it's not everyone, but it has its own charm

Found this on netflix, then straight to IMDB user review. The review almost 99% bad, like really bad. Yet, still proceeded to watch it since not much thing to do at home.
This is definitely not movie for everyone but somehow i still can enjoyed the show (I gave 8 out of 10).
I mostly laugh at cringe dialogues (that's probably intentional after seeing the whole movie) between the characters, and confused with editing and cinematography. However, even though on the surface the story seems all over the place, the content of the dialogues are kinda good with hidden messages. Like in this very short scene between Tachibana classmates. At first it seems like random discussion between friends, but it was actually a deep conversation of how young girls learn to use their bodies to value themselves (sad but true), and how men can easily just take advantage of it.
The movie also has these face pace dialogues,that not so very common dialogues between normal people but more like some sort of poem of human feelings. The face pace dialogues at the end between the two main roles are probably the best one.

You may annoyed at girl character at the beginning, but she really grow at the end of the movie that she can said stuff like "I can be happy with you, I can be happy without you" and "I can't be yours, since my face, my body, is mine alone" to the guy she likes. Comparing to heroine stereotype, her character definitely like a new breath in Japan drama. Her final choice may not everyone favors, and his character might be alarming at the beginning, but somehow he's the only boy around her that make her value herself more at the end. I personally glad that she chose the boy. his personality might be not the best, but he said things like, "don't say big things just because you are cute. can you say that when you're an old hag? I am the only one who'll still want you even when you're a shitty old hag!". Lol, so much contradictory on that sentences, but let's be honest here, he's nailed it.

My suggestion is try not to watch this as a movie, but more like a play. where every dialogue, acting, or scenes are exaggerated. Pay attention to the dialogues. Don't compare to manga. Many manga readers don't approve the movie cause it has different atmosphere with the manga. I went check the manga after watching the movie. Boy, no wonder why the director needs to change the movie plot. The manga is so lame, the characters not grow at all, and typical Shoujo manga with weak heroine. Movie characters are 10x better. But like I said, the movie definitely may not for everyone. Enjoy.

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