Flavors of Youth

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I will rewatch it again and again.. Warm memories about simple childhood

The first story. We have always heartful memories through small local restaurants. In Covid -19, it is getting harder and harder to run for small local restaurants. I believe that we should support the local restaurants more than ever. The second one. Asian actresses and models are always say " I don't do anything special things to keep beauty". To tell truth, they work out at the gym, beauty treatments, and spend a lot of money and time on their efforts. But those beautiful women don't always be happy. The third story. I missed the cassette tapes since streaming is the mainstream for both movies and music these days.

Well first story waas too simple, second was indeed gorgeus and the last one was both simple and gorgeus also thrilling ♥

The first short was lovely, but not amazing, the second short was very dull. And the third short was so amazing that it gave the entire film 8/10. The third film was amazing beyond words. I loved it! This is a must-watch, but also make sure to watch the scene after the end credits.

Being a massive fan of animation and having studied it at uni surprisingly I haven't watched much Anime. Firstly what impressed me was its beautiful background art, for me this really makes the movie and takes me out of my environment and makes me think I'm in theirs. I like that the film is 3 separate stories and each are quite different to another, I was half expecting them to tie in together in the final part of the movie however this is not the case, its still a fun and flowing movie all the same. My only niggle is the background people in scenes are completely static which left me with a sense of cheapness and for me to really believe the stories I feel the background humans should have more movement. The music and detail in this movie is superb and the animation overall is very good, it might be more simplistic than other animated movies but i feel it works for the movies style. Am sure will watch this again some day- 8*

Flavour of Youth has three stories( just like 5cm per second) and it is all based around China. The first one is called "The Rice Noodles" which is about a young man called Xiao Ming (Kendall Gimbi and Crispin Freeman) who had spent most of his time with his Grandmother (Dorothy Fahn) and has a nostalgic of Noodle soup in Beijing. The second chapter "A Little Fashion Show" is focusing on two sisters called Yin Lin (Evan Rachel Wood) and Lu Lu (Jona Xiao), one is a fashion designer and the other one is a modal, this segment mainly focus on Yin Lin and her devotion to protecting her sister and staying on top. The last chapter "Love in Shanghai" focus on three friends Li Mo (Ross Butler), Xiao Yu (Erica Mendez) and Pan (Tony Cavalero), Li Mo had a dream to confess and be with the girl he is in love with (Xiao Yu) and be in a house which all three of them could share but things go differently. Overall this was a really good slice of life/romance movie, especially if you like Your Name and 5cm Per Second. I would definitely binge it. I am not sure where the sub is available but I watched the dub which I believe is available on Netflix if you would like to check it out. As I sated on my Big Fish and Begonia review I am generally not a fan of chinese anime but this was again a really good change of pace. Especially because I got exposed to a bit of Chinese culture.