wouldn’t have finished this one if i wasn’t stuck on a flight. it brought out all the predictable japanese tropes but with none of the usual charms.
the dialogue was so stiff that it made me wonder if the writer has ever overheard two humans having a conversation together.
i first watched all about lily chou-chou when i was around the age of its protagonists. i've rewatched it a few times since, and looking back, i loved it for its perfect representation of the teenage experience - the feeling of being utterly alone and disconnected from society, crushed under a burden so heavy that is for you to bear alone.
15 years later, i watched a bride for rip van winkle (coincidentally, 15 years was also the amount of…
