Elliot Gay from Japanator saw Makoto's growth from a "empty, aloof, and distant young man" who "lacks any kind of real determination to do anything" to his growth as a person as one of the film's main focus.
Japanator网站的艾略特·蓋（Elliot Gay）看到了结城理一个“空洞，冷漠，遥远的年轻人”“缺乏真正的决心去做任何事”的成长，他的成长为一个电影的主要焦点之一。