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As their relationship deepens, Yukino and Soichiro feel less inclined to live up to their model school student images and more like enjoying themselves. When they spend too much time together, the unthinkable happens: they drop from the top spots in their class. (Soichiro is only number three and Yukino falls to 13th.) Their counselor upbraids them and they agree to work harder, but not to give up their relationship. Although Yukino displays many of the traditional sympathetic qualities of yasashii, Soichiro loves her because she is "strong and independent, with clear, unhesitating eyes." When the other girls become jealous of their relationship, Soichiro wisely steps back and allows Yukino to resolve the problem in her own way. Writer-director Hideo Anno (Evangelion) uses split screen, slow motion, and shifting graphic styles to imbue this unpretentious story with visual imagination. (Rated 13 and older: minor profanity, cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
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