The story, the characters, the actors, the music, the song (oh the song!!), everything is a perfection. I looove the Japanese small village setting. The quietness, the scenery, the people, their community house. Safe to say this is my favorite Japanese film so far.

The story seems simple, but the realistic characters depiction makes us hooked. Nagisa is a flawed person. A perfectly depicted and acted character though. Shun-kun is just so perfect, both the character and the actor who played it. And don’t get me started with the cute Sora-chan.

But amongst all these perfections, if I’m asked to choose just one, the very best one thing about the film, it would be the ending song, Maria Road by Ibuki Sano. The song started to play right after the last scene. And perfectly captured the whole emotion of the film. It got me stay still during the song treasuring all the emotions, digesting the film that I just saw.

So beautiful. Such a precious cinematic experience. Not a dull moment at all.