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All vibes, no substance.

This adaptation inserts just enough major plot points from the manga to call itself an adaptation, but forgets to include the reasons these events happen.

Sensei does not stop whining about being cursed, Shiva cries about being abandoned. There's no Aunt, there's no threat, no one is really chasing them. They just go around, checking off major plot points for no good reason, go to Mother in the lake, receive an answer not heard by the audience and set off into the sunset, happily ever after.

Shiva's VA has decided to portray her with a pitch so high that it makes the character lose ... depth. The ED song just sounds infantile.

The animation moves at about 2 frames per second and can show off a few beautiful moments - all of them were in the trailer, which made a better job of adapting the manga than the film itself.

Overall, the characters are there, and there is some semblance of plot, and there is animation. And not much beyond that. A poor excuse of an adaptation, done by people who give the impression to either not know or not care what the source material was about. If you gave your money to this Kickstarter project, you tell yourself whatever you need to justify that choice, but we both know this was one big, 22-million yen, 70-minute nothing.