If you loved A Boy and His Samurai, try No Longer Heroine
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Comedy / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Boy and His Samurai, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What No Longer Heroine is
A live-action manga adaptation about the perils of unrequited love? Sure, why not. Hatori believes she's destined to be with childhood pal Rita, until he inexplicably dates someone else. A popular classmate then vies for Hatori's attention. It's not quite Shakespeare, but the heart wants what it wants.

