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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes lacks a key part of an anime romance
02.11.2023 - 15:43 / polygon.com
Generation after generation, it’s been proven that audiences tend to connect with stories about teenagers bonding over a fantastical experience while dealing with the drama of school and their own lives, whether in a nostalgic Netflix show like Stranger Thingsor a poignant anime movie like Your Name. Juxtaposing big fantasy stakes with the more relatable stakes of teenage problems adds interesting flavor to familiar stories, and emphasizes how these adolescent problems feel super huge when you’re young.
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, an anime movie from Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood-War director Tomohisa Taguchi, veers closer to Your Name’s end of the spectrum. Here, the supernatural element is more of a vague concept than a monster that needs defeating. Based on the light novel turned manga of the same name, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes is a gorgeous, sweet coming-of-age romance with a dash of science fiction, but it ultimately only scratches the surface of where the story could go.
[Ed. note: This review contains setup spoilers for The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.]
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes follows a high-school student named Kaoru who discovers that an urban legend in his town is actually true. There’s a secret tunnel capable of granting wishes — but at a great cost. Along with aloof new girl Anzu, Kaoru sets out to explore the secrets of the tunnel. Anzu and Kaoru discover that every three seconds in the tunnel equates to two hours outside, hence the mythos around it that says one wish costs a hundred years. Both teenagers have their own reasons for wanting their wishes granted, though neither of them is particularly forthcoming about those wishes. As they investigate the tunnel and test out its time-warping powers, they start to form a friendship.
Their connection drives most of the plot, as they eventually tell each other why they seek out the tunnel’s magic. Anzu and Kaoru both keep their secrets close to their chests, so when they do eventually confide in each other, it’s a blossoming start to what could become a transcendent friendship. But while their connection is sweet, it feels stuck at the beginning, and never quite transforms into a deeper relationship. Even in the movie’s third act, their connection has only just started to hint at something deeper, so when the plot takes a turn, their relationship arc feels unfinished.
The movie’s big bittersweet twist doesn’t have as much impact as it ought to, because up until that point, Anzu and Kaoru only really connect through a tunnel-investigating montage and a handful of prickly conversations. The emotions Taguchi tries to convey in the movie’s last act don’t quite gel, because Anzu and
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