It reminds us that summer ends. People leave. But the exit of goodbyes isn’t a wall. It’s a door. And on the other side, there is still life. Still art. Still love.
Rating: 9/10 Best watched on: A rainy evening, with tissues nearby. Natsu e no Tunnel- Sayonara no Deguchi
Every second Kaoru spends inside is a second of his high school life—his friendships, his remaining family, his chance with Anzu—vanishing forever. The film’s greatest strength is how it visualizes . We all have a "tunnel" we want to run into: a past mistake we’d do anything to undo, a person we’d give anything to see again. But this story warns us that the past is a jealous lover. It will take everything you have left. The Heart: Anzu Hanashiro While Kaoru is the driver, Anzu is the soul. An outcast due to a visible scar on her face and a painfully blunt personality, she has built walls around herself that rival Kaoru’s. Her art—manga panels filled with surreal, floating figures—is her own tunnel. It reminds us that summer ends