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I grabbed a box of tissues and got comfy in my bed and started this movie. I had heard lots of good comments about this movie and so, I decided to give it a go.

Character: The two main characters, Gin and Hotaru, are not very put into dept. Yes, the movie is only about 40 minutes and of course, within that short amount of time, developing a whole backstory for the two characters would be nearly impossible without having a rushed story. BUT I seriously would've enjoyed the movie(and would have cried) if I knew more about the characters. 4\10

Art: Art is fine. The ... art wasn't my cup of tea but it wasn't something that needs to be critizied. 6\10

Sound: I'm not very observant when it comes to sound so I'm going to keep this one short. The music was fine and the voice acting was fine as well. I don't believe that there were any other sounds that particularly stood out. 7\10

Enjoyment: I did enjoy the movie. I laughed at some parts and was not too bored throughout the movie. 7\10
Story: Hotarubi no Mori e is your normal girl and boy love story, with the added fact that they cannot touch. I'm not very harsh when it comes to story plots. A movie can have a loose or heavy plot and I would enjoy them both, but the reason I abruptly developed a strong dislike for this movie story is because of the ending. Honestly, if the ending had been different, I would've given the rate for story a 8\10 BUT NOPE it's a 5\10 because of the terrible ending.

{(SPOILER IS AHEAD})
THE ENDING. OH MY GOODNESS. As I was watching the movie, I had a few scenarios planned out in my head of how this movie might end. I knew this movie was a tearjerker so I expected something on the level of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso. What I got was a rushed death of Gin.
So the festival scene ended and the two "lovers" were walking, until a boy ran towards them and almost fell. Then of course, by stupid instinct, Gin catches the boy and then he dies. Was it really that hard to add an extra 10 minutes to make the ending a bit more meaningful? Some random boy kills Gin. It just doesn't even fit into the story. I couldn't cry because I wasn't able to comprehend what was even happening until the screen turned black and the credits showed up. I didn't have time to cry.
Let me tell you that I am a very emotional person. I cry easily. Heck, I even cried during Frozen. Twice. But I didn't even drop a tear for this movie. Maybe it was because I had too much of an expectation. Or maybe it was because I had watched Wolf Children right before this and didn't have any more tears left. I don't know.


OVERALL: The movie was good. I think the plot was fine and the way the movie progressed was smooth. All I'm disappointed by was that the movie was too short. I would've liked the characters to have had more time to develope their feelings(because tbh, there was no reason why Gin would've suddenly just like Hotaru). Also, there might've been a different ending if the time duration was longer. I do recommend this movie and I hope that you have a good time watching it(and not get all debatey over the ending). Hope this helped in any way.

Ok. So seems to be no subtitles made for the two episodes. From what i've seen, the "episodes" are more like commercials(although i don't know if they're real or not).

The story in my opinion was just like Gintama. Gintoki, Kagura, and Shinpachi were all just the way they've always been. The art isn't the best but then again, its just a three minutes episode.

I enjoyed it very much. I am a hardcore Gintama fan and even with my low knowledge of japanese, i could easily understand/guess what the story/characters were saying. If you are also a Gintama fan, i doubt that you'll not ... enjoy the two short videos.
The episodes are on youtube if you are interested.