Kotera-san Climbs! (2020)

There will be a little bit of spoilers, but not a whole lot so you can read this with your discretion. This movie is a slice of life and is pretty slow. It also isn't a romance, so I know this movie isn't gonna be for everyone.

Story:
The movie centers around a girl named Kotera and her passion of rock climbing. Some of her classmates admire her passion of climbing and look for things that they want to do and are passionate about. One of her classmates named Kondo watches her from afar and admires her. Kondo is part of the tennis club and watches Kotera whenever there's practice. He doesn't know what he wants to do and that's one of the things he admires about Kotera.

The plot is quite uneventful. It's a slice of life, so I wasn't expecting much things to happen. I personally think there was a few plot holes that left me confused. The movie also didn't really establish if Kondo likes Kotera or admires her because she is passionate about everything. There's also the other people that were introduced in the movie that I don't really understand their importance. Not that I didn't like their characters, I just didn't know why they played a role.

Again, I don't really think this movie is for everyone and one might even say it's boring. For what it is, I think it's watchable and I didn't think it was that bad. I never read the manga either, so I have no idea what could be missing.

Overall:
This movie isn't bad, but it's not the greatest. Again, this movie isn't really for most people. It's a slice of life so there's nothing much going on and it's slow. I didn't know if I should've given the movie a 6.5/10 or a 7.0/10. I ended up giving it a 7.0/10 overall.

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