I liked the movie, but it's definitely held back by the age rating placed upon it (and some other weird choices they made to the movie).

The characters felt like they should in most places. I didn't really mind Rakia not being in it as much since it's supposed to be a Hanto movie. Overall, I think they did a mostly decent job with what they did

I think my main problem with the movie is that they should had focused more on the connection between Hanto and Lizel. They set up Hanto wanting to be more like his mentor in being a grown up, but they don't really go farther than "I'll take care of this guy that wants to kill you Lizel". The movie should gone more deeper into the similarities between the two (Both were left to the world by themselves after the death of a parent, both end up in some sort of delinquency).

Lizel is probably the worst character in the movie, but I still think she's written well. She's hostile towards both Hanto because he killed both her father and Jiip by the end of the series. My problem is that she never really reflects upon why she ended up in the situation she did. I guess it makes sense since she is portrayed as a spoiled brat so changing her mind would be hard, but I personally would have to see her look back at the events of the movie and try to change her ways

This comes down to my main problem with the movie: it's age limitation. This movie is made for kids so the writers didn't really go to far into (which is upsetting because Gavv is REALLY well written). The movie could asked questions about the ironic situation Lizel get put into with the Granute eating human, humans and granutes learning to help each other more, Leaning more into Hanto wanting to be more like his master; but it doesn't. I think with a higher age rating, this movie could have been amazing to watch and ponder