An exploration of the meaning of friendship, especially for the teenagers who are perpetually insecure and self-doubting. The hero's journey is generic, but it shows the necessary truth about what makes friends friends. Self-acceptance and -worth is the important first step. The ending is tropey though.
"Maybe I didn't fight in a war, but I'm allowed to have a crappy day just like everyone else. Something that was really important to me ended. I know it was a little goofy, but it was a big part of my life, and when big things end, it's hard not to imagine how they started, so please, if you could just ease up for maybe two seconds". I really love how Kevin put his emotions that precisely and frankly and his awareness to the "right" to be down. It took me years to get that, and it really feels good - making you more connected both to the real self and to others.