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Oh I guess this is the place to talk about Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

As someone who had no idea it was based on a light novel or an existing anime, it was a little hard to follow in the beginning with how many characters they dumped on you with little to no explanation. I guess that makes sense if they're assuming you already watched Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai or read the light novels. However that's only a small gripe that plagued the beginning of the film.

Oh my gosh the immense feels throughout though! I'm gonna spoiler tag this for anyone who wants to be completely caught off guard even though I'm not actually gonna SAY anything, but.... there was one moment in the movie that legitimately floored me. My mind couldn't even process what had just happened for a solid minute because it was so unexpected. I felt shock, amusement, bemusement, adoration, melancholy, anxiety, and all to significant degrees in just one hour and twenty-seven minutes, which is amazing considering this WAS my introduction to all of these characters.

For obvious reasons this didn't feel as complete a film as something like Your Name, but in a way it was even better at playing with (read: torturing) your emotions. If you ask me which anime movie I prefer I'd pick the latter without a doubt, but this was still surprisingly very good. The anime is now on my radar. Oh, and since I work at the theater where I saw RDNDOADG I'm pretty sure I picked up a poster for it about 2 and a half weeks ago if anyone wants to see it. If you ask nicely I might consider giving it away (you just gotta pay shipping oc). I've got a poster for whatever One Piece related thing is debuting as well, but someone has first dibs on that already.
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