Signal.MD and Sublimation’s Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop was one of the many anime releases delayed when Japan went into lockdown.
Now, and with a touch of irony and thanks to one of the mask-wearing characters, it feels perfectly timed.
Directed by Kyohei Ishiguro (“Your lie in April”), Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop is a girl meets boy romance with a twist.
The girl, Smile, is embarrassed by her smile as she has braces. Her solution? To wear a mask. You know the type.
The boy, Cherry, isn’t very good with communicating with others, so he adopts a clever tactic to avoid social interactions. How? He wears headphones all the time.
Smile and Cherry meet by accident at a shopping centre and then, thanks to social media, continue their conversation and begin to deepen their relationship.
Cherry, a fan of haikus, and Smile despite to look for a vinyl record that an elderly man they both know their jobs is searching for.
The film was scheduled for May 2020, but now we’ll have to wait until June 2021.
Via Crunchyroll.
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