I have already watched this film more than one hand could count, and in those times I always hesitate even though I know how it will go and how it will end, maybe I was just hoping that every time it will make me feel something else other than the obvious sadness that the movie incflicts to its audience. It's a beautiful film, the concept of a backpacker getting her wallet lost and went to pray in a shrine at…

"Being able to speak freely is the lifeblood of love."

This movie has been at the bottom of movies I listed to rewatch again, and it was still a wonderful watch after a decade of not being able to see it again. Coincidentally, this movie was produced the same year I was born. A month before I was born. I can't help but feel lucky to have this film as my birth film, much like how Hana deemed Kiyoko as…

I've watched this before when I was thirteen, I already forgot how the story goes and what I felt for the first time watching this film. And so I decided to watch it again after nine years, the emotions I've felt are still at present– only with the clear understanding of what the movie is about now that I'm older. Coincidentally, the character and I share the same name and so I felt like the film is having a conversation…