Introduction
While most of the students at Marion Fiesse's boarding school have left for the summer, Marion and several of his friends have decided to stay on campus. Calling themselves "rationalists," the group prides itself on upstanding behavior, and never letting their emotions get the better of them. However, everything changes when Marion meets Sarah Vieda.
It does not take long before Sarah seduces Marion during a rainy day, and the two enter into a physical relationship despite their large age difference. While Marion gets swept up by his first romance, he has no idea how much this newfound experience will forever change the lives of both him and his friends.
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Audience reviews
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Chuy_diazz
A journey through MadHouse chapter 8: one of the pillars of shone ai.
The central theme of the film is the passage to maturity through love. The story is not limited to telling a common summer romance, it will use all kinds of love that its duration allows. The sexual awakening of a relationship between an adult woman and a teenager, a homosexual love, unrequited love and even a kind of a rather twisted love triangle. The story is made so that you question each of the characters and their actions. That the axis of the story is romance does not mean that everything you are going to see will be pretty as we are used to. Throughout the work you will see all the characters involved do both good and bad actions. In the end what matters most is what each character is going to learn from what th…
Read at the sourceZNoteTaku
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
~David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, 1739-40
Someone once asked me how to best describe *The Door into Summer*, and the word that came to mind is “humid.” The film resides in that certain kind of summer afternoon where the sun is overhead and the clouds are beautiful, but the air is dense and heavy, as though it was so thick that you had to swim your way through it. The characters all feel the weight of imposing emotional pressure upon them, while their inner restlessness leaves their personal feelings practically begging for an exit, yet constantly being denied. Just as a humid day doesn’t need much of a push to make the rainclouds move in, the characters…
Read at the sourceProudElitist
And, once again, I see people gratuitously crapping on a very good anime because reasens, and I sincerely don't understand why. What I saw here was extremely good and stylish animation, extremely good voice acting from all parts included (the voice of Sarah is so goddamned sexy it hurts), interesting story perfectly in vein of what the author of the original manga did in other works like Kaze To Ki No Uta and even with less forced moments (and for forced I mean actual rapes, in here there is no rape or violation of sorts), good and enticing OST, what is the problem of people with this? because it's not "manga accurate" enough? who cares, this is a jewel of an anime that is leaps and bounds better than the sufficiently entertaining one they made out of Kaze To Ki No Uta, and it's a shame no…
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This film is an astounding portrayal of sexuality, youth and the struggle of emotional growth. The visual presentation for these themes doesn't leave anyone cold after the experience that is this film.
The film builds up towards its premise from the start utilising excellent design and visual touch for the atmosphere and flow. These elements enable you to relate to the MC his struggle and relationships around him. The art enables you to see the events unfolding through the eyes of the character, which I think adds another layer of immersion into the film.
You can pretty quickly pick up on the MC and his philosophy towards his inevitable emotional struggle and position relative to the relationships around him, this serves as the premise on which the film builds up its presentation. The p…
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Regularly scheduled disclaimer: I don't believe in the MAL rating system, so ignore everything but the overall score if you actually want to know my opinion for some reason.
Natsu e no Tobira is, like many films from this era, more interesting from a historical perspective (in this case as one of the earliest depictions of gay characters and perhaps the first proper BL anime). Unfortunately unlike films like Ashita no Joe in a similar position, its characters are lacking the core appeal they need to make the growing pains of anime as a medium more tolerable, and ultimate there isn't much to actually say about the film as a piece of art beyond its historical context. It is, at times, very pretty, but its style doesn't particularly convey a depth of character or an interesting enough aesthe…
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This was such a gorgeous movie. I was caught off guard by how much I actually ended up enjoying and getting emotional over this. It's certainly not the best story, but despite that the visuals and sound design were amazing. Even in the short span of time of this film, I found myself becoming invested in the story of the characters and not even realizing how much time was passing. Rather than feeling rushed with its limited time, there was a bit of a slow start, but I think it worked for the energy of this film.
Very much a dark story, it's important to be aware that there is grooming/pedophilia, attempted rape, suicide, and self harm in this film. I would still recommend it if you are interested in artsy stuff and are ready for the dark dives throughout this film.
Read at the sourceArsene_Lucifer
Natsu e no Tobira/The Door Into Summer in English is an animated film from 1981 based on the manga of the same name by Keiko Takemiya. A pioneer of shonen-ni/yaoi manga in the early 1970s whose short story, Sunroom ni te, contains the earliest known male-male kiss in a shojo manga. She’s an accomplished mangaka whose contribution to her field is far more interesting, and engaging than this Madhouse and Toei produced animated hour-long film. It’s a relic of the past that is better left collecting dust.
Natsu e no Tobira attempts to be a coming of age story tackling the idea of raw love in youth. Unfortunately there isn’t enough material for it to delve into its own chosen subject. Right off the bat the film opens with intrigued starting at a future point with two friends in a twenty pace…
Read at the sourceHaneken2086
Adolescence has always been a turbulent time. It marks the no-man's land between childhood and adulthood, where you have to balance your desires and needs with your obligations and responsibilities. Anyone too repressed is bound to crack, and anyone too carried away is bound to do something irrevocable. If you don't learn to maintain balance, you could change things forever.
This is the lesson four schoolboy friends on summer vacation – Marion, Claude, Lindo and Jacques - learn the hard way. The stoic and firm Marion is seduced by an older woman, which teaches him about emotional balance; his devoted friend Claude strains under a secret passion; and Lindo and Jacques quarrel over a girl they both like, which escalates into a duel to the death...
The story was written by Keiko Takemiya, a…
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