In case you couldn’t tell, I thought it was weak and rushed.Įvery side character, as underdeveloped as they are, seem to have had an immense amount of creativity packed into them.
#Fujiyama words bubble up like soda pop movie
The message there kind of implies that you can’t accept yourself unless someone else accepts you, but the movie was probably trying to go for a “happily ever after” ending no matter what. Falling in love with him, finding out he’s leaving, crying over a broken record which clearly symbolizes the relationship, and then the big confession which leads her to finally take off her mask. Her arc consists mostly of her growing relationship with Cherry. Unfortunately the movie doesn’t do much to expand her side of the story with this. This contrasts with Smile who’s fully capable of expressing herself, but struggles with self-acceptance. And as a result, Cherry lives this weird life where he can’t express himself to the people around him even though he’s literally surrounded by his thoughts. He then posts them to Twitter, where no one but his mom reads them, but his delinquent friend likes to graffiti them around the city. The words come to him suddenly through his experiences, and he carefully chooses those which connect his emotions together. So it’s interesting how he uses haiku to indirectly convey his complex emotions, not for everyone else but just so he can understand himself. When Smile calls his voice cute, he can’t even process what that means until he puts it into a haiku. But here they’re the feelings Cherry is incapable of understanding and speaking. Haiku are meant to emphasize simplicity and directness of expression, since you only have a short and precise amount of syllables to convey your message. Yet here, what’s more interesting than the content of the haiku are what the poems themselves represent. But Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop makes up for being formulaic by presenting deeply rooted messages, a genuinely cheerful atmosphere, colorful art style, and interesting supporting characters.Īs a quiet teen obsessed with haiku, Cherry’s character sounds like he’d have a sense of forced profoundness, when he’s really just a socially challenged kid. The plot is pretty standard teenage romance stuff: happy girl and awkward guy fall in love, their feelings build up, then they’re separated briefly before finally the triumphant return and confession. In the pursuit of this past love story, a new one is born. This develops further as they help an elderly man search for an old custom vinyl of his dead wife so he can listen to her voice again. After that, they start noticing each other at the mall more and eventually build a connection. Despite being a popular streamer who always tells her fans to smile, she can’t be seen in public without her mask.Īs fate would have it, the two meet when chaos in the mall catches them in the crossfire and they end up accidentally swapping phones. They were considered cute during her childhood but one day she suddenly became self-conscious of her image. Yet while she has no problem expressing herself, she can be shy when it comes to her buck teeth. She’s incredibly bright, bubbly, and cheerful.
Meanwhile our main girl, Smile, is almost the exact opposite. Instead of speaking his mind, he’s most comfortable writing haiku. He also constantly wears headphones, which don’t play music but instead serve as a way to avoid interacting with people and also drowning out sounds. Constantly stuck in his own head, he has trouble expressing himself out loud. In the process, they learn more about both the record and the mall than they ever expected.Our main boy Cherry is quiet, gloomy, and awkward.
Fujiyama’s lost record, Cherry and Smile decide to ask around in the mall to see if anyone has any info that could point them in the right direction. She’s a streamer who always hides behind a mask. He’s a shy haiku writer who wears headphones to keep people at a distance. Read more ➸ Chapters and Volumes Volume 1 Her latest video project is about seeking "cuteness."Īs all good things must come to an end, Cherry's father finally drops the bomb on him revealing they will be moving away in just a month, but before leaving, he has a surprise of his own. Even though she's insecure about her look, she's still a famous video star. Smile, on the other hand, always wears a mask to conceal her rather large front teeth, which she has braces for. One summer, as youth runs free, Cherry, a boy whose communication skills leave much to be desire, and Smile, a girl who hides behind a mask, have a one in million chanced meeting.Ĭherry always wears headphones, and since he's pretty bad at communicating his feelings, he resorts to putting in Japanese haiku poems.
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