If you loved How to Talk to Girls at Parties, try Fragtime
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Fragtime has roughly 8.5× fewer votes than How to Talk to Girls at Parties — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to How to Talk to Girls at Parties, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Fragtime is
Misuzu freezes time thrice daily to avoid human contact, a habit disrupted when classmate Haruka glides through her suspended world like a ghost. Minutes stretch into discoveries as shame curdles into curiosity, their wary glances the only thing moving faster than seconds. The animation glosses over how long it takes to unfreeze a heart.

