Mi querida oni

Of course they are high schoolers, of course there are fireworks, of course parents have little to no effect on their children at all, of course it's full of supernatural stuff going on, of course they shower after rain but this time, it's not rain, it's snow.

Characters have no personality, you don't get what this movie is about. What's the message? What is the point? Why are we watching? NOTHING EXPLAINED! Just like most animes, you just have to accept whatever you see i guess.

The only ok part was the few 20 mins which was relaxing. But then as soon as supernatural things start, it becomes unbearable.

SKIP IT, WATCH SOMETHING WORTHY.

"My Oni Girl" plays with fire, in it utilizes a lot of story tropes that drive me crazy in less talented hands. I typically hate stories where misunderstandings lead to people running away. I hate vague world building with unclear consequences. And I hate when stories take an extreme tonal shift part way through the story. But, in this film, these things didn't bother me as much. The secret to that success comes down to the likability of our main characters.

The animation and voice acting are both really good. I want to give a special shoutout to Victoria Washington who plays Tsumugi in the English Dub, she does a great job conveying all the emotions this character goes on.

The first half of the movie is almost formatted like it could be episodes in an anime series. The two leads come across various characters on their adventure and help them out in some way. This isn't a format I typically enjoy. But in this one we get to see how kind and thoughtful our main character Hiigari is. Hiigari is just the nicest guy, the type of guy that would give you the shirt off his back.

The worldbuilding might be vague, but the audience is given just enough information to keep things grounded yet mysterious.

The movie takes a drastic turn in tone about halfway through. Always refreshing when a movie keeps you on your toes.

Much like the Tsumugi, the movie might be a little demon, but it so cute and likable I can't help but enjoy it.

Something about this movie fell short. It was so predictable, and really fell flat on what I think it was trying to do. The emotional scenes had me yawning and were not moving. The English voice acting was atrocious. The animation was lazy at times. The main girl character lacked any personality worth mentioning. Really the whole movie lacked personality. There was a super weird scene with a brother and sister that left me uncomfortable and guessing at the suggestive incest implications? I don't know.

Overall it was a very bland movie that felt like a waste of time. I think it's a good watch for kids but you will be disappointed as an older teenager or adult imo.

It is plain. It is shallow and uninspiring. There is nothing unique in this movie, nothing that could really catch your attention and stay with you for a long while. It is almost formulaic. You won't see anything that can surprise you here, and there are maybe just a couple of shots that may potentially be exciting, but that's it.

Even one of the main cornerstones of the premise of the movie, Oni hiding for some reason, starts to fall apart quite early, falls apart even more once the "Hidden Village" is visited, and completely crumbles, with a single comment in the very end of the movie.

Yes, animation is good here, the art style is good, too, even though kind of boring, but it means nothing is story is not good. Don't get me wrong, it may be quite ok for children, but for me, who saw a lot of other movies and shows with similar idea, it's just boring. And it feels like, writers did not bother to even think through the world they are describing.

Had this movie recommended on my Netflix and just watched it because I was bored and don't know what else to watch. The animation was nice but the whole story and plot was just poorly explained. So many unanswered questions, so many things happened for the sake of happening. So many "WTF", "why", "what is the goal here" moments. At the end, the person missing for years just came home from a place within a few hours of running from the village she was disappeared from. No explaination of why she had to go there, why can't she just go back. Tsumugi just found her and then everybody go back hom lol. I was like "WHAT?!". I was so sure it must have been a sloppy animated version of some manga/novel where a lot of details were cut to fit in the film because there were SO MANY details unexplained. But nope. It's an original movie and wasn't based on any story. What the hell. Just a bunch of random things happening, random goals for characters to chase and everything worked out just because it's the end of the movie.