History YMMV / OnlyYesterday

* FriendlyFandoms: While the Ghibli fanbase is pretty interconnected overall, this film specifically has this with another Creator/IsaoTakahata film in ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'', due to both films tackling themes of mental health, feminism and traditionalism in Japanese society. It is also this with fellow Ghibli film ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'', being mundane SliceOfLife stories about young women [[ComingOfAgeStory finding their own place in the world]].

* FriendlyFandoms: While the Ghibli fanbase is pretty interconnected overall, this film specifically has this with another Creator/IsaoTakahata film in ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'', due to both films tackling themes of mental health, feminism and traditionalism in Japanese society. It is also this with fellow Ghibli film ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'', being about young women [[ComingOfAgeStory finding their own place in the world]].

* FriendlyFandoms: While the Ghibli fanbase is pretty interconnected overall, this film specifically has this with another Creator/IsaoTakahata film in ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'', due to both films tackling themes of mental health, feminism and traditionalism in Japanese society.

** Certain actions that Taeko's parents take with her might seem bizarrely harsh from a 21st century Western perspective, such as when Taeko remembers getting slapped by her father for leaving the house barefoot (which is frowned upon in Japan even today, but was considered serious misbehavior in the '60s), or when her sisters and mother speculate on whether or not she might have a developmental disorder just because she got a bad score on a math test. This might be [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]] in order to emphasize how far back 1966 seems for both Taeko and the audience. Taeko's comment when reflecting on the former incident -- that she would understand if she was hit regularly, but the fact that she was only hit once means she wonders why her behavior warranted it -- seems to support this interpretation.

-->'''Taeko's classmate''': Did you get good grades?
-->'''Taeko's other classmate''': No. But I don't care.

* EndingFatigue: Sets in about an hour into the movie, really.

* {{Padding}}: One of the biggest criticisms against the movie is that it takes ''forever''. Especially the scene focusing on the family buying and eating a pineapple is commonly cited to be so boring to watch that it's almost painful.

** The Hungarian music that plays during the safflower picking scene. Can be found here: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-HQ58z-EBs]]

** Disney originally declined to localize the film due to its adult content, which really just comes down to frank discussion of puberty and periods. Menstruation wasn't considered an acceptable topic for a family film in '90s America, but 30 years later, it seems rather tame. Disney even dedicated an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Baymax}}'' to the subject.

** Certain actions that Taeko's parents take with her might seem bizarrely harsh from a 21st century Western perspective, such as when Taeko remembers getting slapped by her father for leaving the house barefoot (which is frowned upon in Japan even today, but was considered an acceptable punishment for serious misbehavior), or when her sisters and mother speculate on whether or not she might have a developmental disorder just because she got a bad score on a math test. This might be [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]] in order to emphasize how far back 1966 seems for both Taeko and the audience. Taeko's comment when reflecting on the former incident -- that she would understand if she was hit regularly, but the fact that she was only hit once means she wonders why her behavior warranted it -- seems to support this interpretation.

** Certain actions that Taeko's parents take with her might seem bizarrely harsh from a 21st century Western perspective, such as when Taeko remembers getting slapped by her father for leaving the house barefoot (which is frowned upon in Japan even today, but waw considered an acceptable punishment for serious misbehavior), or when her sisters and mother speculate on whether or not she might have a developmental disorder just because she got a bad score on a math test. This might be [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]] in order to emphasize how far back 1966 seems for both Taeko and the audience. Taeko's comment when reflecting on it -- that she would understand if she was hit regularly, but the fact that she was only hit once means she wonders why her behavior warranted it -- seems to support this interpretation.

* ValuesDissonance: Certain actions that Taeko's parents take with her might seem bizarrely harsh from a 21st century Western perspective, such as when Taeko remembers getting slapped by her father for leaving the house barefoot (which is frowned upon in Japan even today, but during the sixties it was considered unacceptable), or when her sisters and mother speculate on whether or not she might have a developmental disorder just because she got a bad score on a math test. This might be [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]] in order to emphasize how far back 1966 seems for both Taeko and the audience.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: At one point in time, Amazon classified the movie Only Yesterday under "Kids and Family", leading to some of the sponsored items featured on the page to be stuff like PAW Patrol DVD box sets and the EdutainmentShow Meet the Letters. At first glance, Only Yesterday may seem like a movie about a woman remembering her childhood experiences, but most Studio Ghibli fans would know that the film was disowned by Walt Disney Home Entertainment for featuring a RunningGag of school-aged boys peeking at girls' skirts to see if they are menstruating. Despite this, the film was aimed at all ages in Japan, like most of Studio Ghibli's works, and carries a PG rating in the US.