I randomly came across this movie (like most things that I watch) and can say that it wasn’t half bad.

You easily get into the story and you can nicely see how the relationships between the 6 family members slowly warms up. It doesn’t really have any funny moments (definitely not a rom-com). But it has more moments that make you think about relationships with other people and how they form.

I didn’t find the acting to be anything particular (it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t exceptionally good either). Nevertheless I think that Miki and Yuu were great actors when they weren’t saying anything. Silence is a powerful method to focus on the feelings of the two main characters during different moments.
So what I exceptionally liked about this movie is that it felt very natural, in a lot of dramas and movies they put too much music so that you can’t really get into the world the actors are in. But here it felt so raw, you could hear background noises and the scenes were often filmed from afar so that you could see their movements from far away, as if you were really there.
Another thing I really liked was the warm and natural lightning throughout the whole movie, they often tried to have a warm yellow light and sometimes orange colours (maybe all to fit better to marmalade).

The two main leads had their differences but understood each other with their heart. The scenes where they were affectionate to each other were the best and especially the hugs were something so important to show their closeness. I feel like there should be more hugs in dramas…

This is probably not a movie I’m going to rewatch, but it’s a good one time thing worth your time if you like a story between two teens complementing each other and falling in love with each other in a confusing family setting.

Ps: This review might be a mess xD there was too much I wanted to mention but it’s mostly such subtle details that I had a hard time focusing on the most important things. Thanks for reading :)