hosoda really knows how to draw a viewer in immediately to the emotion of story, and his animation is once again incredible here. i do really love him as an underrated staple of the anime world. however, i had a really hard time with this one (as opposed to the other hosoda films that i've seen and loved) because of the pretty specific beast/animal aspects.. i mean, wolf children was literal furry propaganda, but that still had so much to love about it. this one was just so off-putting to me in that regard 🤧 i wanted to like it a lot more than i did.. sorry, hosoda 🥺 please forgive..

[me] if you saw a hooded wolf, would you…