This one waits until you're an adult to hit you, and then it doesn't miss. Mire at 27 back from overseas and burned out, Sora at 22 terrified she'll be a bad teacher, Reika at 20 flipping okonomiyaki in Hiroshima and freelancing on the side: three strangers with nothing in common except a magic gem and a kids' show they never let go of. Doremi herself is a memory here, not a costar, which is exactly why it works. The pilgrimage they take together is really a pilgrimage back to the version of themselves that believed a witch apprentice could fix anything, and the film is honest that she can't, only that remembering her helps. Twenty years of franchise is the price of admission and there's no discount for newcomers. If you sat through all 200-plus episodes, the second watch is worse, in the best way.

Three women whose lives have almost nothing in common are brought together by chance through a magic gem. Mire Yoshizuki, 27, is an office worker in Tokyo who has just come back to Japan. Sora Nagase, 22, is in her fourth year of college and hopes to become a teacher. Reika Kawatani, 20, is a boyish freelancer who also works part time at an okonomiyaki shop in Hiroshima. Once the gem connects them, the three set out on a journey together. This comedic magical girl film was made to mark the 20th anniversary of the Ojamajo Doremi franchise.