KIMI NO IRO

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  ccbe

  95/100
  The Consequences of Lying ~ My Favorite Yamada Naoko's Work

  __DISCLAIMER__

  When this movie was released, I coincidentally was in Japan, so I decided to give this movie a watch before I come back. While my Japanese is good enough to understand most of the movie, there were certain words and dialogues where I had to throw multiple guesses, so take this review with a grain of salt as I could be missing out on the bigger picture.

  __Directing __

  Yamada Naoko has always been notoriously known for meticulously crafting authentic character interactions and bubbly moments to radiate that sense of realism and earnesty within each frame. With this movie, she was able to exceed every single one of her works with the subtle way the characters move, emotes, and choice of words the characters utters to one another, paired with incredible detailed animation that is reminiscent of Liz and the Blue Bird's Quality.
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  Theme__ The whole entire point of this review is for me to gush on how much I adore the story that is being presented, so I'll be nerding out for a bit in this section. To me, what this movie hammers on the most is the idea of how lying could cause harm to us and other people. Of course, lying is _technically_ a bad thing, like you could get scolded by your teacher, you could be sent to detention, or you could lie to yourself by gambling away all of your earnings to get some PNGs in a gacha game *COUGH COUGH*. And while those aspects are inherently true, The Colors Within talks about how lying to other people, lying to yourself, or simply running away from our problems could easily rope in good people in helping you protect that lie, putting them in harms way for you, or making them worry over you. By continuing to run away, we would grow anxious and uncertain over our actions. Guilt would start to pile up until it reaches a point where we're completely overwhelmed to the point that we would get lost in what we have to do going forward. While everything I say sound like this movie is a major deal (even though it is with how much I LOVE this movie), I would like to clarify that this movie's overall tone is still really wholesome. Every single drama that occurs in the narrative doesn't have the characters slapping each others' faces and running in a rainy storm just to express their true thoughts. Every character is uncertain, anxious, and tries their best to approach their problems in their own ways without being overly indulgent in their friends' personal struggles, which makes every development come from the characters' desire to be better people. Totsuko, Rui, and Kimi aren't overly complex characters, but they're just normal people that are facing normal problems with all of them pushing each other to face their problems from their collective struggles and personal drives to be better people, and I personally love relationships like this be presented in anime, as I feel a lot of them feels like, "OMG SHE'S DEPRESSED! AS AN EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE MAN, I SHALL FIX HER!" __Conclusion__ I know that this "review" isn't necessarily a review, but I never intended this thread to be a review in the first place. I wanted to express my love for this movie, how much it impacted me, and how much it helped broaden my view towards human relationships. Of course I could talk about the technical aspects like how the visuals are filled with warmth and kindness, the comforting OST coming from Kensuke Ushio, and the songs that they play are an absolute vibe and I could go on for hours with how incredible the song compliments the characters' feelings and perceptions, but I've already gone on a pretty long rant, and I'm sure you could tell that the songs are really good from the trailers. Finally, I want to further clarify that __EVERYTHING I WROTE ARE BASED OFF OF MY PERSONAL FEELINGS __. I feel that I really have to enforce this as I don't want people to blame me that the movie isn't as good as I make it sound to be. (If there's even anyone that are interested in reading this review) This movie is incredible well made, really wholesome, and it will make you feel warm and fuzzy by the time you're done with it, so please keep this in mind!
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  Clannadstan

  100/100
  The Colors Within: A Story of Faith, Lies, and New Beginnings

  The Colors within ("Kimi no Iro") is a splendid tale of understanding ourselves.

  Kimi no Iro is, without a doubt, THE BEST ANIMATED FILM I’VE EVER SEEN.

  The review could end here, but if you want to know more, keep reading. There are slight spoilers of what happens, but I’ll tell you there’s no plot to spoil, it's simply the story of the everyday life of a girl named Totsuko (the blonde one on the poster).

  Totsuko suffers from color blindness. But Naoko Yamada’s genius is in not making her disability a limitation or something to pity. Totsuko’s color blindness is used by the director to create a character who "sees the color of people." Because of her condition, the girl associates a color with each person she cares about. Totsuko attends an all-girls Catholic high school, complete with a dormitory. Almost by chance, she meets Kimi, a girl with black hair. Kimi is a stunning, seemingly perfect girl. However, the day after Totsuko meets her, Kimi suddenly disappears from school. Totsuko can’t accept this and sets out to find her. Without revealing too much, she eventually tracks her down almost by accident: Kimi, once the most popular girl in school with perfect grades, has left. She now works in a second-hand bookstore and spends her days playing the electric guitar her older brother left her before leaving home. Kimi hasn’t been able to tell her grandmother, the only person she lives with, the truth. Every night when she returns home, she lies, telling her grandmother she’s been at school. Kimi’s grandmother also attended the same school, and Kimi doesn’t want to hurt her by revealing the truth. Totsuko finds Kimi almost by chance at the bookstore, but she doesn’t know what excuse to make, so she picks up the first book she sees and takes it to the cashier, pretending she was looking for it: it’s a basic piano exercise book. Kimi is surprised and asks if she’s learning to play. As they talk, a boy who’s a regular customer at the store joins in, saying he’s always admired Kimi for how she plays. His name is Rui, and he plays a very unusual stringed instrument. Without thinking, Totsuko blurts out that "the two of them are forming a band and were recruiting members."

  And so begins the story of the trio.

  Rui doesn’t live in the city; his family runs a clinic on an island nearby. He is the heir to the family business, living under the pressure of needing to become a doctor and not make mistakes in order to enter one of the country’s most prestigious universities. Rui has a secret passion for music and a hidden place to practice: an abandoned Catholic church, which he is allowed to use in exchange for cleaning it. Here, he plays his instrument away from the ears of his mother, the island’s doctor. The trio meets at the church every Sunday to practice together.

  I don’t think I need to say more; the rest I’d prefer you discover on your own.

  Now, let’s talk about the themes:

  • The first theme is Catholicism. Surprisingly, given that it’s a Japanese film, it has a deeply Catholic foundation: Totsuko (and Kimi, at first) attends a Catholic school run by nuns. Specifically, Totsuko confides in a teacher/nun named Hiyoko, a young and beautiful woman with unwavering faith. In my favorite scene of the film, Hiyoko, talking to Kimi, reminds her of one of the most beautiful passages from the Bible, Isaiah 43:4: "Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you," reminding the girl that it’s always possible to start over. I won’t lie, when I heard these words I was seriously crying uncontrollably, trying to hold it in.

  • The second theme is that lies, even when told with good intentions, always have consequences: Kimi, the beautiful girl with black hair and blue eyes, has lied her whole life. She ran away from home and went to live with her grandmother and older brother. But when her brother leaves for a job, she’s left alone and has to wear the mask of the perfect girl, all while being consumed by depression. When she can no longer maintain her facade, she drops out of school but can’t bring herself to tell her grandmother the truth. She continues to lie to protect her from suffering. Without going into too much detail, lies always catch up with you, even the ones told with good intentions.

  • The third and most important point: It’s never too late to start over: no matter the pain you feel or the stage of life you’re in, with the help of others (and God), you can always begin anew (remember Isaiah 43:4).

  There’s so much more I could say, but I think this covers the main themes.

  Now, I want to wrap up the review by talking about my feelings regarding the film.

  I started silently crying from the very beginning: Totsuko’s color blindness isn’t presented as a disability or a condition that hinders her, but as a gift from God that the sweet girl embraces. She’s able to see the color of the souls of the people she loves.
  I empathized with all the characters. There are no plot twists, miracles, or anything like that, but at the end of the film, we learn who was the author of a graffiti on Totsuko’s bed. When this small detail is revealed, I lost it and cried like a fountain.

  At the start of the film, Totsuko is seen by the nun Hiyoko dancing with her head in the clouds, thrilled to have found friends. By the end of the film, Hiyoko, who reprimanded her at the start, reveals her true feelings and nature. That’s when I broke down.

  My final rating for The Colors within is 100/100.

  Honestly, I couldn’t find any flaws. I cried from start to finish, rejoiced, and hummed along in silence.

  If you have the chance, go see it.

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  nanuha

  100/100
  A tale of Lies, Faith, and Being able to start again, brought to you by Naoko Yamada.

  Kimi no Iro, a tale of lies, faith, and being able to start again.

  A tale of normal people that are facing normal problems with all of them pushing each other to face their problems from their collective struggles and personal drives to be better people, brought to you by the mastermind behind Liz and the Blue Bird, aswell as Koe no Katachi; Naoko Yamada, who once again showcases her ability to create character-driven narratives with the use of an animation style resembling watercolor and pencil styles, representing the unique perspectives of the characters in her works, creating a visual experience that mirrors the characters' internal mindscapes.

  

  Totsuko is able to see everyone's color, everyone's true emotions, and adapt herself to them, unable to see the most important part, her own color, learning throughout the film how to acknowledge and express her own color, a color that continues to shift as she grows as a person.

  

  Everyone in this movie is a liar, in the sense of the small, quiet ways in which people hide their true selves and supress their feelings, be it out of kindness, fear, or the belief that their emotions might be a burden to others.

  

  The emotional core of this movie lies in the moment in which each character stops hiding and lets their true colors show, when they're honest with those they've been lying to, and most importantly, themselves.

  

  The theme of lying correlates directly with the theme of faith, no matter what decisions you've taken, with the help of others and God you can always begin anew, it's never too late to start again.

  Isaiah 43:4: "Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you".

  

  Each character faces their own struggles in their own way, without overly indulging in others' problems, making their growth feel personal and self-driven, from their own desire to better themselves.

  

  I could ramble about how good the film is visually and how great it's OST is, but if you're familiar with Naoko Yamada you should already know it's the best of the best, specially reminiscing of Liz to Aoi Tori, using similar techniques to represent Totsuko's way of seeing things. Shironeko-do does a great job at the music department, with catchy and just overall good songs.

  

  In conclusion I absolutely love everything about this movie and I think it's a great heartwarming journey about accepting and being honest with ourselves and with those around us. A journey about friendships and how we're able to use them to better ourselves pushing eachother to greater highs. Definitely one of my favorite works by Naoko Yamada, and a must-see for anyone interested in the themes I've talked about in the review.

  
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