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I wanted to love it (especially after watching the pretty appealing trailer that came out early last year along with the preliminary hype), I really do, but I have to go with the generous 5.5. I say generous because despite the multitude of disappointment, I still had the patience to get some enjoyment out of it. I held off on watching this too because I thought it was going to rip my heart out, given the premise provided to us from the get-go. However, I was sorely disappointed by the lack of anything really.
The plot, simple enough,
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Oct 17, 2021
Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
(Anime)
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After receiving such high praise from peers who were raving about getting me to watch it, I was gravely disappointed by my own experience. Although I have always seen the most generic recipe get milked out constantly, this was by far the most exhausting. This film was just begging to tug at the heartstrings of its viewers, however, I just felt that it was a pathetic attempt in doing so. As a person who empathizes quite easily with characters, these characters were so bland and the relationships between them too weak to be called relationships. I held out to the end to see if there
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Oct 7, 2021
Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime
(Anime)
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Save for the myriad plot holes in the story, there was a potential for this film to be brilliant. The main character had an interesting slow-burn progression about her, however, all the other characters were bland by comparison. Shinobu, for instance, was quite the interesting character and I thought they were going to flesh him out somehow, but disappointingly, that was not the case. There were other characters of interest, but not one character had a satisfactory depth to them. Instead, we are left with multiple enigmas that leave much to the imagination. Aside from the noticeable flaws, there were some positive aspects to appreciate,
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