination and I am still puzzled to what the movie was trying to tell me. All I. Hold grasp was the male lead wanted to spend a day with the female lead. In addition, it may just be me but I feel fireworks feels like a forced idea than focusing just s slice of life such as going to the fireworks as a date which would sound more promising. |
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UImoetard said: Great movie, I had a fairly low expectation since I heard many criticism about it, but it turned out to be an amazing movie. Here's what I think about the movie and my interpretation. Even though many people think the story was confusing. To me, it was actually clear and made sense. Norimichi realizes he was in a different world ever since he was first on the lighthouse and saw the flat fireworks. The fireworks looked weird and fake as well when Nazuna and Norimochi got chased to the lighthouse. The entire movie spent alot of time on the whether fireworks are "flat" or "round," which ended up being the most important thing to keep in the mind throughout the entire movie. If the fireworks are not normal, then they are in a fake world. The weird stone had the power to grant the user's wish during its activation. Norimichi also figured that out and explained it to Nazuna. That's why he knew they would be fine not leaving the train at the next station after they hid from everyone. The stone granted the wish, making the train moved in a weird track. Now as for the ending of the movie, which many people felt it was too open-ended/confusing. It actually ties back to the shape of the fireworks and the title of the movie, "Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?" We understand why "side" is important to be in the title, but what about bottom? At the scene right after the stone exploded, shards fell everywhere and the MC's kissed, we saw "round" fireworks from underwater. Therefore, that would imply they are now in the real world after the stone got destroyed (if fireworks were flat, then it would be flat from both the side and the bottom). After so much stuff happened and them confirming their love for each other with the kiss, it would make sense for them to actually commit "kakeochi," which was further confirmed after seeing the empty desks of Norimichi and Nazuna at the very end. I'm gonna go with this. It makes logical sense but it's also the ending I want to believe in. Thank you. Also, Yuusuke as an asshole. |
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| Do you remember when 16 years was old? Hugo (aesthetic) + Moonrise Kingdom (dramatic) + TGWLTT (yes, yes, of course) But hollow. Tired. Frustrating. But pretty. That's all that matters. Actually not. But it does matter though. 6-7/10 |
| The most pointless thing I've watched. The animation and visuals were beautiful but it didn't have anything more than that. The characters as well as the dialogues were straight out bland, they kept on talking about and doing random things. The MC had no reason to run away with Nazuna other than of course he was in love with her for the plot, what about his parents!? He simply runs away without a single word with them for a girl he barely even talked with before!? Nazuna had problems with her mother remarrying and them moving away but the movie didn't even try to resolve it nor did it come to any sort of conclusion in the slightest. The round wish granting ball was never explained at all either. Worst yet it started with bouncing boobs and a creep harassing the teacher. I watched it after seeing it being nominated for best movie in crunchyroll awards but it turned out to be nothing more than eye candy. Also dear Japan, please stop with those Engrish songs, they are cringy! The melody was beautiful, now only if it was in Japanese or sung by a person who could at least pronounce half the words right (not a fan of the weird lyrics either). Ending song was pretty good. |
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| that was comically bad |
| But the screenplay? some time travel and we made the film? Christ! |
| i thought it would be similar to Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo but I was wrong I really like this movie, don't understand the low rate of it |
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| It wasn't so bad, but I got the feeling they just recycled some Monogatari scenes, like in the school or the building, I also really hate faggot MCs who do nothing until the end like him. Like the other guy a few posts above said, I think at the end he disappeared and so did the dad. |
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| Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 8/10 lol |
| Most underated anime on mal: https://myanimelist.net/anime/4651/Yume_no_Crayon_Oukoku?q=Yume%20ni%20crayon |
| I just tried watching this cause I love the soundtrack "Uchiage Hanabi" by DAOKO but damn it.. the song is the only thing I liked about this... WTF did I just made myself watch... words cannot describe how disappointed I am and how much of a train wreck this was... not to mention the VA's especially the main male one.. good lord.. -1/5 |
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| An interesting teenage romance that really isn't what if story but rather the tale about the destiny and adaptation of classic tale in the modern setting. The visuals were great and the music was nice but while Nazuna VA was great I can't say the same about the voice of Norimichi who sounded way too old for being just 14-15 years old and it was really breaking the fourth wall for me. And some of the other seiyuu were also pretty bad match for their characters. But even if you realize that all of this was just a story of Orihime and Hikoboshi (or Altair and Vega) who are allowed to see each other only for one day in a year, and even when you don't mind that the second part of the movie was mostly poetic metaphor, the story itself felt mostly uncomplete to me, like there was some important part missing. It was probably way too simple in its core for what it tried to tell. 6/10 |
| I'd rather recommend the DAOKO music video lol. Started off interesting but it just drags halfway through the movie and felt incomplete. Characters are alright for a movie at least. Bland characters to make the story flow smoothly like Shinsekai Yori. I wasn't expecting anything amazing at all honestly. There was something weird with the voice acting. I'm not sure what exactly but something didn't fit. Great music and great art except for the weird CGI especially the transitions from 2D to 3D is just a no no particularly the bike scenes. Quite disappointing. |
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| When I first really heard of this movie, it was through an article on MAL about budgets not determining quality. Specifically, how Uchiage Hanabi's big budget didn't help it into a big movie. I thought it was going to be a disappointing movie, but I thought there might be another side to this story after watching a video about it by beyondghibli. And I can say I'm pleasantly surprised. A lot of my friends too commented that it was not that good, but I gotta say I enjoyed it start to finish and I don't fully comprehend all the criticism directed at it. It's definitely no Kimi no Na wa. or Koe no Katachi, but it was a good movie. Maybe objectively speaking the plot (specifically the main characters' relationship and personalities) could've used more development, but I enjoyed their interactions on screen. I found the plot's exploration of "what ifs" and how reality started collapsing around it really interesting. It was a movie that I don't regret watching and would probably watch again. As for recommending it to people, I don't know. I don't feel like everybody will enjoy this movie, even though I definitely did. And of course, the art is superb. 3D was sometimes not good, but besides that the art was amazing. Not to mention the song that I knew way before I watched the movie and still can't stop listening to! And after watching it I found even more interesting and enjoyable songs. If two things stand out about this movie, it's the art and sound direction. One thing I don't understand or not sure about is the ending. What happened to Norimichi? I assume that after the "what ifs" ended, we're back in the original and real timeline. But where's Norimichi? |
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| Can anyone explain the ending? I'm super confused. |
| What a piece of garbage. |
| Movie should have been better than it was. Avichii said: Can anyone explain the ending? I'm super confused. Maybe the boy ran away and eloped with the girl. Promiscuity and poor decisions run in her family. |
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| This show really want to blow your fucking mind with all of its time leap continuations. However, when i see it from Norimichi perspective, our beloved MC, its obvious. His intentions was clear, to stay with Nazuna as long as possible. They did it in the end. Even after the ball got shreded, his intentions come true. So its finished. They are kissing. They are couple. No other conclusion. Its simple, using fireworks ball as a metaphor how their time will always surrounded by happiness. While the end i dont see em, its obvious. They are success in the real time too. As stated above, the ball of firework grant his wishes. And make them go together, in an indirect way as the end scenes rolled out. I know some people could easily mad about what happen in the end. I am too. However, when i see something shit popped out, i stay true why i watching this movie: Story was nice. A simple moving forward plot to make a development clear in such an easy way. I may be dumb, but this show had a good intentions to make such an easy plot. Even if shit time leap moment come as a plot device, still good to me. The end was amazing too. Yet, 9 points shall be enough. Character was okay. I can't say to both of the MC. The development got its nicest way. With that covered up, i think 8 shall be enough Arts was amazing. 10 for it. The musics were good, 8 for them. As long as the story was nice, i might put this show enjoyment to 10. Overall, this is difficult. If somehow the ending trying to portray some solid end, the audience must be touched. And the ending scenes can be a memmorable moment. As a simple man, i may take a kissing scenes under water as the end. Since they completely fulfill all of their wishes, in the nicest way People nowadays can't understand the true meaning. So its understandable for me why this show had so low scores in the MAL. However, i might be slightly different. I take all the credits scene in such a respected way. I believe with my decision. Then, at my final thoughts UchiHanabi the movies, overall scores fall down to 10 per 10 without any doubt Thats it. Time to moving out. |
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Jim_White said: This movie is such a mind screw that you won't know what the freaking hell you just watched. But anyways, I think I figured it out. So the heroine and mom are both soul-sucking black widows. I know it sounds crazy but hear me out. Both her dad and step-dad (and soon the new guy her mom is marrying as well) are victims of this, you can see the flashbacks of her step-dad washed up in the sea with the marble in his hand. This marble is the way in which they entrance their victims so they can suck the victim's souls out. This is why she didn't really care whether it was the MC or the MC's best friend, she just needed a victim, either one of them would do. When she said, "Ill want to be together with you all day, just for today," what she means is that after that day, she would be done with him and move on to her next victim. It's also why she's such a manipulative seductive liar. She also said that she's eloping like her mom did cuz it's in her blood. Eloping with random men and stealing their souls is the kind of creatures they are. At the end, we see that the MC is gone and no longer attends school, this is because he is already dead and they will soon find his body washed up ashore. This shit is some amazing deduction. Thats why i put 10 to the movie because it can blow my fucking mind in a nicest way, even i dont realise its coming. Thanks Shaft you are such a perfect studio in this era. |
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| Both mcs are annoying, so I couldn't bring myself to care for their romance. Backgrounds were way more impressive than them and their romance. Miyano's acting in a support character role was more impressive than them and their romance. Pretty much everything else about this movie was more impressive than them and their romance. |
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