I must say, amazing animations!
HOWEVER,
There is zero development on the side characters. ZERO.
In the manga, each side character is explained and has their own backstory, and I think that adds much more meaning to the entire plot.
Yuzuru is such a wonderful character yet only 10% of her concern and love for Shoko is shown in the movie. They never explain why she took photos of dead things. They never elaborated on her actions and words.
Each one of Shouya's friends has their own backstory, however it's all thrown out the window and all we get are characters with random actions.
The entire story would be better if made into a short series. A movie is simply too short to explain everything.
Please just read the manga and don't watch the movie, you'd get a lot more out of it.
HOWEVER,
There is zero development on the side characters. ZERO.
In the manga, each side character is explained and has their own backstory, and I think that adds much more meaning to the entire plot.
Yuzuru is such a wonderful character yet only 10% of her concern and love for Shoko is shown in the movie. They never explain why she took photos of dead things. They never elaborated on her actions and words.
Each one of Shouya's friends has their own backstory, however it's all thrown out the window and all we get are characters with random actions.
The entire story would be better if made into a short series. A movie is simply too short to explain everything.
Please just read the manga and don't watch the movie, you'd get a lot more out of it.