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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Yuasa again turns youthful loneliness into buoyant, hand-drawn fantasy, with music, oddball encounters, and a warmly communal nighttime rhythm that echoes Lu Over the Wall’s playful emotional lift.
02
Why this pick
Its delicate animation and school-age perspective find wonder in awkward isolation and new friendship, balancing an offbeat mystery with the same tender, gently eccentric coming-of-age spirit.
03
Why this pick
A small town is transformed by a joyous impossible phenomenon in this bright, inquisitive fantasy, where youthful curiosity and everyday community matter as much as the magical spectacle.
04
Why this pick
This sunlit rural childhood story shares Lu Over the Wall’s affection for small-town life, imaginative play, and friendships that help children articulate emotions they cannot yet easily name.
05
Why this pick
For Lu’s oceanic wonder and expressive animation, this offers an even more immersive seaside coming-of-age journey: emotionally searching, musically vivid, and awestruck by the strange life beneath the waves.
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01 / THE STORY
, a young middle schooler, lives in , a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather, a Umbrella maker. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his father's home town. Kai has trouble telling his parents the complicated feelings he has for them, and he's lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joys is uploading songs he writes to the internet.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Kuniko (voice)
Yuuho Ebina (voice)
Lu (voice)
Isaki (voice)
Chief Priest (voice)
Fuguda (voice)
Ebina's Grandfather (voice)
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)
