Kotonoha no Niwa (Movie) Reviews
Kotonoha no Niwa
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Title(s): Kotonoha no Niwa
The Garden of Words
Creator: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Romance
Age Group: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Vintage: May 31, 2013
Status: Completed
Summary: We have met, for each of us to walk forward.

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...
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A Shinkai movie. Doesn't that say all?
Written by penguinspolarteddy on July 28, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
Makoto Shinkai's movies have always run on pure, heartfelt emotion, and Garden of Words as the latest addition to his works is no exception.
The storyline is a bit simple and kind of unrealistically clichéd, however the characters actually have personality and are pretty relatable in an odd way. The dialogue works very well conveying the main characters' growing relationship and their emotion. It's a bit open in the end; not in a way that I tore out my hair wanting to see more, it's just a feeling of unfinished-ness present in all of Shinkai's works.
More remarkable however are the art and animation, the latter being flawless, the former detailed, realistic, and beautiful. Garden of Words has absolutely catching music as well, calm yet it adds to the storyline and the emotion. It's probably what primarily causes the heart-tugging relatability of this movie, since the storyline is a bit simple, yet the main characters are oddly relatable, and the emotion is definitely there and gripping (and somehow sad, as all of Shinkai's movies are).
I guess I would have appreciated some more complexity in terms of story, however as all Shinkai movies, Garden of Words seems to strive towards being friendly for all ages (and probably having a piece of wisdom for all ages, though I must admit I didn't really get it yet), and if nothing else, it's beautiful in regards to art, animation, and sound, and the emotion's pretty sure to get across to almost anyone.
9.5/10 from me.
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