The core storyline remains the same about developing the relationship between the male lead character Tomoya Okazaki and female lead character Nagisa Furukawa.
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However while the anime series tries to merge the visual novel arcs of every other character into the release, the Motion Picture sticks with just the core arc of these two main characters and despite long-winded flashbacks takes place during the events of After Story where Nagisa has since passed away and Tomoya has become a recluse and wallowing in depression. As this is a storyline about these two, Kotomi’s role has been reduced to non-speaking cameo appearances, Fuko and Ryou does not appear at all and Kyou and Tomoyo take minor and at the beginning slightly antagonistic roles.
Sunohara, Akio or Sanae Furukawa retain their prominent roles alongside Kouko and Yusuke who were relatively minor characters in the anime series. While some may dislike the character role changes, given the intended setting and overall plotline I felt it helped keep this release fresh and contributed more to the storyline than if it were focused on the same group of characters. I also appreciate how they took the “Big Dango Family” from being an occasionally mentioned childrens series to being one of the basis’ of this film, indicating the relationships formed between Tomoya, Nagisa and the other characters in this series and how it had changed his outlook on life / is used to describe the changes to it With the time constraint in mind, the writers at Toei have managed to adapt the original work very nicely, capturing everything from the “ Asecond half differs greatly from the anime series but provides a no less interesting conclusion which I would consider more abrupt but more realistic and didn’t rely on the whole “Balls of light/happiness” concept. Given that not every female character in this series is after Tomoya, it helped develop the characters personalities in a more mature and in my opinion interesting way. You actually get the opportunity to see Nagisa as a quiet and fragile but strong-willed girl while Tomoya is not the guy who is constantly swarmed by girls but is who he is shown to be at the beginning of the anime series, a youth with problems but is willing to go the extra mile for Nagisa with limits and still troubled by mysterious dreams which unfortunately don’t have as much value in this release as in others. When coupled with the personalities of the other major characters which were altered to a much lesser extent, I feel that correct decisions were made and character development as well as plot provided an enjoyable watching experience.
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