I haven’t posted anything about what my hun and I watched the last few days:

Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara (Ride Your Wave). This is a Japanese animated film about a surf-loving student Hinako who must find a way to move on after a tragedy that caused the death of her boyfriend Minato. The movie started cute of course, the sequences of Hinako and Minato falling in love were adorable. I was smiling the whole time watching them fall in love. It was so real. But of course, the happiness didn’t last. This movie pulled at our heartstrings as we watched Hinako deal with grief and at what length she will hold on to the memory of her lost love. It was definitely very real. I haven’t dealt with a loss like this so I cannot even imagine if I would be the same way but watching her slowly stand on her own and find her happiness again was admirable. I loved it. From the story, artwork, and animation. I have no complaints. It made us laugh, giddy, and cry. 

Howl’s Moving Castle. This was a rewatch for me but the first time for my love. I remember liking this film when I watched it before so I wanted to share it with my love. And of course to expand his Studio Ghibli films watched. I enjoyed it hands down – the reason why I’m reading the book. Sophie was so spirited – she was courageous, took that spell, and tackled the obstacle with gusto. Howl was funny, I mean he was a tad dramatic. Both of them balance each other out. We loved Turnip Head. Best support in the movie. He was the good-est of boys. There were a bunch of colorful characters, Markl, Heen, and of course, Calcifer. 

Miira no Kaikata (How to Keep a Mummy). We’ve been into animes lately. Easy watching anime. Since we just finished the first season of Attack on Titan, which was intense and action-packed, we wanted to watch something a little bit more relaxing. This anime was just so cute. We love Mii-kun! Isao is adorable. Mukumuku is fluffy. And Conny, it took a while. The last episode was a very good Conny episode. Both of us were having allergies that episode. We have three more episodes before we are done with the anime. So we had to find another anime soon.

Toshokan Senso (Library War). This was about fighting censorship and protecting the rights of people to enjoy the media content that they want. This was surprisingly very military-like with some action sequences. But for the most part light-hearted and comedic in nature. It was definitely enjoyable and I loved it. Except for the last episode. That was such a weird end to the anime. It didn’t make sense to me and it was very uncomfortable to watch. So that last episode did not exist. But aside from that, the anime was pretty solid.