“Two teens bond over summer job helping senile man find lost vinyl record before his memories fade.”
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
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Synopsis
Two teens bond over summer job helping senile man find lost vinyl record before his memories fade.
Yui "Cherry" Sakura expresses himself better through the haiku he writes and posts on the internet, even though no one gives it attention. While preparing for him and his family to relocate in August, he spends the summer working part-time at a welfare facility. Meanwhile, Yuki "Smile" Hoshino is a budding influencer who wants everyone to smile. However, she feels uneasy about the braces on her protruding front teeth and conceals her own smile using a disposable mask. After an accidental encounter with Cherry, Smile finds herself becoming a part-time worker at the same facility as him. Soon, the two assist a senile man, Fujiyama, in searching for an old vinyl record he owns. Unable to remember its last location, he wishes to listen to it once more before his memories fade for good. Cherry and Smile only have the record's sleeve and the word "yamazakura" as clues, and their hunt in the hazy summer heat begins.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 118 sampled reviews
What 118 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.76 · some divergence
6.1 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 2.0
↑ 0.46
Running avg · Jul 2021 → Sep 2025
- 7 “It was a cute movie. A lovely one. I was watching to waste time but was teary at some parts. It didn't have a good plot, I didn't mean it wasn't good, maybe slice of life and slow plot isn't my...”
- 10 “The art style is absolutely poggers, and the ending song is just pop, making this a fantastic romcom experience that I freakin' loved. My only frustration is with the platform's tedious review...”
- 8 “What initially hooked me on this movie was the colour palette. And boy did they not hold back. The artwork here was stylized and enjoyable. It's rare to find an anime that steps away from the...”
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- Format 1 × 86′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 26m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2021 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-14968 catalog
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- flying DOG Producer