This is a really good movie and I really recommend this to everyone. What follows may contain spoiler so stop here if you dont want to be spoiled. Lets see... first Ill state that this come from someone who see the movie as the first media without reading both the original novel and the manga adaptation beforehand. Second is that this is purely just a personal opinion of me so you might think otherwise than what I thought about it. So this is not a romance. It is more than that. As stated by the girl that their relationship is weird. Its not that of a lovers nor a friends. Its more than that. They complete each other but not in romantic ways. Both are polar opposite yet theyre attract each other. This is a story about life. At the early the MCs social state is like that of a blank paper. He didnt actively socializing with someone. Not that hes an antisocial that oppose the relation with others. He just thought that hes a boring person in peoples eyes so its a nuisance for him to be with others. That is until the girl came into his life. He had nothing against the girl so he just went with her flow which gradually change him. The paper got filled as the girl dragged him. The indicator of his change is his interaction with the gum guy. How he didnt say anything at the start to simply brushed off the gum guy statement and lastly accepted his gum at the final moment to show that hes more open now. Now about the girls death. It was unexpected yet expected at the same time. At the very start of the movie was shown the girls families and friends mourning so her death was not a surprise. As the story goes the author want us to think about her sickness that lead her to her death bed which also applies to the MC. He knows that it wont be long until the last time he bid farewell to her due to her sickness and when that time comes hes already prepared for it. Til her death is so sudden to shocked him for 10 days. I think the way the author ends her life wasnt meant to simply shocked his audience but also to shocked the MC as he knows sooner or later they had to part ways but not in this way. As he finally cope with her death he went to her house to realize how important she is in his life and how he also someone important in her life before it ends. So there you have it. I wont say much about the girl as it will be clouded with bias. Im giving this score 9/10 tho im really bad at judging. Im not a proper reviewer and this is my very first time reviewing a movie so its really whacky and going here and there aimlessly.