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Blue Gate Crossing 2002
3 years... 5 years later... Later, much later.
What kind of grown-ups will we be?
Like the PE teacher? Like my mom?
I can't see myself, even with my eyes closed...
but I can see youAn essential coming-of-age story. Reminded me of old friends and simpler times. Somehow it made me feel optimistic about the future.
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Still Walking 2008
Their family dynamics remind me too much of my own: nonconfrontational and passive-aggressive. I can see my mother somewhere between the old woman's silly little jokes and casually blunt remarks.
And a little of myself on Ryota: burdened by expectations and disappointments, half entirely self-imposed. The ending got me a little emotional...he finally found his place 💚
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