Just watched the movie

I js feel like writing my take down cause woah.

The movie itself was pretty slow and had a simplistic plot, so you could really take your time in watching the actual scenes/background. Fluid, beautiful pictures, and the music was decent. Character designs were soft and round. Not too bad, honestly.

Now onto the plot, Fujino was into art in the beginning because of the praise and validation she got from it from the school newspaper so she stuck around with it but when Kyomoto made her manga it obviously showed how vulnerable she was to criticism. This was especially made clear in her insecurity being in the perception of others for her ability in art being compared to Kyomoto even though Kyomoto didn't have much of a story but was at the time better at designs.

Andd that was the push she needed to take the time to study art in her own time to remain the best artist for the newspaper– I'm guessing it's a bit of a ploy on reputation n ego cause she was cocky about her art ability in the beginning and now she wants to keep that reputation for ego.

Then after a while we see how isolated she becomes because of that, and art is no longer fun for her because she no longer has that validation and she apparently needs to grow up so she gives it up. There's no need for that rep left, and the ego she has left of it has been faded.

{Personally, at this point, I could really connect with her because being an artist can be really lonley at times especially when there's nothing externally validating you and if it's just you pushing yourself sometimes it feels like you're going mad being by yourself for so long.}

Thereafter, she didn't commit to art at all and even threw her books away, which she drew in.

{That, for me, was a little hard to watch her throw it away without having put much value into it after all the time spent. It's a bit of a shame we didn't get a scene of anyone just opening one of many books there and being nostalgic over old drawings. Oh well.}

Afterwards, she was happy, no longer isolated; she had friends, she was doing other stuff, being closer to family. Sweet.

Graduation and she does her teacher one last favour. My caution sirens were BLINGING when she stepped foot in that house, and she even took the time to do a drawing, but honestly, it's a bit of a flex she did that drawing so quickly. Embarrassing, sure.

Kyomoto meeting her was a lil depressing. Stuttering, in her pajamas, overgrown hair, no shoes (it rains!), no pen for the autograph (they could've gone inside). Plus, Fujino had a blank face the entire time (awkward!)

Fujino skipping home made it all up, though, and that was a really sweet expression for her happiness at the meeting. Someone who appreciated her art, even aspired by it.

It's a bit of a shame we didn't see how their relationship progressed from there, but oh well. So they became friends over that, and that relit Fujino's own passion for art, and they both created manga from that, and that's when we see their togetherness– they're really close.

Naturally, as they grow up, Kyomoto wants to become independent of Fujino, and they break off on a rough note, and still, in their own separate ways, they create art.

Fujino has her ups and downs, being mostly alone on her work again, but by now, she's more stable making manga. On a random day, suddenly, it's on the news that a killer brutally murders an art student, for he had gone crazy because his art had been plagiarised with no repercussions. Suddenly, on a random day.

{I've heard that it's meant to represent a real-life event, but I haven't looked into it since I've only seen the movie just a bit ago n went crazy about it. Anyhow, how I saw this was how plagiarism can kill the motivation of (in this case) art just like that, so easily, and that was depressing.}

Fujino was obviously more depressed thinking she was the cause of her death, which was sad.

Also I didn't realise this until after the movie (I'm a bit dense for that) but Fujino imagined what could've been (at first I thought it was just what could've been not her imagination but it does make sense for that) of her life never meeting Kyomoto that fateful day.

It would be inevitable of their meeting, even if it was later in life, and they both were independent at that stage. Kyomoto was an adult who did attend art school all on her own, and Fujino was a karate kid who relit her passion for art by herself. Sweet.

All in her imagination then,,, and she continues to live on, remembering Kyomoto and maybe even finishing the rest of her work in her name.

Fujino really represents an average person, but then has been gifted in art and takes onto it, having her work published early on with, most importantly, the motivation, her rock there. While Kyomoto only just has art, a much simpler character, even being slower in pace for art. Together, they COULD'VE taken on the world. (I had to say that..)

Overall, it was enjoyable. Their friendship could've been fleshed out more, but other than that, it got its point across easily. Nice.

(Atp this js turned to a blurt of the movie sorry for whoever reads this in its entirety ehh js had to take it out somewhere.)