"Tamako Love Story" is a theatrical version of the anime that I personally like, and it is also directed by my favorite supervisor, Naoko Yamada, the film focuses on the hazy feelings and growth of youth, and the portrayal of the characters is quite excellent, such as the small expression after Tamako's confession, the performance of Brother Cake before and after the confession, the look of the empty classroom after the little green assist, Kanna climbing the tree in order to overcome the fear of heights, and Shiori has been working hard to study abroad from beginning to end.
In addition to the ignorant love of adolescence, this film wants to express, there is also the sincere feelings between people, and the portrayal of human feelings is quite important, which will make people who watch the movie have the illusion of wanting to live with the people in the shopping street, precisely because of the simple folk customs of the shopping street and the gentleness of the interaction between people.
Throughout the whole movie, there is no excessively fierce conflict, only a scene depicting the picture of life, it can be said that this is a very gentle movie, a film that is gentle to the extreme, a film that is gentle enough to make people cry, this can be said that the gentleness that is not common in real life runs through all the works of Yamada Naoko, from the movie "Light Tone" to "Tamako Love Story" and even the later movie "The Shape of Sound", all of which embody that tenderness to the fullest, Yamada Naoko once said that she wanted to affirm the world, Wanting to affirm everyone who lives in this world of all kinds, she believes that even if it is full of sadness, looking around there is always a place where she can live with hope, and how pure and noble it is for her works to bring the audience hope to tomorrow.
In the interview, Ushio once commented on Naoko Yamada, she is just facing her own work in a foolish way, in my opinion, it can be said that Yamada Naoko is just facing her own work with the most sincere feelings, so even though there are many obvious shortcomings in her work, but what she brings to the audience is more obvious advantages of the magic given to the film, which is something that many people who are called geniuses sometimes find difficult to do.
"Tamako Love Story" is not perfect, but it can use the gentleness given to it by the director to hit the audience's heart, that is enough, that is its meaning. I like this simple plot, young boys and girls, budding love, tangled love, and gentle confession of long affection. No NTR, no meat, high-sweet plot is endlessly evocative. Xiao Lu's white lies also show the sincere feelings between friends, and in the end, Xiao Yu's catch of the microphone also implies that she has caught the heart of The Cake. The rendering of BGM with the scene is even more impulsive. Finally, Tamako's love story is so beautiful!