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Was never expecting to write a review on such, but this anime was mindboggling and beautiful, the story, art, visuals, music. All felt emotionally charged, and meaningful in this. The beauty found between the blossoming love between the characters, amongst beautifully detailed visuals and backgrounds, makes this all the more perfect. The development of the main character going from an individual who takes himself far in the pleasing of others as a measured goal, to that of a free-spirited, yet true to nature character can be seen as a bit cliche. Yet is executed perfectly. The beautiful telling of growth, development, and letting go are ... hidden behind wonderous layers of metaphor, visual storytelling, and subtle actions, all of which make the film so much greater. The actions, especially that of the kids feel realistic in mannerisms. The walking on walls, running through grass, balancing themselves on white lines feel so nostalgic in of itself. Never have I as a person found as strong of an emotional pull in an anime movie, quite has I have with this one. I Highly recommend for anyone.

TDLR; Good if you're high, don't go in expecting a master crafted story

Ever feel so confused, yet so, understanding? This is exactly like that; you are left with so many random questions that have no answers, but in the end are left feeling, alright at best. The manga is a one-shot work of Tomizawa, Hitoshi, whom I am a big fan of, so do hold this review with a sense of bias. Of which a lady meets up with a cat who texts her, and basically everything loses all meaning of a plot line. The main character begins sprouting cats from her head, is transported ... to a random house, located in a random world, and giant rabbits sprout out and begin a war against her. There is no explanation to exactly why this is happening. Nor does anything that happen really hold an everlasting effect on the rest of the story(?) The art style is a wonderous blend of realism and traditional manga-styling contrasting each other. The humanoid characters holding a more traditional art style, whilst animals like the rabbits, are drawn in a more realistic mannerism. Which just adds to the trippy storyline unfolding around it. The characters are pretty one-dimensional and hold a sense of bland and or blank slate personality. I personally found enjoyment out of the wackiness occuring, and thought the overall tripped-out sense of story made it all the better, however, I find for those who enjoy proper storylines and characterization, may not find this in their best interest to read.