At first glance, “The Stranger by the Shore” sounds seductive. This anime adaptation of Kanna Kii’s “L’étranger” Bl manga series promises visually stunning imagery: the character designs are reminiscent of Yoshitake Oima’s “A Silent Voice,” and the animation too sounds promising under the direction of Ghibli-support Studio Hibari. Beauty is only skin-deep, however. As gorgeous as the film is, the anime movie is simply boring – and for all the wrong reasons.
“The Stranger by the Shore” revolves around the blossoming romance between two teenage boys on a remote Japanese island. Shun Hashimoto aspires to be a novelist. In the meantime, however, he works at a hospice for local tourists. When he’s not writing or working, he watches over his next-door neighbor Mio. Shun fusses over him constantly; he sneaks him snacks from the hospice, invites him to dinner, and goes out of his way to greet him on their walk to school.
“The Stranger by the Shore” revolves around the blossoming romance between two teenage boys on a remote Japanese island. Shun Hashimoto aspires to be a novelist. In the meantime, however, he works at a hospice for local tourists. When he’s not writing or working, he watches over his next-door neighbor Mio. Shun fusses over him constantly; he sneaks him snacks from the hospice, invites him to dinner, and goes out of his way to greet him on their walk to school.
- 7/14/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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