They say that once you die you go to Heaven but I disagree. I believe that when you die you travel to somebodys heart and live on as a memory. What I expected from this anime: a group of friends travel to some new town and film some movie. What this anime gave me: something infinitely many times better. JC Staff deliver once again. This anime under no circumstances should be classified as a romcom. This is not a romcom. This is a beautiful slice of life romance anime which happens to have comedy in it. And also some aliens. There should be no romcom stigma directed towards it. Also I like romance anime based on more rural areas. The characters feel more tight knit like theyve known eachother since childhood and they live close to eachother or whatever. The relationships and bonds seem closer and this show portrays that feeling of familiarity and coziness between the characters very well. But even memories fade with time. Thats why people yearn to leave something behind so they wont be forgotten. So they wont forget. This animes story is a bit all over the place right? There seems to be an infinitely long love chain not to be mistaken for a love polygon alas the first vertex and the last vertex have no romantic feelings towards eachother aliens and MIB to go with them ??? Highschool of the Dead reference pleasant surprise and a seemingly amazing summer which holds memories of shooting an amateur movie that these students will never forget. Despite this I only have a few concerns towards it which hold it back from being very close if not a 10/10 for me. 1 The animation. It is very close to being very good. It is very smooth at times but it is not consistent. This is understandable as it is hard to keep up smooth animation throughout the whole of 12 episodes. If the animation had been a bit better in a couple more scenes the score would have gone up. 2 The art. I grew to love it of course but I think it could have been done better somehow. I think Kimi no Na Was art would have matched this anime more. Maybe something like the illustration in its Anilist pages banner? Then again Im not too sure. The more I think about it the less I think it would suit the anime. Either way Im a fan of the art used. Its a bit generic sure and maybe even an overused style but it really grew on me in this show. 3 The emotional scenes. They seemed a bit out of place. Im not quite sure why. Maybe a lack of buildup up to them or maybe something else. They in themselves were very good. Smooth animation extremely good art good music etc. I just feel like they could have been 10x more powerful if the buildup was done better of course I say that but Im not actually sure what could have been done better about the buildup and there was less of the following point 4 Genericity. Predictability. Cliche. Tropes. Every episode I felt like I could predict exactly what a character was going to say next or what event would take place next as a response to the previous event or action a character did. However that in of itself is not necessarily an issue. It can be chalked up to perhaps my experience having watched close to 200 anime at this point. The problem was as soon as Ichika was even hinted at being an alien I immediately generated an idea for how the show would end Im sorry... Kaito. Im an alien and youre a human and even though I have feelings for you we just cant be... Im sorry but I have to go to my home planet. And even though the ending proved me wrong thank fuck the anime got surprisingly close to reaching that conclusion. However this is not about stuff like that. No no no. This is about Ichikas denseness. And I dont mean the turnip sandwiches. I did not like the selflessness aspect of her character one bit Im just causing harm to everybody here I am hurting Kaitosan Itd just be better if I leave them alone as it was before... That type of stuff. That type of stuff really grinds my gears and every occurrence of it in every show irritates me. I understand why it is done somewhat but nontheless it is weak plot/characterbuilding if you can even call it that. Correct these 4 elements and youd have had something very close to a masterpiece on your hands J.C Staff. Thats why Ill keep the film rolling. So I can continue the tale we filmed that summer. The anime started with a group of 4 high school friends and the anime ended with a group of 4 high school friends. kind of. I really liked the show. Kaito was not a generic isekaiesque MC scared to hell of having a girl even look in his direction. But he was no Sakutahttps://anilist.co/character/127221/SakutaAzusagawa either. If anything his romance with Ichika was actually kind of what Id imagine a shy teenage boys romance to be like. He even pulls of a couple kisses and arguably weighs the Earth down with the sheer size of his balls at times. I also thoroughly enjoyed the scenes where Kanna puts her emotions aside to help bring Ichikas out. Kanna selfless as hell. She a real one. Mio a real one as well. She isnt afraid to be thought of as clingy or whatever she has her eyes on a man she god damn is not letting go. Need me a girl like Mio. Its clear she will always have Tetsurous back no matter what. I wish he appreciated her a bit more. The lack of a real plot in the show makes a lot of space for romance in it. And I admit the drama is not perfect though it is clear JC tried their best to make do with what they had. It is not bad drama by any my standards. Lemon is perfect comic relief and honestly I was a bit sad at her parting in the end. She really was a massive help to the gangs movieshooting adventure. Her character grew on me. The ending is really good. It reminded me of Toradoras. Kaitos sister giving him that cardigan for Ichika was a perfect setup to make it clear she had returned to Earth in that ending scene where she is seen wearing it. Its also mentioned that the movie the school kids are watching postcredits was from graduates i.e. by the time we reach the postcredits on the final episode the group had already graduated. I really cant help but cheer Mio on with Testsurou. Im so happy she finally caught him. And also wish Kaito and Ichika the best. And hope they meet up Lemon again somehow someday. As for Kanna... I guess I wish her all the best too.