All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou. japan, bullying, okinawa, coming of age, middle school, kendo, cynical, disturbed, hopeless, japanese middle school students, japanese junior high schooler, depressing, comforting, compassionate, complicated
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