Hiiragi Kashima and Shizusumi "Shizu" Yagi's band "syh" is set to debut, but they run into trouble when their support guitarist leaves. Although Hiiragi often clashes with Ritsuka Uenoyama—the smug boyfriend of his childhood friend Mafuyu Satou—Hiiragi convinces him to perform as their temporary member. Despite their friction, Hiiragi acknowledges Uenoyama's talent and respects his hard work—to the point of asking him to complete an old song that Mafuyu's ex-boyfriend, Yuki Yoshida, left behind. In between writing, recording, and filming a music video, Hiiragi comes to terms with his love for the aloof Shizu and wrestles with how to convey his feelings. Meanwhile, "given"—composed of Uenoyama, Mafuyu, and their bandmates Haruki Nakayama and Akihiko Kaji—receives an offer to debut as well. The members are ready and beyond excited, save for Mafuyu, who has never before thought about playing music professionally. As Uenoyama attempts to understand Yuki and replicate his unique sound, Mafuyu steps back to ponder over the looming changes in his life, fearing what the uncertain future may bring. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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I just finished Given The Movie: Hiiragi Mix and I honestly don’t even know what to say TvT The movie was so beautiful and emotional, and I really loved seeing more of the characters and their relationships. The animation was amazing, and the music fit the whole atmosphere so well > < :'D
Read at the sourceIn terms of comparison to the previous this is a slight dip in story and quality as it does switch focus from the main charachters and the given band and turns to a much more heavy focus on hiragis band syh and his relationship with shizu - however what doesn’t dip is the quality of the music and the concert once again - with the debut of syh and ritsuko being a support guitarist the parade song is incredible as always - the team behind the music in this show has done such an absolutely flawless job from the lyrics to the sounds resonates to everything - the fact that the vas itself are the ones voicing the charachters is incredible and the movie ends off on a solid foot with mafuyu realizing he hasn’t sang or done anything related to music in a while
Read at the sourceTL;DR - yes, if you like Given, these movies are worth seeing. These movies do however fall into the BL trope of "Oh, look, these two men are friends, let's make them horny friends instead!" which is kinda tiresome TBH. This movie ends in such a way that I am assuming the third movie is really a "part 2" for this movie - I plan to watch it. Oh, BL tropes, you're here again. All the guys are pairing up and have been secretly in love with eachother their entire lives. 🥰 Actually, that's probably the most annoying thing about these movies. It was cute when it was just Mafuyu and Uenoyama in love during the TV series - Given felt unique and like it was doing its best to break stereotypes in the genre. Then again, so did the first few episodes of Twilight out of Focus - you felt like, "Holy c…
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