Audience reviews
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mo_lave
Hakubo—English name, "Twilight"—is about a Sachin, a high school student who deliberately chose her high school because of her fashion sensibilities. One of her joys in life? Enjoying the boundary between day and night as she waits for her bus home.
The movie is on the shorter side, and portrays a usual boy-meets-girl school romance. If you're looking for something more exciting or more novel, this is not for you. Oh, you're still interested? Carry on.
As mundane as this movie seems to be, this is a great anime palate-cleanser. You should watch Hakubo if you want a relaxing watch and enjoy the gorgeous backgrounds and lighting (which, btw, is impressive given this is a crowdfunded work); if you also want to follow a slice-of-life story of someone who might be your next-door neighbor at s…
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Hakubo Review (5.4)
About music and love,but they didn't meet my expectations in the story. The animation is not very good, but it's ok.There seems to be something missing that I didn't see in the story.The song is good anyway.
STORY:5/10
The story isn't very interesting,it's a bit boring and I thought it was just about the music on her violin and there's also a love story which is quite ok.
ANIMATION:5.5/10
The background is beautiful,it looks like they just took a real pic then they edited it so it's not too obvious.But when it comes to the animation it's not good but it's pretty ok. CHARACTERS:3.5/10
A woman who knows how to play the violin and a man who knows how to draw are a good couple,especially the scene where they confess to each other.I'm looking for something that I didn't s…
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I've seen some negative reviews and I felt I should clarify my stance. Hakubo is a very solid movie;
it's a simplistic love story revolving two teenagers brought together by the Hakubo. Hakubo being the title for the scenery near their bus stop. They begin a relationship that naturally progresses into a romantic relationship. The movie doesn't do much or attempt to do much. It's a love story between two completely normal teenagers, it's pure, cute, and awkward, all playing to its benefit. It does so by creating a serene atmosphere and calming tone to the overall movie; supported by the very solid production. Otherwise, the characters felt human and so did their lives, nothing special to it, no excessive drama or deep character arcs, just a cute romance journey.
The problem for some may b…
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The first minutes of the medium-length film are rather slow, putting more emphasis on the sublime twilight landscapes than on the protagonists. The heroine, Sachi, is a 17-year-old girl who is a violin enthusiast, in the midst of her quest for identity, but who doesn't really seem interested in social relationships. She has her own music club, and that's enough for her. Rather introverted, she likes to enjoy simple things alone, such as sunsets. The narration, from her point of view, is initially enough to try to understand the high school student and her way of seeing the world. Her meeting with Kiji, a boy her age, will (of course) upset her tidy daily life. An artist too, he paints in his spare time, and seems to have the same passion as Sachi for twilight. Inevitably, they both fall in…
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Ah, many people complain about unrelated situations that happened between the main story of these movie with its synopsis. Remember, this was about 'the now and present' condition that twos people needed to get along with their new life. Ofc its just about their school life situations, and a bit spicy tastes of romance additional just been added to their relations to gave the show more nuances. But, they still tried to keep it to its main point. Then, its about their now live.
The girl as always hinted as a no good person to attached with her new live before meeting the boy. Its indeed talked about the gloomy feeling, and surrenderring all of the good times she had at the school just to enjoy the twilight, alone. The boy himself felt unrealistic, tho, acted strangely, looked too embarass…
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Short and simple. This movie wasn't that bad as people reviewed it to be. There really is no story or plot here. Just a slow mundane kind of setting growing into romance between 2 people. And whats wrong with that? The animation is really good. Probably the strongest plus point of this movie is the animation. The characters are alright. The main female lead is very relatable to certain degrees. She is quite, innocent and also seemed very pure. Very likeable character indeed. But the male lead seemed pretty high on puberty. The movie also felt kinda rushed and that's also a downside to it. It did lacked a lot of element that a romance movie should have. But nonetheless it was still enjoyable.
PS- I don't think i wasted 50 mins of my life and i think you're not going to waste it too.
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10/10 Orange Scene Best Scene, Really Enjoyed that part.
The orange scene was by far the best aspect of this movie. I really liked the visual effects of the orange scene. You can really relate to the main character in that scene. I was taken aback when i first realized what was going on. She even talks about smelling weird because she isn't sure what is going on with her feelings. I must say just watch it for that one scene and you'll never regret it.
I learned that the orange scene really speaks to us as an audience, I learned that oranges are the key to having a wonderful woman just as the main character.
10/10 really recommend this movie honestly. The ending was really good when they confess their love for one another and she wants to be one with him, if you get what she is implying…
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So I don't think you should expect the synopsis to hold much weight in this movie. The hook that its about the lives of teenagers post the 2011 earthquake is of little to no significance in the narrative.
That out of the way, it's an okay high school romance. The story is predictable, but if you like the high school romance premise, this is passable. I wish the duration of the movie was a bit longer to flesh out the events post the 2011 earthquake we were alluded too. 5/10
The characters are nothing special either, but they fulfill their roles well. I liked the voice actors they used for this. 5/10
Animation-wise, its fluid and the background art is nice. However, it feels dated, like something from around the 2010s. This shouldn't matter too much though, as there were no overly bad fr…
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~Overall:
It isn't a great movie BUT IT IS A GOOD ONE. I recommend this movie if you want some Romance Movie without Heavy Plot and just wanted to relax.
Story:
For the story, it doesn't have great twist/mind-boggling/mind-blowing plot. It does have a simple plot but don't get me wrong here, the movie become great (atleast for me) because of that.
Graphics:
For the graphics, it is not that far (again,atleast for me) from well-known animes such as Makoto's work.
Sound: If you are a fan of violin then give this a shot ;) but even if your not I think you will enjoy it either.
Characters:
Just as the story, It doesn't have characters which outshines the others. And it does have great character designs which caught my attention.
Enjoyment:
I did enjoy watching it and will going to miss…
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Story - 1
First, let me talk about the description. The description is VERY MISLEADING. I thought this was gonna be about the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami from 2011 but throughout its entire runtime, there isn't a single mention of it. No, it's not even a part of the story. I'm sure that they only included it to try and lure people in. The story lacks depth and doesn't really go anywhere, nor does it have some sort of message that it tries to give the viewer. What about the plot? There is no plot.
Next, let me talk about the actual story. What the story is actually about, is a generic "girl meets boy" romance, and it even fails in doing that.
Art & Animation - 4
The background art is great... and that's just about the only good thing this had to offer.
The art style and the character de…
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The music were great. two scenes were good, the one were the friends found out about him and freaked out in the cafe, and the one were he wanted to ask her for her LINE. everything else was cliche and cringy AF. i had a cringe overload at the end when they were confessing i thought i would die . The MC had the personality of a dead jellyfish, you could hear the oil dripping from her mouth, if this was a real girl i would euthanize her and save the world. there is too many red flags about her, she remind me too much of Stephanie Lazarus. that poor boy is looking for too many years of horror. i wish he had friends to tell him to run away from that bitch. anyway, its not that bad but not that good.
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A pretty simple and boring story with no enjoyment. I barely managed to finish it even tho it was for only 50 mins. The only thing i loved were it's visuals. The art, the animation, the visuals, they were amazing ✨.
Even though I got pretty bored during the movie but the only thing which kept me going on were it's visuals and art. It was so fascinating and soothing.
Other than it's art and animation everything was bring. So if you have a lot of time and are in seek of anime with amazing visuals. Go for it. But if you are looking for a good story i would never recommend this one.
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No idea why I watched this, but felt like I shouldn't had even tho it's like 50mins long. I hoped it could achieve great narrative about Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, and how it affected the people around, but sadly there was nothing like that.
Story 2/10
There wasn't anything interesting with the story, it was a generic romance of a girl meets a cute boy. The movie portrays a highschool girl who plays violin and gets to meet a boy who draws art, the start meeting and end up liking each other.
Art & Animation 7/10
The background art was great, and most probably the only good thing about this movie.
Character designs were pretty generic and sometimes even looked bad, and animation was just fine.
Sound 6/10
The aural aspects were lacking but they were bearable, their…
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This was the biggest load of barnacles I have ever seen. The promotional video looked promising, with excellent visuals and what could have been a decent plot, and gave me high hopes that this short-ish film will be worth my time. After watching it, it’s confirmed that nothing about this movie was good except the gorgeous animation.
And when I say gorgeous animation, I mean the backgrounds and the scenery. The character designs were pretty mediocre and looked like they came straight out of 2010. Even worse than their designs, however, were the characters themselves. They possessed totally unbelievable character traits that no real human being would ever come close to. The main characters themselves were less interesting than pieces of cardboard, and the romance was half-assed and cringe.…
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