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Jun 20, 2023
To every choice you make, there is a version of you that made a different one. An infinite number of you, meeting an infinite number of me. In every one of them, I will fall in love.
Thematically this is a beautifully romantic idea, but that is about the end of the good to this movie.
I will be judging this movie independently of its partner movie. As I feel this, if done correctly, could, should, have existed as its own version.
Now, when criticizing a medium, work, I believe it to be best practice to substantiate your claims with how you would do it, within the
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confines of the work itself.
The movie starts off on the wrong foot, in the first 5 minutes and 40 seconds you ruin the entire movie for being able to exist in a vacuum.
I'd cut it completely, it doesn't add anything to the movie, and the hook of saying "From Birth, People face countless choices..." then going directly into the main choice of the movie would be better, not great, but better.
Use those cut five/six minutes to remove the exposition to start the movie and instead play the scene out of choosing his mother.
I don't like how much narration there is in this movie.
It comes across more as a research paper than a story; because the voice feels like expository narration: impersonal, factual, and robotic. It doesn't give life to the story, instead taking away what could otherwise be enjoyable development for the characters.
Don't try to hammer in the explanation of how the science works, this is a movie, not real life. I don't need a dissertation on why you can cast fireball, there is a thing called suspension of disbelief that everyone knows and abides by.
All of the irritating voiceovers can be easily removed within a few quick scenes in my opinion, that are already in the movie.
First, make the viewer experience the universe shift, done when the main character goes into the timeline where he chose his other parent. Create this immediate disconnect, changing a major aspect, between the two worlds and how this feels to the character; dissociation they describe later in the movie. Change a small personality trait to give the character a fascination with this other world, and parallel shifting.
Then use this trait when he learned that Kazune shifts from the 85th timeline. It moves your story along, and gives back the learning to viewers allowing them to connect the dots and not just be spoonfed the entire thing. They already put it all there for you, no need to tell it to you.
Then this brings us to the climax, which doesn't really exist if you haven't watched the first movie. So just cut it all, cut out the last 24 minutes of this movie. It takes a sword and cuts down everything the movie built up to, destroying the tension of the tension created in earlier scenes once we read the climatic final scene. So just cut it all.
With the first 6, already cut, you now have 30 minutes back to tell your story.
With these 30 minutes, give more depth to your characters. Flesh-out scenes that were rushed off the starting line. Give it a better climax for the closure.
This movie falls into the pit of a good enough theme with poor execution. These sister movies would have easily been Movie 1 choosing parent 1 and Movie 2 choosing parent 2. They could have coexisted, yet we got this mess of a movie instead that serves no purpose and lacks any level of storytelling. If you want a better version of this movie theme, just go watch Hello World.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Mar 21, 2019
I will preface by stating I have never seen The Tatami Galaxy. This is also only the second work I have seen by Yuasa, Masaaki. I only watched it in the first place because a friend of mine suggested it. This movie has its place, this movie can even be called good. Though to me, a layman, casual anime watcher, this movie was not worth my time.
The art style is insanely unique and something worth commending but it isn't something I would want every anime to look like. At the very beginning I actually found it annoying and because of it, was hard to
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connect with the characters. So the first 30 minutes of the movie I was like, this art style is unique but at points hard to look at. I wouldn't say it is without detail because it has details, it was simply done and easy to understand. Something I liked as I watched more. Though I prefer more details on characters, the set pieces were great but when I felt a disconnect from the characters it hurt my enjoyment from the story.
The sound to this whole movie is up there at the top, it was my favorite part of the whole movie. It helped tell the story and actually had a place when the characters were singing, the songs weren't filler but actually there own plot telling tools, something that has been lost in musicals of today.
That is really I can praise the movie for though, an art style that I didn't prefer over a normal style along with music and sounds that are above and beyond the standards we see today.
The characters are normal but each have their own quirks that are interesting. If I had to choose my favorite it would be Gakuensai Jimukyokuchou, Depraved Director, he was interesting, unique and to me told a story more compelling in the short time he was in scenes than the main story of this movie. The side characters of this story, were much more interesting than the main pair.
Which is something I look for in anime, I want the main character I can connect with and I didn't get that with the main two. The character I connected with most was Rihaku, and it bugged me how they wrote his plight because I would have written the opposite. The theme of isolation wasn't the main theme but it was the plight of two characters. Rihaku told himself to embrace the isolation while Kurokami told herself to interact with more people.
Rihaku was plighted with time spinning fast all around him "Time in isolation flies like an arrow..." I completely disagree. Time slows when we take notice of it, something the movies tells us the opposite of. "A watched pot never boils." "A watched clock never moves." "You watching paint dry?" When we bring ourselves to take notice of time or become impatient for something to happen it all slows.
From my own experience, I would argue when the man was laying in his death bed, time wouldn't be flying by, time would be standing still.
I would have written his character the same but drawn him as a young or middle-aged man. I would then when Kurokami comforts him have him rapid age as the clocks around his room begin rapidly spinning his life draining from his eyes and his lips curved in a smile. Just my own opinion but something I would have enjoyed more.
Then the main two, a standard as I saw nothing remarkable in either of them. I won't explain either of them here as the plot does it fine. Though in simple terms we have Kurokami living her life in the moment, and Senpai... is a timid man hopelessly in love.
The plot of the story heavily revolves around the theme of time. I don't feel the execution was stellar and it even dragged out points that weren't important along with a 25min more open that could have easily been 10.
Then in closing my final verdict on this movie is a 4, I put it as a 2 on my page but that is because I'm not a fan of these to start with.
The movie has its place and even probably thrives there, it's not for everyone though. The dialogue is fast pace, confusing, and overly complex. The characters aren't flawless and neither is the execution.
The sound and artwork are worth knowing about, it doesn't save the movie though.
To the casual watcher don't, to a fan of his works I suggest it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Dec 5, 2018
This anime is nothing special. It really isn't, I walked in expecting this basic romance story and that is exactly what I got.
Now that doesn't mean the anime was bad, if anything I actually suggest watching it. I'm someone who enjoys romance stories, I've watched a few here and there... yea, just a few.
This one was different yet the same. I'm someone who likes the plain everyday MCs, it's who I connect the most with. Though, I felt something different from this MC that I didn't from others, be it Toradora, Angel Beats, Anohana, etc.
I guess I felt he was larger than me.
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A common theme is the MC facing their fears and overcoming the differences between them to become a pair.
It's told to you early on what is going to happen and I loved it. I knew from like episode 1 or 2 what was going to happen at the end of the story and how it would get there. Half because it is your basic ordinary story and half because foreshadowing.
A story based on fear and regrets, common.
A character base riddled with mundane characters, common.
The sound, common.
The art style, bit above average.
So why 6?
I'll reiterate my point of the MC feeling bigger than me. I connect with him because I understand the final emotions. I resonate with his foley and find myself enthralled with the actions.
Can you face your fears of the unknown to speak your mind to the one you love?
Can you fly to a place you never been to, a place of strangers for the person you love?
Can you actually admit your learn from your regrets?
I can safely say, No.
That's why I always connect with these MCs, he did what I couldn't. I recommend the show, it's a nice time waster.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Aug 2, 2018
There is to me nothing special about this anime; I knew that would be true before even starting episode 1. Though anything that makes me think of Anohana is worth at least seeing the start of the show.
The characters are annoying to listen to so I find myself skipping over scenes of dialogue when it falls into the classics. Though there isn't point that largely sticks out me and shouts, "Nah dog, in an anime the MC would never do that."
So why when everything about the show is cliches am I giving it a six?
The story intrigues me. I'm curious to see who the
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main character will choose. I'm curious to see how they explain Asahi being alive in the game. I'm curious if the tsundere will ever say her feelings by the end of the show? Okay, the last was rhetorical but I digress.
The music is nothing special and is quickly forgotten.
The art is nothing special either and at points is goes into bad CGI.
It's a good casual watch don't expect the next Log Horizon but a budget fantasy Anohana.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 21, 2017
This anime I want to say is nothing special but then I remember that is a complete lie. Time to read too much into a 39 min anime (closer to 33 from closing credits).
1. Q: Are the characters lovable?
A: Absolutely! I've not seen much of this season to my own regret but I can still say this is one of the best couples I have seen in a long while.
The main couple is once married so instead of the classical cringe of them never admitting their love when it blatant here it is reminded they love one another every
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episode.
The greatest representation of this is when Sora comes down with a cold and Chi cooks for him. Her ability to do anything is shown to be horrendous but for her husband, she tries multiple time to get it right. "Through sickness and in health"
Every other episode is a representation of Sora's love for his wife, Chi. The greatest show of this is when Chi tries to go without alcohol for multiple days. He is shown to be depressed as her condition worsens from fatigue to where he makes a drink specifically to help her. After such, he is shown to be restless in bed without her as he stares at his clock seemingly counting the minutes without her.
Leaving bed he walks to her workroom to find her asleep on the computer the complete report beside her. With a smile, he picks her up and carries her to bed before kissing her and complimenting her. "To love and to cherish"
2. Q: Did I enjoy the anime?
A: Yes! It's very much an adult Himouto! Umaru-chan. Each episode gives you a different drink to try and to go along with diabetes from sugar overload. Maybe not that second part but it sure felt like it. Having now tried three of the twelve they've shown, egg shake, fake beer, and Irish coffee, they seemed to be pretty good.
3. Q: What did I dislike about the anime?
A: The length of the episodes, but I feel if they were longer the appeal of them would drop. The main part of this show really seems to be showing different types of drinks. In a thirty minute episodes and or a movie-style anime that feeling would be lost.
With each episode being short there aren't many changes in personality. That doesn't mean there isn't a story you can read into. I say this because there is a story that if you sit down and ignore the drinks you can love and enjoy.
4. Q: Closing words?
A: Much like everything else this isn't perfect nor is it for everyone. This is about two people who found their love for another from a fateful day of tripping and alcohol. A wife who feels she can only show herself when drunk and a husband who indulges her in said fantasy. It's three minutes each episode and I greatly suggest watching.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 8, 2017
I've seen multiple Slice-of-lives and honestly, I can say this is the one, has hit closest to home for me.
I got a feeling of selflessness throughout this whole anime, mainly from Izami and Morikawa and at points Ena.
So why my love for it? Because it does exactly what it entails, it's a romantic drama that I feel will be ripping my heart out at the very end of it.
It feels real, like this life they are describing is one I had previously experienced. It's that feeling right there that makes me fall in love with it.
This is something that I have
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yet to feel from an anime. Your lie in April, Clannad, Angel Beats, were the saddest animes I have ever seen but I never felt it was true to real life. This is the first anime I have seen that has been able to do such.
The problem being, it is too ordinary, plot-wise; I'm willing to bet my guesses from episode one, which I won't be mentioning, will come true.
Along with the fact I HATE the way the author ships the characters. You have two completely selfless characters and you don’t put them together? (Yes, Mio could be seen as selfless, but I found her jealousy to be too overwhelming. Her character feels dependent on Haruto, to where Izami is a supporting character to their hurdles in life.)
It's a romance story yet I personally feel that when it reaches its ends... a group of singles college students would be fitting than relationships. When every character is only looking out for those around them they miss what is right in front of them. I’ll quote Ena “You’re the type of person that doesn’t turn down their friends’ requests, aren’t you?” This is the flaw that makes the story feel real.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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