Umi ga kikoeru (1993)

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Siskoid
A relatively early Ghibli film, Ocean Waves puts the studio's technical mastery toward a novel adaptation recounting the story of a teenage boy's fraught relationship with a selfish, self-centered girl who has his wrapped around her little finger when they're not outright busy hating each other. Told zealously through his point of view, partial knowledge of what's going on is very much a theme. On the one hand it mirrors how we an only know ourselves, which causes misunderstandings with others. On the other, high school is a microcosm, and when they get older, the characters reveal secrets and acknowledge that their world was "too small", which made them care about the wrong things. At times - and this speaks to their maturity - it seems more about a bromance corrupted by shared feelings for a girl, and it's where the best moments can be found. Perhaps that's why I resent the ending a little bit. But until that movie moment, I find a lot of truth in Ocean Waves. 3 years 9 months ago
Tanvi
Sweet and nostalgic :) 7 years 4 months ago
Windill
Very good sentimental anime in which two college boys remember their feelings for their high-school classmate. 5 years ago