So I recently watched Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo with my younger sisters. I have to say it was a magical experience. It was an effective, inspiring and intriguing slice of life (well, as close a slice of life as one can get with time travel involved - It felt like one).

To me, the explanation behind the time traveling seemed unrewarding and standard but I was enjoying it too much by then to care. The story tells of Konno Makoto, her friends and her romance while she gains the ability to leap through time. Literally.

I guess the real selling point to me was the characterizations, like many slice of life’s actually. The scripting is beautifully done and the characters come off more rounded and less 2-D than I am used to in anime.

Although, I am one for happy ending, the bittersweet ending in this movie, being packed with raw emotion the whole way through had me pleased. At the end of the movie, I said to myself that I could see me buying this on seeing the DVD in store. This was a brilliant watch and I would recommend it to anyone.

Note: I almost cried when he said ‘Mirai de Matte’