Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki

Produced by TOHO, Pierrot

198870 min6.9 / 10

A warm, character-driven romantic comedy about young love and difficult choices, centered on a love triangle as three high school students navigate college decisions and emotional maturity.

Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also have to look for a proper college where they can enter both. Hikaru, still a year from graduating, wants to support Kyousuke as well and does that in her own way. But while she does that, Madoka feels jealous and tells her feelings to Kyousuke. And then Kyousuke has to take action to finally decide on the girl he loves.

Questions people ask

  • Does Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love65

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