Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl was indeed pretty great. I rewatched the anime season over the last two days in preparation for the movie, and I'd say the movie was similar in quality, a solid 9/10.
Regarding what prof spoiler-tagged That really cleared up the ending for me, so thank you. I hadn't made the connection about Mai's movie helping Shoko, and my confusion over why she was okay for some reason was my only real problem. That makes a lot of sense and understanding it makes the movie a whole lot better.
Anyway, I appreciated how the plot kept twisting. I put together the clues about Sakuta's heart early on and worried that would be some big reveal at the end but oh no, they get that one out of the way a few minutes later and then it start getting into some great and unexpected developments!
So yeah, good movie. I hope there's more Rascal anime content in the future!
The LN's aren't far enough along for a full season of anime yet, so I'm hoping we just get more movies rather than waiting for enough LN's to come out personally.
And yeah I mean it's not actually confirmed she got a heart donated in time, but the fact that they specifically call attention to a film that did well, and was about a girl with a heart condition makes me think they're trying to indicate the film increased the amount of people with donor cards, and like... we've seen things like that happen in real life when things like Elvis got vaccinated on TV... so I choose to believe the reason Shoko got a heart was because of Mai's movie, cause that makes the ending so much better, and like... there's literally no reason to mention the movie if it wasn't why Shoko got her heart. But yeah it's really not explicit, and rather easy to miss if you aren't giving it your full attention, which is maybe not great... But you can't really say it explicitly either without it being way too expositiony so I dunno if there was a better way to handle it. ---
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