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Josee to tora to sakana tachi is a story based on a wheelchair-bound girl called Josee(as seen on the cover) and the boy Tsueno. Trailer was extremely well received, Eve is singing the theme song, animation looked good and story felt emotional from the trailer, sounds like a great setup, right? RIGHT!!

Well let's jump to the actual review

Story - 4/10, weakest link
Starting with the most important part(for me) for any medium, Josee's story is... sub-par. Within first half hour you can get the smell of cliche. Boy meets girl, they don't vibe, spend more time together for a reason, develops feeling and few problems and obstacles later they hold hands(lewd). THE END. Story is the weakest link for the anime and most of the time there is not much explanation and deep reason behind the characters motivations. Stuff just happens, deal with it.

Animation - 9/10, strongest link
Animations was awesome. I loved the camera angles, waves, water, background. What the anime lacks in story makes up in animation. First few minutes were orgasmic with the camera work and also no noticeable drop throughout.

Character Designs - 7/10
I don't know if it's just me but the male protagonist heavily reminded of the protagonist of "I want to eat your pancreas". Character design looked almost copy and generic. Second male character design actually looked better than the main which shouldn't be. To sum up the male side, designs are generic and forgettable. Now the Waifus tho, beautiful designs, although still a little inspired, but still great. Josee's design was a breath of fresh air and her transformation was THE THING. Mai's design was perfect from the beginning although she did remind me of hanabi from scum's wish when she acted like a bitch once. ~~I may have a thing for short hair but there's now way to prove~~

Sound and music - 7.5/10
Voice acting is better than good. You can feel the emotions in some moments. I really enjoyed the theme song, although, might be unpopular opinion but it isn't the best of Eve. Music fits the anime where it's supposed to but a part of me expected more. I expected to feel a lot more emotions after the trailer but unfortunately it is what it is. Overall pretty good.

Overall rating - 6.87/10
Finally, i would like to end by saying it's up to you to watch it or not. You are not going to miss anything if you stayed away from it. It's not another "Your Name" or "Silent Voice" although there is no point in comparing.

Tl;dr - I had expectations from this movie and it didn't stand up to it. Don't get your hopes up, some might rate it but its borderline good at best. Animation is awesome and best part of the movie. Story is pretty average, voice acting is good and music felt great.