dream

I genuinely did not expect this movie to hurt me this much. At first, I thought I was just watching another sad romance. Two people meet, fall in love, spend time together, and eventually have to face something neither of them can escape. I thought I knew where this was going. But somewhere along the way, I stopped watching it like a movie and started feeling like I was watching two real people live through something they never deserved. Matsuri knows that she does not have forever. She knows exactly how much time she has left, and because of that, she tries to convince herself that she should not fall in love. She does not want someone to become attached to her. She does not want to leave someone behind. More than anything, she does not want to become the reason someone else has to carry pain after she is gone. Then she meets Kazuto. And I think that is where the movie really got me. Because Kazuto does not come into her life and magically fix everything. He just makes her want ...