pyresword posted...
I like the movie more than the manga personally.
The movie's greatest sin is probably failing to characterize Shouko as well as the manga does, but I feel like the direction, music, etc more than make up for it. Also the movie uses sound design (particularly periods of silence) in ways that just can't be done by manga at all and I love it.
Yeah I mean all those things are great... but it's still a bit disappointing because I really do feel like they just... failed a bit too much in the editing floor for me to truly love it. I actually feel pretty confident I would have preferred it if they said fuck it and kept more subplots and made it a three hour+ movie.
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