What is an Anime for you if you watch a summer episode? A hot day, beach & sands, wearing kimonos in firework festivals, children running around enjoying their vacation. It's that time of the year when everyone has to feel the warm breeze and they say, "ahhh.. atsuida ne". That is my definition when I'm watching a summer episode. But this movie is not based on any of those topics.

⚠Hard Spoilers Ahead⚠
When summer vacation is at last, three high school students met through social media to meet the Summer Ghost. Here, we started with Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo; three high schoolers that never met before have come terms to meet a ghost. You're probably wondering why they want to meet this ghost. Is it because they're bored? Being childish? Bust some ghost? or maybe because they have problems with their lives trying to figure out if they have any reason to live. That could be it! While we progress through the movie, we see that the 3 main characters are having flashbacks. Tamoya wants to apply in art school, but Tomoya's mom is forcing him in his study, Aoi is getting bullied, and Ryo has terminal cancer.

To encounter the Summer Ghost, they need to buy fireworks and light up to meet Ayane "Summer Ghost" Satou. She had long hair and wore a black dress and was able to fly from over the clouds to under the ground. To build up her story, Tomoya and the rest were certain that she committed suicide then later on she told Tomoya that she was murdered 3 years ago and figured out what he could do for her now. Knowing the fact that she got brutally murdered, Tomoya cannot think of anything other than help to find her body. He now then ask for Aoi and Ryou's help to find her body.

The story is pretty creative. Sure, they didn't have enough sources from a thirty-nine minutes movie.

Art is amazing. Even though it lacks facial drawings. The scenery gave its best.

Sound is my favorite part. It has the feel of a Jazz, melancholia, mystery, sweet piano & violin duo~~quick cut, upbringing sound. The only way that they could make it more emotional is just to add a great soundtrack to it. And they cleanly portrayed it all in this movie

Characters had different problems, but they feel connected as they are all in despair. Which gave a unique characterization.

8.7/10

------------------------------------------------------- I have been waiting for this movie to come out to North America ever since I watched the promotional video back in November. I constantly trying to refresh my feed whenever I have time to think about it. And now, I finally watched it. It's great that Manga adaptation has been serializing for 3 months now. And hoping we could see some more in the future.