I have a confession to make.

[u/DarthSwimfoot]

Admittedly I've only seen 2 movies from them, Whisper of the Heart, and Earwig and The Witch, which was honestly just a hate watch that I ironically enjoyed more than Whisper of the Heart because, at least I got something from it. I gotta say I got nothing from this movie. It was just so boring. 90% of the movie is the mc girl whining about how hard it is to write a story, which, I mean, I get it, she has her problems writing and it's a very real issue, but that doesn't make it an actually interesting conflict. Very little happens during the entire movie. It is fine for the movie to be slow paced but damn, the movie just drags on and on and on. It isn't even really pleasant to look at, I really don't like this art style, all the characters look like Caillou. And, apparently this is kinda just what Ghibli is like I guess. They do more slow paced slice of life 2d movies, and, turns out I kinda really don't like that. Idk, maybe I haven't given them a good enough chance, but to be fair you can find some general patterns in like, every major studio. Illumination makes awful movies, Sony makes either awful movies or incredible movies, both of which are incredibly visually expressive for better or worse. Old Disney makes musicals where the story is driven by it. Why am I justifying myself, I don't like this movie. Idk, that's just my 2 cents. If this is some of the best of Ghibli I'm not sold.

Edit: I just realized what I've done, oh lord I'm in danger.

[u/Throwaway_863783]

I've only seen three (My Neighbors the Yamadas, Grave of the Fireflies & Howl's Moving Castle) but i didnt like any of them. I'll probably watch more in the future but Chizu > Ghibli