This movie is set up around the young life of a girl named Suzu before, during, and right up until the end of World War 2 in Hiroshima and nearby Kure, Japan.
Some may think this may be a movie like Grave of the Fireflies, yes it takes place around the same time, but this movie offers a completely different perspective .
The movie starts with young Suzu as a child running an errand because her brother is sick. She and another boy nearly get kidnapped by some monster man but they are able to evade capture. The story moves ahead to Suzu in school, we learn about some of her friends and her family. The movie takes another fast forward to when a boy she doesn't even know asks for her hand in marriage. She ends up getting married to him and moving in with his family away from Hiroshima to Kure, which is basically a naval base town with battleships in the harbor and constant air raids.
Suzu slowly learns the ways of being a young wife in war times, picking up food rations, and figuring out ways to make them last for a family of 4, which soon becomes a family of 6 when sister in law Keiko and her young daughter Harumi come to live with them. At first it seems like Keiko doesn't like Suzu but we learn she is just harsh because she has had a very tough life.
I don't want to go much further into the story but I highly recommend this one for the history buffs out there, anyone who likes Japanese culture, and if you want to enjoy a good rollercoaster of emotions in an anime. The art animation style is beautiful, the music is soothing, and the story will tug at your heart strings. This movie is actually available on Netflix in the U.S. as of March 15, 2018.
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