of Norio Sakurai Dangers in my heart is a charming romantic comedy and slice of life manga that has been running since 2018. Dangers in my heart It was adapted into an anime back in 2023 and wrapped up its second season in 2024. Dangers in My Heart: The MovieShin-Ei Animation's hit adaptation is officially back with an anime film that recaps the first two seasons, while fans of the manga are dying to see it animated.
For fans of the series (or newcomers who want to sink their teeth into an anime love story with a surprising amount of emotional depth), HIDIVE has brought the film to North America just days after the film's domestic premiere in Japan. Dangers in My Heart: The Movie It's only playing in theaters for one more day, so make sure to get your tickets ASAP for the February 18 dubbed screening.
Watch Dangers in My Heart: Season 1
The Dangers in My Heart: The Film Recaps Seasons 1 and 2 in a Beginner-Friendly Movie
Anime recap films are hard to pull off. Often, they feel like awkwardly strung-together montages that rarely have a coherent narrative and cap off at awkward points. Dangers in My Heart: The Movie Sure there are some issues, but aside from one particular scene that didn't make it into the final act, I forgot I was watching a recap movie within 20 minutes. By focusing almost exclusively on its two main characters, Dangers in My Heart: The Movie is surprisingly beginner-friendly.
Fans of the anime will likely be disappointed by the omission of the anime's slice-of-life and more comedic moments, but it results in a movie that flows well from scene to scene without feeling too awkward. There are a few montages dedicated to building Kyotaro Ichikawa and Anna Yamada's relationship, but they're so well paced, you wouldn't even know they were recapping the story's worth of episodes until someone told you they were already watching the recap.
The art direction and soundtrack really shine. Some scenes are framed from Ichikawa's perspective, resulting in a first-person view that puts you in his shoes. The characters are fluidly animated, and the film's color palette and fashion sense for the characters really stand out in a great way. If there are any issues animation-wise, it's the poor use of CG during the film's introductory and closing concerts, and the overuse of Bloom at certain points. The score is strong throughout, featuring soft melodies that feel perfectly at home in the genre, but the musical's real takeoff is the music of in-universe band Primary Color. The main theme, Tsuzuku, is especially great and closes the end of the movie perfectly.
The movie tightens the pace of the anime to make Ichikawa and Yamada's relationship the heart of the story
Condensing 25 episodes of animation into a 102-minute film is no easy task. Naturally, anyone who isn't Ichikawa or Yamada basically has no character development in the movie. The supporting cast is very poorly defined. This is rarely a problem, as the movie does a good job of focusing on its romance, but there's a scene near the end where Ichikawa reflects on the fact that he's made friends and grown out of his shell that just doesn't land, because as far as the movie is concerned, none of this is really seen.
This is hardly a major issue, though, as such Dangers in My Heart: The Movie Makes the right call to make Ichikawa and Yamada's relationship the heart of the story. Anime romances have a bad habit of too many slow burns and dragging out love stories, but Dangers in My Heart: The Movie is surprisingly concise, building their relationship and growing their characters with each scene. It's a testament to the film's strong source material that the character development still has the same emotional depth and charm found in the manga and anime.
Ichikawa's growth from an insecure loner certainly hits hard in the anime and manga where you can see his gradual development, but his romance with Yamada honestly works a little better in the film thanks to the tighter pacing. There's less teasing and more emphasis on actively building towards the end of the film, which really sticks the landing the way some anime romances do).
Dangers in My Heart Avoid the pitfalls of anime romance that actually commits
Far and away the best part about it Dangers in My Heart: The Movie The fact is that the story is really committed to their romance. Too often, anime romance drags things out with constant teasing and relationships that grow too long to feel solid. Confessions and kisses are usually saved for the end of the series (if they are at all), resulting in unsatisfying arcs that drag the story out too much.
Dangers in My Heart: The Movie None of this is a problem, thanks in large part to a new scene at the end of the film that adapts Karte 127. Dangers in my heart Manga. Ichikawa and Yamada's relationship feels fully developed, making their big moment with a lot of weight towards the end of the movie. There is still more story to come and knowing that the manga is continuing its romance makes the ending all the more difficult: one more time to watch Dangers in my heart Season 3 finally airs.
Dangers in My Heart: The Movie Not complete, but there are some anime recap films. Even with its problems, Dangers in My Heart: The Movie Justifies its main attraction: the love story of Ichikawa and Yamada. The two have a really adorable relationship, and watching them slowly fall for each other, and grow closer to each other, really captures the excitement, awkwardness and fun of young love. Whether you're an anime fan who just wants a refresher, or looking for a new series to pick up, Dangers in My Heart: The Movie A great film with a lot of heart.
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2023 – 2024-00-00
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Leave Hori
Kyotaro Ichikawa
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- A satisfying romance arc
- Fantastic soundtrack
- Strong art direction
- Beginner-friendly recapping
- The supporting cast is poorly developed
- CG animation is sparse, but bad
