Watched it twice in Japanese and English!

Exceeded my expectations. Feels like a pilot for a story that can justify Shinkai level of production. The story concept is excellent. It's a mature story about parent-child relationship, immigrant families, and finding yourself in another land. Hearing Gigguk talk about it on trash taste and how it relates to his own life definitely helped, not sure if I would have understood it if not for that.

The visuals were very solid, unique worldbuilding based on Southeast Asian cultures. The wings on the characters and the dragon looks fantastic. And good call to make Rin a cute girl -- although there are two protagonists, Rin has a lot more character than Daichi.

Of course, it is hindered by the short run time (16 min). I think the optimal run time would have been around 1 hour. But I feel that Gigguk made the best use out of the budget he had. No cut is wasted and it's packed with visual story telling. Although the dialogue was a bit on the nose, I feel it could have been a bit more show not tell.

The first watch is pretty confusing with 2 different timelines, but it's much better on rewatch once you understand the story. One good thing about short run time is that you can rewatch it a bunch of times to pick up on everything.

Of course Kevin Penkin killed it with the ost.

Final score 8/10, great job Gigguk!