Should you watch The Moment You Fall in Love?
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The Moment You Fall in Love
Anime · 2016
Following Natsuki Enomoto's confession rehearsals with Yuu Setoguchi, their younger siblings Kotarou and Hina struggle to confess their own love. Despite a disastrous first meeting in middle school with her upperclassman Koyuki Ayase, Hina’s heart is captured by his warm smile. Initially confused by these newfound feelings, Hina soon realizes that she has fallen in love for the very first time. Chasing after her brother Yuu and her crush Koyuki, Hina also enrolls in Sakuragaoka High School; but the threads of love are far-reaching, and they entangle Hina and her friends. Boisterous but sensitive, Hina hopes to confess her feelings to the tender-hearted Koyuki. Meanwhile, Kotarou, oblivious to his own feelings for her, is determined to always keep Hina smiling. This movie follows Hina, Kotarou, and Koyuki in high school. Their youthful love forges new relationships, but also threatens to break others.
The sides of The Moment You Fall in Love
- A girl in love for the first time
- A childhood friend who doesn't see his own feelings
- A confession waiting to happen in high school
The Moment You Fall in Love is good for you if…
- you like a shy first love between Hina and a kind upperclassman.
- you like the first year of high school and the first big crush.
- you want an hour of soft, gentle school romance.
The Moment You Fall in Love is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Japanese.
About: first love · confession · friendship
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