The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

I have enough depression for this year

A very simple movie about two young and complicated teenagers trying to deal with their own life problems using a time tunnel. The time tunnel was really just a side plot to the romance, and I enjoyed the slow build-up between the two main characters.

In terms of visuals and audio (scoring and soundtrack) it is very impressive.

However, it is poor in storytelling.

Even the bond between the audience and the two main characters is non-existent. The film prioritizes the relationship between the two main characters rather than building a bond with the audience. In fact, for a film like this, the bond with the audience must be prioritized, just look at **Your Name**, **Suzume**, and **Weathering with You**.

This is clearly made worse by the lack of scenes of their "closeness". There are more chatting scenes. The walking and festival scenes should be scenes that build the bond between the two main characters and the audience, so that the audience is not willing to "let go" of them. However, these scenes fail, either because of the duration or the scriptwriter who is confused about how to direct the scenes.

Quite nice, though not too original, and could be developed a bit better, perhaps with some more minutes.

This is a terrible adaptation of an otherwise solid story, completely missing the point and failing to address the original story's shortcomings. It's not without merit: Studio CLAP did a great job bringing life to the imagery, giving scenes a particular upgrade over their LN counterparts to at least make things visually engaging. However, there's too much significant stuff cut. This did lead to the cutting of some scenes that I felt hampered the novel with inconsistent character writing, but overall, it's just too much to the point where I'd consider saying the entire narrative tone has been changed, and for the worst at that.