Seemingly simple premise, with an interesting tour of some towns and cities in rural Japan. The initial motivations for Suzuko come from some overly-villainous characters, which takes away from what is some otherwise rich and realistic(ish) soul searching. If anything, watch and rewatch for Yu Aoi--she's absolutely magnetic, as always, and makes something small, like making an a cup of shave ice, striking. Be warned that the end is not typical, though some people like that kind of thing. Very watchable and pretty, but then, if Yu Aoi wasn’t in it, I might say something else entirely.