Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi Episode 1 Discussion (2024)

Jutin123

RioFS

Jutin123 said:
Good movie. But haven't really read the LN yet. So based from my understanding of the movie its good.

Jutin123

Quite good the visuals. Only problem is the ending. Want to see what happen to da board ended up in in the end. But other thn that soo gooodddddd

孔真・コウマコト

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Of course, there were numerous elements of the show, like the entire side cast for example xD, that could have really worked with some more screen-time but the focal point of the movie, which was the romance between the two main leads, delivered and that’s more or less what I was looking for.

In the end, I was fearing that the creators would cut back and take it easier for the sake of the main leads on the time travel issue but thankfully that was not the case. Got to respect her for plunging into the tunnel despite having a fairly successful career already built in place, but I guess there’s the writer’s block and the message that gave her the push to. Can’t say it was a blind decision exactly for those reasons, ig.

As for the little sister in Karen-chan, I really loved the way she was handled in the tunnel. Made me get a little teary-eyed when she said the magic words there right before he was leaving. A parallel to the past, that really hit.

Eill-san’s been on my playlist since Tokyo Revengers’ first ED and this movie solidified that. Finale was already there but the value is different now.

Two loners with difficult personalities finding love and regaining a part of themselves in the process. As a romance enthusiast, that’s almost a checkmate for me liking the particular media.

8/10, will definitely be up for watching it again!

absolute_tk

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rents007

Randodox

absolute_tk said:
I’ve watched the movie, then start reading the LN. Both have some differences but the main key message are identical. Tbh, I love both!! Definitely, a masterpiece.🩵

absolute_tk

It’s in details

Light Novel has a story after the movie ending (I would say it kinda semi-spinoff)
Some events of both have a bit differences of what going on.
There are some event that does not happen in the movie but LN did.
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Here’re some examples

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Randodox

Next time, I suggest you use Spoiler tags like this.

Yukina__

jaspuurrrr

thehornedrat

IronGhost115

__andre__

Kayle_x_Morgana

GNOATXELELITE

Mcsuper

7/10 for now. It was a decent watch in my opinion.

Kiryotsu

Edit: It got released around 31 May (USA Time).

Kiriann

Kegals

Redcher

organikguy

otakuweek

the characters were really deep, and i really appréciate to see them spending time together.

ryzxgum

sad that she aged 8 years but sweet ending with them reuniting, solid 8/10 for me.
visually amazing and the music was great as well.

CQLLIST

6.5/10

VirtueHunter

GNOATXELELITE said:
Can someone explain me why she didn't go into the tunnel to bring him back (or at least go with him/discuss because he left so randomly) when he left without her ? Since the time is like 3000 times slower inside the tunnel from the oustide POV, wouldn't he have done like 30 steps at best if she had gone inside the tunnel ? I may have missed something but it kinda ruined the film for me.

My Music

Inexplicable

edit: also, to those who haven't watched the movie yet: use a camera translator for the untranslated texts, they are often important for the story

Slicknickshady

Edizon_

Tsuyo_Mika

Both of them are experimenting on the tunnel. Their conversations come off as dating to others 🤣🤣🤣. The texts on the phone were not subbed, so there could be something I'm missing.

Why did he puke though?

He left her behind to enter the tunnel, because it's not a place to get whatever you want, but instead a place to restore the past. If she didn't have the talent in the past, she can't restore it, so it's better for her to stay behind and develop herself.

By the time he came back, button phone became smart phone. Though he couldn't bring back Karen, since the very reason for him to go inside the tunnel was to bring her back, at least in the end, he was able to realise that he needs to treasure the present and not try to bring the dead ones from the past back. They can always stay in the memory.

The songs are good, more like the singers' voice is good.

yameteKudasaiKun

Sigmar-Unberogen

Kind of "nothing special" vibe to it, but still good.

That punch at the start was unexpected yet satisfying lol.

Yeah, I think most of us knew from the start that MC would not be able to bring sister back. I can't even imagine how he'd then explain to authorities how a dead person is alive... It was a bit underwhelming how quickly he figured out he should've let sister go, and go to the present instead. Perhaps he needed to hear these words from sister? Dunno, a bit too rushed IMO.

Glad the ending was happy and the couple met. Glad that MC told the girl not to go in tunnel since she was special already. Glad it didn't take "interstellar" levels of LONG time to return :D

Anyways, I think the problem here is the movie is too short and characters didn't get enough time to develop. I'll give it solid 8/10.

putupadang

Sigmar-Unberogen

Kegals said:
Can someone clarify the ending Was she still older than him by 13 years or did her age go back? She says something along the lines of “maybe we’ve been taken back by the tunnel” and i honestly couldn’t tell her age at the end. The translation is kinda hard to understand as well.

ZXEAN

SwordArtOffline1

Telos5742

I quite liked the beginning, I liked the premise and the supernatural elements, I liked the characters. But I didn't really like how it was mixed together.

First about the characters, I liked the tension they had at first and the more ""ecchi"" elements were very well integrated but it didn't give me the impression that it was more than just a teenage crush. So the fact that she waited for him for 8 years seemed pretty farfetched. And yes I know that all those romance movies do it but it doesn't really make it work any more for me. And also it feels like they didn't have enough time together, like to me the time they had was a little shallow and plain.

Now about the supernatural elements, I have to say that I was pretty disappointed with how they were used in the story. What I mean is that when I was watching I was thinking of multiple ways of how to use them and each of them seemed to work better in my opinion. So watching it while constantly thinking that it could have been better clearly didn't help me like it that much.

Also let's pay credit to where it's due, it looks absolutely great. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the voice acting. Like stop hiring actors to do the voice acting, I really couldn't get into the main guy because of it. And yes I know they won't stop but I still have to say it.

Overall, while it could have been great, I think it's just a worse version of a movie like Kimi no Na wa. It doesn't add anything to the formula and I think it starts getting old.

Salmon is really the fish of all time.

DiMoltoBoi

Anyway I checked out source material and found out about the LN(which is award winning) and a manga adaptation, I already read the manga, (might read the LN later, Im going through exams rn and manga is easier to digest for me) and I think its way better than the movie, alot of stuff was cut out from the movie and some stuff was changed I assume to fit the 1:20 runtime, that too considering the manga also cut out some stuff from the LN. I fully believe the movie did a character assassination on Kaoro, In the manga and from literally the first line of the LN(Man I hate summer) he still cares deeply for his sisters loss but he nowhere near as gloomy as he is in the movie, I would get more into that but I dont want to spoil it, I think Anzus personality also shines a bit more in the manga(and I assume LN), and I think Kaoro getting the blame for Karens death feels much more earned in the manga.

I think the manga is better imo, I like Kaoro's character way more, like he somewhat moved on so his life can go on but still thinks about his sister alot, I like Anzu a bit more, some side characters are given a bit of shine. However the movie also has some stuff it did better, I like the tunnel ascetic in both and I think its up to preference but the movie's beautiful animations help alot with asctetics in general, and the romance is not as on the nose as in the manga I think, but I think thats also a bit of a personal preference. If you are checking this out because you are interested in the concept of the tunnel, the movie's 3/4th section will feel abit boring and slow and even more in the manga. What really got me intrested was the characters and the concept(even if a bit generic) or being able to bring back a loved one at the price of potentially losing everything. I do think the manga events flow a bit better together tho.

7/10 for the movie, helped by the beautiful animation. I recommend checking out the manga or even better the LN, the characters are a bit more fleshed out I think(as a result of not being limited by a movies runtime)

the LN is about 335 pages iirc and the manga is 12 chapters(finished in 3 hours) and the final volume(I think) releases on the 14th I hope you check it out, its a good read.

SAVLDJ

Kegals said:
Can someone clarify the ending Was she still older than him by 13 years or did her age go back? She says something along the lines of “maybe we’ve been taken back by the tunnel” and i honestly couldn’t tell her age at the end. The translation is kinda hard to understand as well.

maplesyrup47

Jackfless

Animation 🤧👌 10/10 (I'm craving for these)
Romance 9.5/10 (the another 0.5 is because it has a lot of room to make the romance better but im satisfied with this)
Plot 7/10 ? (I mean the plot is not very thicc or complicated or whatever since is just a 1 hour movie)
Character Designs 10/10 (Love these designs)
Songs 10/10
Details 👌 10/10 (They do keep track of time, and little details can't say them all i can't remember everyone of them, but like I also like how they upgraded her phone to iphone )
Colors 10/10 (No need explainations)
Art 👌👌👌 11/10 (Like damn if you don't agree you are partially blind)
Overall 100/100

Dante_Inferno3

Darkdaxter

I don't know. On the one hand, having a magic cure-all solution for that would have undone a lot of the effects of his decision, but it also feels like he didn't achieve what he set out to do in the first place. And if time completely reset, he would've ended up moving to Tokyo and been separated from her for a long time. But I do think a small gap would make sense. After all magic is involved. It could be a gift from Karen's love or something. And then they'd have 13 extra years to grow up and spend together.

P.S. I realize most of the text probably didn't matter, but I do wish those texts at the end had been translated in the fansub I watched. I can imagine what they said, but it would have been touching to see.

ka7eMARU

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ZXEAN

Ricky16 said:
I haven't watched it yet but I can say just by cover this one is going to be Masterpiece.

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BlueOneDiamond

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