Film Warnings: Bullying, Death Threats, Attempted Sexual Assault by a parent, Fatphobia, Depression, Fantasy Violence (PG)

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“You’re fighting every single day, isn’t that true?“

There is something to be said about the loneliness of being a child, about the intense sense of solitude that can overwhelm someone on the cusp of stepping all the more close to adulthood, especially when they’ve been mistreated and left licking their wounds.

That was the first thought I had when I saw Anzai Kokoro, the lead protagonist to this story about seven teenagers finding themselves in an otherworldly castle in Lonely Castle in the Mirror.

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