also see how open and confortable the couples are with each other. (pls, thats not a spoiler, i didnt say what will happen, just saying topics.) There weren't any serious love triangles or problems aside from Kaede's issue with the band, his ex girlfriend, stalkers and obviously, other companies trying to blackmail him and Hinana's problem with her parents. I read this without any expectations and now it's one of my favorite. All in all, the whole film does manage to make a lot happen and have it conclude nicely with that shiny red bow of shojo on top.Well, this is my first romance manga's review and tbh i personally didn't think i'd like this when i first read it because i wasn't a fan of Mikimoto-sensei's previous works and i thought i would not enjoy reading straight romance manga.
(I believe they’re discussed more in-depth within the manga of course.) Those details managed to come together nicely in the end, a rare moment of all these small moments really did actually cumulate into a cohesive plot point. Surprisingly, there’s a lot of sub-context to Hinana’s character, as well as her familial relationships that are sprinkled in quite naturally. I won’t say all the ‘obstacles’ of the supporting cast are easily conquered, but are really only fodder to make steamier confessions happen.
ISS ME AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT SERIES
It wouldn’t be a shojo without it, and the supporting cast does a good job balancing the chaos and the support the series needs to run. Of course, there is drama around their relationship. That’s when he realizes his own feelings for her too. When none of that works, he realizes Hinana really likes him for him, and not as a celebrity. He tries a few more things, trying to push her away. When Hinana point blank says, ‘that’s cool’ (more or less) and keeps it moving you can see he’s genuinely surprised. He tests her by revealing his butt fetish and that their ‘chance encounter’ was just him looking to get a certain bootiful anime figure. At first he comes off more amused by playing with Hinana and her feelings. Even in the weirdest moments, Hinana accepts Ayase for who he is, and still wants to be with him.Īyase’s character works really well around this too. She never had time to pay attention to him as a celebrity, so she truly has no notion of his ‘image’. She expresses that she has no clue, and earnestly asks about things like properly holding hands. She’s well aware the world of difference between her and Ayase in experiance and expectations. Hinana is our rather innocent protagonist, but she’s not stupid. That’s one of the things that really worked in favor for the series.
Ayase, who by all means I assumed was going to be a cocky asshat, surprisingly wasn’t. Hinana is that clueless aside from her romance films on how relationships work. Ayase and Hinana’s relationship develops naturally. It was certainly intentionally in production, but in execution is felt totally natural that things don’t really pick up until the very end. There was a bit of skirting around the issue though. However, it’s actually addressed in a factual manner within the story without being forced either. I had that awkward feeling in my stomach of ‘wow, this film is really well directed and written but this age-gap is incredibly off-putting no matter how you spin it’. There was an age gap, and it’s brought up fairly early on. I won’t lie, I daydreamed a bit as I drove home, if I would ever find someone like that to sweep me off my feet.Īll the romantic flair of this romance was saddled in a fair amount of reality. They really managed to add in that wistful ‘I wish that would happen to me’ flavor. The impromptu dates and Cinderella moments were straight out of the fairy tales. The way the chance meetings were set up, felt very truly by chance with that shojo charm to them. All the original instances of slow burn romances started. I gotta say, I was pretty damn blown away from how this film handled it’s plot. However, this prince isn’t as picture perfect as expected, but that doesn’t stop a romance from flourishing. This is where she truly has her chance encounter with a real prince, Ayase Kaede (Katayose Ryota).
ISS ME AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT MOVIE
Due to her position as a student council member, she is asked with the other members to be extras when a movie is being filmed at her school. Hinana has one, tiny secret she dreams of being swept away by a prince charming like in her romantic black and white films. She gets good grades, takes care of her younger sister, and is relatively active in school. Hanazawa Hinana (Hashimoto Kanna) is your average high school girl, who leads a very common life. So, let’s talk about the basic premise first.
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