Unfortunately, Taku has a healthier relationship with Yutaka than with Rikako. Taku and Yutaka should’ve ended up together.I will start with the negative ones because those are my more prominent thoughts about it. So I decided to re-watch some scenes again and take note of the positive and negative observations I had which contributed why I didn’t like it that much. Needless to say, I had high hopes for this film but unfortunately it left me dissatisfied. I figured that since it looks grounded on reality, I thought Studio Ghibli would manage to make it very interesting similar to what they did in Whisper of the Heart (1995) which is also another slice of life film yet very special and engaging. The creations of Studio Ghibli (fave animation studio!) (Photo retrieved from TokyoTreat, ctto) So that gave me the idea that the film has an aesthetic element and it came from the one and only Studio Ghibli (that produced beautiful animated films like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and many others) so I also had some expectations. I have seen the visuals on Twitter and YouTube where it was usually used in lo-fi videos. Honestly, I was keen on seeing this film before. (Photo retrieved from Animation World Network, ctto) Rikako, the third protagonist (or tritagonist). Yutaka, the secondary protagonist (or deuteragonist if we wanted to sound posh). (Photo retrieved from Studio Ghibli Wiki, ctto) Taku, the main protagonist as the film revolves around his point of view. It’s a slice of life and high school film, so that alone is distinguishable among other fantastical Ghibli films. Ocean Waves is a 1993 television film produced by Studio Ghibli which centered on three main characters: two best friends Taku and Yutaka, and a new transferee student Rikako.
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