It’s beautiful, but I found it much harder to follow than other Ghibli films. The story isn’t linear and often raises more questions than answers. New concepts are brought up without explanation and then moved past (spoiler: why can’t the ghost people kill fish? It seemed really important but is just brushed past, and that’s just one example of many).

Overall it leaves a fantastic impression of loss, grief, the loss of reality that comes with those, growth and finally acceptance. But the actual story felt lacking.