Audience reviews
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AeroGunz
“I've Always Liked You” is what happens when… honestly? I have no idea. Maybe it’s what happens when You have a metal rod stuck in Your frontopolar cortex and yet someone forces You at gunpoint to write a script.
It’s hard for me to even call this a movie. It’s just a series of scenes stitched together in a chaotic way. There is an overarching motif (confessions) but its execution is so bland You’ll forget about it in an instant.
Let’s get this out of the way. This is one of those cases where the story is plot driven and not character driven. The focus isn’t the relationship between characters but just the act of confessing their love. Everything happens not because it makes sense, not because the characters made the best possible decision in their eyes. Everything happens because the pl…
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To avoid spilling some spoilers, I'll make this review as simple as possible...
If you're looking for an anime with interesting and unique plot with lots of unexpected development, then I would not recommend this to you. This is a normal romance school anime. A one-hour-length film with an overwhelming number of characters. A flat story where I haven't felt intensity or something unique that will instantly hook me into the show. In other words, if you're planning to watch this movie, then lower your expectations and just enjoy the whole thing. Also, the effort given for this show is not a waste at all since it still has its good aspects.
There are two possible goals in this movie that I could think of. First, It tries to make us relate from our past romance back in our youthful days, whi…
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An okay movie, its worth a little to fill your blank heart or even waste your time. The story feel classical to me with the concept: the young lover and their complex love story. Trying to get the confession story get a long run, making all clear route get complicated even if their flag really understand to seen. This show even try to make the main thing get a long run while the white hair guy trying to steal. But, thats just only a plot device to make the story feel interesting. For me, its impact a little, only a little feels got some kind of burst out of laugh.
Yet, i kinda worry with this kind of show. Because i just feel bored with the theme. However, after scanning and understanding what is going on, my simple mind got a nice review for these movie. Although its music attachment not…
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I gotta admit, I'm a sucker for a good romance. I like it in basically every shape or form: I like it with a sad ending, a happy ending, with comedic ambiance, with serious atmosphere and one of my favourite types is the cute, heart-warming one.
But this one?
This one I hated.
I can't even describe how excruciating it was to watch. The plot was completely decentralized, unnecerarily jumping from one character to another. I guess the writers wanted to include as many stories from the music videos as possible but because of the limited time they had for this movie, it ended up being about everything and nothing at the same time.
The formula that worked in case of the music videos, where we knew close to nothing about characters but still rooted for them, certainly shouldn't have been a…
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Firstly this is coming from a giant honeyworks fan (and its my first review) but because of that I am mainly criticizing this film for what it could of been and how it doesn't do the original music videos justice.
The main problem with this film and the other adaptations is that it doesn't include all the information you need to understand fully what is going on and many plot points are left for the viewer to guess or never learn about unless they have seen the music videos or read about it in the novels. This is most likely a limitation due to how short this movie format is and other areas suffer because of it such as mochizuki's and akarai's relationship basically being completely shafted in all 3 adaptations due to lack of time and the poor release date of the adaptations in the first…
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In truth, the actual plot of the movie is very stereotypical. Most of the things that happen are very predictable and a lot of people might not enjoy a movie like this. If I didn't know the honeyworks songs prior to watching this, I'd probably have rated this very low (around a 4-5). Having played the songs from this movie on OSU tons of times, I'm very familiar with the music & what their songs are about. I recognized the stories the movie was telling immediately & it was nice seeing it being played out while remembering the lyrics to the music =P. Overall a 8/10 for me but the music was 10/10. Really good art too. Highly recommend this movie if you're a fan of honeyworks or an OSU player that's familiar with honeyworks maps! Very nice experience.
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Reviewers point of view: I was having a romance marathon and thought why not add fuel to the fire. I saw both movies, but am only putting in my opinion for the first one. I did not read the novels. I don't listen to vocaloid.
Story: Put nicely, the plot is basic and rushed. I know the movie is only an hour, but I felt like it put in stories that it couldn't handle. I didn't try to remember most of the characters' names (I'm also VERY bad with names) so if I was asked to describe all the love stories, it would sound like I was spreading some middle school rumor:
"Insecure guy likes pretty feminine girl who he thought for a second liked androgynous white haired boy who likes cliche tomboy who likes her childhood friend who is friends with a loud blonde boy who likes tomboy's best friend bu…
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*Disclaimer...?
First of all, now that I realize Aida Miou's side of the story is also getting animated, I'm gonna conserve all judgments for it. Yaaaaaaay!!! Miiiiiraaaiiiiiinooooowaaaaataaaaashieeee
Also I understand A-1 only helped and the real animators are Qualia Animations, but it's really likely that this new studio came from A1, which then means they contributed way more than just a subservice. So point still the same. But if the third movie is much (or at least a little) better I'll delete this right away.
Fuck you A1. I think through this one it's finally official. A1 doesn't give a jack shit about making a good anime.
When I first heard that my beloved music series was getting animated, I had nothing but doubts after the last one's...uh, unfortunate turnout. I'm of co…
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First off, "Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita" is, to anyone who doesn’t know, based off the stories and characters of a song series by a creator named HoneyWorks. So as a stand-alone movie, or to anyone who hasn't encountered HoneyWorks before, it may appear as a buttload of cheesy anime high school rom-com right off the bat. However, to someone who had HoneyWorks songs and PVs on replay before (still do on occasion), it was immensely enjoyable albeit its attempt to squish all those personalities, unrequited loves, sibling loves, and love triangles into a mere hour.
The story in which the movie revolves around is just as sweet as its song [Kokuhaku Youko Renshuu], but peppered with cliffhanger stories as much as the PVs are peppered with cameos. The movie is gorgeous HoneyWorks art, animated a…
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Any connection what's in the story leaves a sour taste at the end of the movie.
What's more great is that any related scenes can't highly approved onto certain degree scale of a typical romance.
I expected Honeyworks was behind of this movie As I checked down the artstyle alone. Part of the movie lacking a point of view, and a plain atmosphere. At least the same MC which in reverse, From Shounen to Shoujo, They can't convey the spirit of a certain feelings on someone.
Every music videos by Honeyworks was indeed good compare to this adaptation of the movie, Cause what's truly lacking are the sidesteps of a mellow music.
A standalone Mediocre since I'd totally expecting a high praised and ended a huge dragged.
I don't wanna rewatch it and think about it, within regards to this movie.…
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I personally absolutely loved this movie. But, I believe that I have a bias. This entire movie was based off of the events that took place in the song "Confession Rehearsal", by HoneyWorks, which can be heard in the background of the buildup to the finale. (There were other subplots that were based off of other songs such as "Solution to Jealousy", "Confession Rival Declaration", or Inokori Sensei, all written and performed by HoneyWorks) Because I knew the plots and characters so well I think I was more blown away by the execution, which was GORGEOUS!! I know it's not a very original plot, nor characters, but I would definitely listen to the songs that I mentioned and others, HoneyWorks is an amazing group and they 100% percent deserved this lovely movie based off of their work.
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This might be the first time i write a review but i take really serious in giving some comments about this movie.
Story : 6/10 || Enjoyment : 6/10
In my opinion, this movie is a nothing special romance movie compare to others. I don't dislike this movie but for me, this kind of movie is too mainstream school set romance plus it is a movie with a cliffhanger ending which i hate the most. Besides, the duration of this movie is too short and messed up the plot.
The good about the movie is the charms of the characters with cool auras. Not to forget this movie have a heartwarming and giving some advices about love-life for viewers.
To brief my review,
Art : 9/10
I really love the art which is giving pleasant to the eyes with good sceneries.
Sound : 8/10
The songs in this movie are all…
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Story: I've noticed that a lot of the reviews have downvoted the story, but I personally didn't have any real qualms with it. It was cute; it didn't try to go too deep, but that was really to be expected from a (less than) hour movie. The story follows the love stories of three high school girls, as they try to figure out how to confront their feelings. Very shoujo. I would've preferred if the story had focused primarily on one romance, the one between Natsuki and her crush, but it was rather refreshing to see the different character interactions from characters that had appeared in Honeyworks's songs. (As a standalone, I understand why people weren't big fans of the story, but I'll elaborate upon that more later.)
Art: Personally, I really liked the art style. It's very clean, in the sam…
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Why Is Love So Hard? - An "I've Always Liked You" Review
I did not like I’ve Always Liked You. To put it bluntly, this 1-hour and 3-minute long movie is shallow, generic, and all-around meaningless. Its sole purpose is to showcase the moments of high love confessions, in ways that are neither clever nor original. Just like many other stories in the genre of romance, I’ve Always Liked You uses these confession as a sort of “payoff”, yet it doesn’t offer up any kind of worthwhile setup for them. The characters are also unmemorable and lack any compelling motivations or adversities. While the animation and music are of an acceptable quality, from a narrative standpoint this film is plain mediocre. But let’s dig a little deeper than that, shall we?
First let’s take a look at the characters a…
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Story: It's nothing new or original; just a very straightforward story about crushes and high school love. Not that it HAD to be an original or innovative romance, but when the plot is THAT cut and dry, it's hard not to be bored out of your mind as you're watching it. I wouldn't even say it executed the whole romance aspect particularly well.
Art: I actually did enjoy the art. It was very pleasing to watch and had a lot of attractive colors.
Sound: The sound and music were fine. Nothing really stood out, but it generally was appropriate for a movie about romance.
Character: This is probably where the movie falls flat on its face. The characters are incredibly shallow. What I mean by that is that they're very one-dimensional and you know (and care, for that matter) very little about the…
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Watching this shouldn't be about originality, it should be about whether you've enjoyed it or not. A lot of the anime are about the same but it's not like nobody doesn't enjoyed it. I may not have watched a lot of shojou movies or anime but I have a lot of shojou manga and this has by far, won my heart over.
I love the characters, I love the story, and it may not have many twists but it shows relatable characters, romances and all. It doesn't have to be fantasy, full of turns, deaths and what not to make it interesting. If you read the tag and synopsis, you know the genres, don't shit on this series when this beautiful piece of work doesn't meet YOUR EXPECTATIONS when you should have known what to expect.
Is this movie typical? Yes. Does it mean it wouldn't be or isn't enjoyable? NO. I…
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I'm always a sucker for a sweet, innocent, slice of life romance; and this, my friends, really hit the spot.
There are many many slice of life romance anime out there, but not all of them tend to go very well in my opinion.
A lot of the time i end up very frustrated while watching because of misunderstandings or lack of chemistry or something along those lines. That wasn't the case for this movie though.
The characters were all extremely likable, there actually wasn't a single character i was annoyed by (which rarely happens).
The art was lovely, which is something i'm very picky with.
And the music was really enjoyable! I tend not to like/care about the music in anime, if a song catches my attention its pretty rare, but i really loved the music in this to the point where i actually sear…
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I am pretty new to the forum:
Anyways, I am just going to do my best in reviewing this just released anime.
Well this anime is your typical High School Love Story. Childhood Friends and etc.
The Story is quite typical to a high school love story as mentioned above but I still gave it a 9 despite the fact that it's quite ordinary because I am into this kind of anime, so can't resist giving a 9.
As for the art & sound/BGM, it totally gets an outstanding which is 10 because the art & sound/BGM are what I can describe as "exquisite" and "total masterpiece". Just one second into the movie, I am already astonished by the art & sound/BGM that were presented to the viewers.
Actually, the thing that really made me astonished was the 5 words "I have always liked you". I thought I accidentally…
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"who is she going to confess her love to?", "who is she in love with?" ,"everyone in love", "I know she is in love with someone".....as they keep thinking like that they start hurting each other with words they don't mean it.
The movie is your typical sweet RomCom, which talks about a group of friends being secretly in love with each other and we can't forget the love triangle. The story wasn't any new but to me, every single one has its own charm just like this movie which has its unique way of getting them to struggle until they find their way to master their courage to confess!!
The art was pretty nice as they show us cute smiles, sad expressions, and tears of joy, jealousy, and happiness!!.As for the sound, it was good!!!
To summarize:
-Story: 8/10
-Art: 9/10 (a wonderful animation…
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Story:
If you've read a lot of romance manga you probably won't consider the story as very original. The entire movie is about different characters trying to build up the courage to confess their love. However, I do not believe that there are many animated stories of this kind which makes it unique in it's own sense. Sure, it doesn't have any super original plot point or anything that makes it very unique, but the story is well executed for what it is and if you're into more pure love stories, I believe you'll like the story in this one.
Art:
I rarely care about the art in anime to be honest. The art is good and of normal 2016-standard.
Sound:
Some fantastic songs that set the mood very well. Really was a big part of the movie for me.
Characters:
The characters themselves are nothing…
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