I never anticipated some of the turns that happened. I had initially assumed that Shinno could only be seen by Aoi, but it turned out that everyone could see him as well. When they first referred to him as an Ikiryou (a spirit left behind when the living pass away), I believed that to be the case as well. When Aoi ran home to Akane and asked her for more information about Shinno, her response, "I don't know whether he is even living or dead," solidified my belief. A few minutes later, Shinnosuke appeared as a guitarist on the Enka stage.
Even though each scene was routine, they all managed to seem unique without being excessively intimidating. I enjoyed how the filmmaker showed a drab greeting scene before a very flashy Nitobe appeared, and how the camera gradually panned to the right to show the older Shinnosuke. Having said that, the artwork was excellent but not very remarkable, which accounts for the score.
Aoi warmly reminds me of K-On! When she plays the bass. Her VA did a fantastic job, in my opinion, of capturing her emotions for Shinno, as evidenced by the way her voice quiver when she spoke to him and the way she lost it when she realized what Chika had done.
I was satisfied with the film overall enough to write such a lengthy review. Even after seeing the epilogue, though, I still have more questions, and I believe that if this movie had been released as an anime series instead of a film, it would have had a higher reception.
مزید دکھائیں 
