Fujino, a popular student, competes with recluse Kyomoto over drawing in the class newspaper.
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Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared ion for drawing.
"Look Back is the adaptation of the popular manga of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto, better known as the creator of Chainsaw Man. The film, brief and moving, tells the story of two girls: Fujino, popular and talented at creating comedy manga; and Kyōmoto, shy, agoraphobic, but gifted at drawing landscapes. When they meet, a beautiful friendship and a fertile collaboration emerge, which, however, is destined for tragedy. Fans of Fujimoto's original work will be more than satisfied with this adaptation: as if the original manga were a storyboard, the film brings it to life through vibrant colors and movement in an animation that only enhances the emotions that the narrative holds. A simple yet powerful story about art, life, death, and their eternal, inevitable, and symbiotic relationship."