A young woman goes out to some bars, visits an outdoor used book market, participates in an unlicensed school play and visits people who caught a cold.
I was blown away by this. The story and characters would have been a little mundane if presented in traditional animation and stuck in "reality". The animation style is what made this so unique because there were many forms used. It moved from traditional anime to rotoscoping, into simplified minimalism and I think some of the scenes showed Miyazaki levels of detail. It was all very expressive as well. The audience can see the characters' thoughts and emotions. The subtitles are a little bit heavy because the dialogue carries the story and it goes by quickly. I saw this at the theater where it was given only 2 days of showtimes and then found a copy online. I rate this best and would recommend it even for those who don't like animation at all. It's that good. I would not, however, recommend it for those who dislike subtitles.
