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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like Fireworks, it turns a wistful adolescent summer and an urgent wish to escape into a delicate time-bending romance, with luminous skies and melancholy carrying as much weight as its fantasy premise.
02
Why this pick
A playful school-age summer fantasy gradually becomes an emotionally precise story about fleeting time, friendship and romantic choices—the buoyant yet bittersweet balance that defines Fireworks.
03
Why this pick
A rural summer, family fracture and a surreal encounter give this romance the same blend of everyday adolescence and impossible possibility, while its emotional focus remains grounded in yearning and regret.
04
Why this pick
For Fireworks’ blend of vibrant seaside imagery and romantic fantasy, this offers an expressive, emotionally direct love story in which the supernatural becomes a way to hold onto a precious summer connection.
05
Why this pick
Its fragile teenagers, unreal visual flourishes and bottled-up feelings create a similarly dreamy coming-of-age mood, trading Fireworks’ time loops for a sincere exploration of voice, family wounds and first love.
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01 / THE STORY
One summer day a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys - Norimichi or Yuusuke - to run away with depending on who wins a race at the pool.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Nazuna Oikawa
Norimichi Shimada
Yusuke Azumi
Kazuhiro
Miura Sensei
Jun'ichi
Minoru
Hanabishi
