Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Alcop
Different shoujo more focused on platonic love, here you will not see them pairing up, it is something rare to see in these demographics, when I saw it at that time it hurt me that it was a dropper, three OVAs and a movie, I think that is enough, then they lengthen it a lot like Kimi no Todoke, highly recommended.
I remember the soundtrack was calm and varied depending on the situation.Characters that convey what they feel, with the seiyuus on duty, you manage to understand their motivations, whether good or bad.
It is unfortunate that it is forgotten by the new generations addicted to anime. I believe that watching stories with healthy love are better than toxic love and these should be more consumable than stories.
Thematic toxic love, changing the subject, guys can also enjoy this typ…
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Bungaku Shoujo (“Book girl” / “literature girl”) is a disappointing nothing burger of content.
While it doesn’t do anything explicitly wrong (no obvious plot holes or random points that make no sense), it also doesn’t do anything well enough to warrant any level of praise.
It’s just so…. Bland.
Starting off with a premise about a girl who literally eats words was a great idea, yet the movie fails to do anything noteworthy with that promising concept. Why does she eat the books? How did she start? Does she eat anything else, or is she a magical entity only requiring literature for sustenance?
I’d love to know, but unfortunately, we don’t get this information. Yes, I am aware there are OVAs attached to this, but this review is talking solely about the movie on its own, and after being th…
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Disclaimer: I haven't seen/read any OVAs/specials/sequels/prequels/manga/novel related to this movie. Hence I have judged the movie on its own merit.
The most overwhelming feeling throughout the movie was of confusion. I watched it on a streaming site so I had the priviledge of going back 5 seconds everytime I did not get something. But what I felt overall was that this movie is not suitable to be seen in cinema.
The art and sound were fine (maybe good but not according to my taste).
The story was poor. The plot has many moments where I felt that the characters' reactions, dialogues were very contrived. Overall, if we see the plot map, it is a very average plot.
The characters are very unrealistic. Escpecially the MC. He doesn't seem to have any sense of right or wrong and is also inca…
Read at the sourceShounentrash65
Well, this movie sucks. The story is really confusing and hard to follow. The characters are utter garbage and annoying and it becomes boring really fast. It's such a shame that all that work was put in such a piece of garbage. The part of the girl eating the books lasts only 5 seconds long and it's such a shame that it wasn't explored more as an idea. The animation isn't bad at all but it's dragged down by the plot and the characters which are really unlikeable. I found one of the main characters really irritating because she kept making the same mistakes over and over again and the main guy kept forgiving her like it was nothing.
Overall this movie wasn't great and I don't recommend it.
Read at the sourceAgent_Redacted
A fateful encounter. Do you cherish it? Do you despise it? These encounters can change your life forever. Though they may not last eternally. "Bungaku Shoujo" is a simple 1 hour 40 minutes movie about a male protagonist who used to be a famous author. However, because of an incident, he vowed never to write again. Until he met a girl who eats book pages as snacks.
The story is as messed up as a girl eating book pages as snacks. Aside from the mysteries that I was unable to understand because I watched this when my brain wasn't fully functioning. The story overall gives us a small life lesson "Don't lose faith." . Other than that, this story is just on the same level as all those romance & shoujo anime I've seen. Mediocre - Satisfactory.
This is from 2010 so I can't really blame the art…
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About halfway through the movie, I was PRAYING that the unhealthy codependency of Miu and Inuoe would be resolved. During the rooftop scene, I was losing my mind. I was like, "PLEASE don't portray this as romantic!" I'm glad that Miu's issues were resolved, and Inuoe found happiness elsewhere. Their relationship was so unhealthy, and I'm so glad that this wasn't portrayed as adorable dependency. Maybe I'm a sucker for a good and healthy relationship, but I was very happy with the ending. I gave 7/10 because it was REALLY drawn out and the art was meh. But the story itself was pretty good!
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Story: Ok so the story itself I was conflicted about the rating because its a very original story. You wont find it anywhere else however its so rushed that it doesnt flow together at all. As the story goes on it gets more and more confusing with things like the character backstory, the "romance", and connection between characters.
Art: so the art was pretty good for the time that it was made. It fit the show well and did a good job of making the visuals really stand out from other shows, however the only complaint is the character models feel off. Their not bad by any means just off.
Sound: The sound was probably the best part about this movie. There was music playing during the any important scene in the movie which really made the movie feel emotional.
Character: The characters were…
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Reading all of those reviews, I've come to realise this movie is hated by many people, although it's loved my many many more, and that terribly saddens me as this is one of my all time faves.
If you came here looking for a movie about romance and the obstacles of finding your true love, you've come to the wrong place. This movie focuses on the burdens and twists of life, on the relationship of imperfect people and on loyalty.
The story gets a complete 10 from me, although I may say this just because I'm still riding on that high I get after seeing something beautiful. The story is about this girl who eats books instead of food, a literature girl, and her favourite author, a boy traumatized by his childhood friend from when she tried to commit suicide.
Characters, they get a ten too. T…
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A review was due for this.
I genuinely thought I wouldn't like this anime movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. This story was... unexpectedly relatable to me as a person and although I held dislike for it in the beginning, at the end, I couldn't help but like it.
Although I rated most of the things a little low, for story and overall, it gets a solid 9. I suppose my reasoning for giving the plot a high score is needed.
My review contains a bit of a spoiler but rest assured -- what matters most in this anime is the details and I cannot simply divulge it with just words. Like a performance, it needs to be experienced by yourself solely to appreciate it.
First and foremost, I urge you to give this a try.
Frankly, I hated the antagonist at the beginning. She was the epitome of the chara…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This has been adapted from my reddit thread)
There's this saying that goes, "it's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all." And there's a lot of truth in that; feeling or experiencing what love has to offer is infinitely more worthwhile than not having done so in one's life whatsoever. It can be difficult, not only in trying to gain that love but also in dealing with the aftereffects it may bring with it. But love itself doesn't have to be some imaginary force that attracts two people. In fact, it can be something as simple as words on a page. For Bungaku Shoujo, while this idea is prevalent, the execution is not.
STORY
Bungaku Shoujo (or "Literature Girl") begins when a girl with the same nickname, Touko, is caught eating a page from a book by a boy named Konoha…
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As I was looking for my next anime to watch I came across a little anime done by I.G simply known as "Book Girl". So I said why not and watched this film. For my 3rd review, I'll be looking at quite possibly my favorite anime film "Bungaku Shoujo".
[SPOILER FREE REVIEW]
STORY: 8/10
*Before I begin Bungaku Shoujo has 4 OVA's that are not entirely necessary to watch but will give you more information on the characters. I do recommend seeing them before the film.*
The story follows Konoha Inoue as he leads a seemingly normal life as a member of the Literary Club with Club President Touko Amano. Touko's only source of food or drink is to eat stories from books. She is not able to eat food or drink anything. Konoha's only job is to write stories for her to eat. I loved the way the story grew…
Read at the sourceChushikiMaho
When I found Bungaku Shoujo, or rather Literature Girl, I was expecting something completely different. Reading the synopsis really surprised me, and it wasn't anything I'd ever seen in an anime. Someone who ate books. Well, er, that's interesting, was my first thought.
Now I have far too many things to say about this anime, but I can't tell you that I was disappointed. The storyline was quite good at pulling at the heartstrings; though I do admit some actions taken I could not sympathize completely with, I still did enjoy this movie a lot. I do highly recommend you watch Bungaku Shoujo: Memoir first though, this movie will be way less enjoyable without it, in my opinion, as important details are revealed in the prequel, backstories and such you will no doubt require to fully savour this…
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We can't change the fact that we have moments when our feelings do get over our heads and we start to get paranoid about our failures, pasts, and regrets. It's part of growing up and there are even times when our life seemed to be at the edge and we seemed to be waiting for the right time to heal. Bungaku Shoujo takes up a light atmosphere to somewhere deep inside ourselves that we never want to -- our jealousy, depression and our horrible memories.
It's a very deceiving move to watch an anime/movie of a person eating a piece of paper from a book. That was actually what made me want to watch this anime.
"Why was she eating the pages of the book? It's somewhat trivial, isn't it?"
But then again, I just thought of this eating a piece of a page is just a symbol of her way getting to know,…
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At first you would think that it would be a light high school story but it has a very heavy drama. As the story went by I realized that it was a mystery story after all. Of course, I've gotten so interested because I just love mystery type of stories but I couldn't be so damn wrong. The story became so dramatic and the characters became so damn cheesy. Why is it that people think that in order to create a good story they have to be overly dramatic? The climax was too cliche and as if it wasn't enough the ending was the cliche of all cliche, the "Chase". What is it that characters always have to run in the ending to chase the other character? Too much drama!!!!!!!
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For whatever interest Bungaku Shoujo's premise had for me, this movie proved to be quite the mixed bag. The movie is focused on male lead Konoha meeting with the titular heroine of the movie, Touko, who has an unusual interest in eating pages from books with the girl helping out Konoha in dealing with the strained relationship he has with former girlfriend, Miu, related to his past in submitting for a writer's contest. The strained relationship negatively effected Konoha's interest in writing and much of the movie is focused on trying to have the young man regain his confidence to write by moving past whatever problems he had with Miu. It is this element to Bungaku Shoujo's storyline that is the mixed bag for me. The movie makes comparisons of the relationship with Miu and Konoha to Kenji…
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There are very few things in my life that rarely leave me having to decipher, or solve. This anime is one of them, it feels too rushed and i would have like to of seen this in the standard 12 episode format. This anime isn't something that everyone will get, most people that watch this won't be able to hardly understand it all for that matter.
Story- The story is something that is alot more complex than i had originally thought going into this. To me there seemed like there was alot of symbolism in here, which some people have alot of trouble figuring out. To me the reason, or meaning behind touko eating books or stories was symbolism for her love. What i mean by this is that i think she always knew that her and inoue had a strong bond going beyond just being just friends. She would alway…
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wow, what a movie...
This has to be the hardest piece of work to write a review on. For some it would be easy: why can't that psycho die already.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone who gets really involved with the characters or wants to watch a good romance. You'll hate it a lot. Even if you are someone who likes yandere characters for fun, this movie will still make you mad. I think it has a lot of to do with how the characters are paired. Imagine putting Menma and Yuno together with a boy who plainly lacks testosterone.
First of all, no normal person who wants to write an appealing love story would ever attempt to put those three types of people together. Having said that, I do admit that a story such as bungaku shoujo is not meant to be an appealing love story. Normally you wo…
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I picked up Book Girl and The Suicidal Mime on a whim and was shocked at how quickly I fell in love with the story. So of course half way through the book I started to research any info I could find and ran across the fact that Production I.G. did a movie based on the series. After finishing the first light novel I decided to give the movie a spin.
Having only read the fist light novel I can tell you this much. The movie it’s self has only a tiny small nod here and there at the first novel so if you think going into it that it’s based on the Suicidal Mime I will let you know now you are wrong.
With that being said I enjoyed the movie. I do feel I spoiled story aspects and character development that defiantly occurs later on passed the first novel but it can’t be helped given that the ser…
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I first watched the Bungaku Shoujo movie sometime in September 2010, and I thought it was a confusing but still good movie. I rated it a 7/10.
After a while I found out that Yen Press had licensed the original novels (named Book Girl) and that the first 2 novels were released already. I finished the first novel a while ago and I'm currently reading the second one. I'm really loving the novels up until now. A few days ago I asked myself "If I love the novels this much, why didn't I enjoy the movie as much as the novels?"
That's why, after 8-9 months, I decided to re-watch the Bungaku Shoujo film and I can tell you that I enjoyed the movie a LOT more. It was way less confusing and it was fun to see and hear the characters you've met while reading the original source material.
Bungaku Shoujo…
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Bungaku Shoujo is an animated feature adaptation of a light-novel series by Mizuki Nomura. It starts off feeling like a typical high school story with a peculiar female lead at its core, but actually accomplishes quite a bit with its deceptively simple plot. As the movie continues it builds on itself more and more, eventually resulting in a satisfying experience. Admittedly, you might need some patience and a tolerance for melodrama, but the movie provides a lot to enjoy, even for those completely unfamiliar with the light-novels (such as myself).
Konoha Inoue is a high school student who joins the literature club at his school under odd circumstances, to say the least. After seeing the literature club president (and only other member), Tohko Amano, ripping paper out of a book and eating…
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