I find it pretty funny how within the same weekI ended up watching two jmovies with very similar stories but with very different levels of execution.
The 8 Year Engagement and 3D Kanojo both tell the same story of boy meets girl with rare and dangerous illness (what other illnesses are there in the jmovie world?), girl gets cured but loses memory of boy.
I know what you are thinking. This sounds exactly like a crying porn plotline. This is to create the saddest of situations so teenage girls can visit the cinema multiple times and cry to their heart's content.
What stops The 8 Year Engagement from being just another teenage crying porn movie with an absurd concept is that it is based on a real story.
Its a lot better than 3D Kanojo which everyone should avoid and I have to say considering all the crying porn jmovies, The 8 Year Engagement is as watchable as they are going to get. The too leads have chemistry and the sad moments don't feel unearned.
You can get the raw from nyaa. Just search for 8nengoshi no hanayome and I got the subs from avistaz.
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Happy to see that you like it!
Sidenote, are you excited about the new Rurouni Kenshin films coming out next year??
@Junny - depends on what stories there are going to tell. The last Kenshin movie was too fanservicey for me.
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