Nerawareta Gakuen

Very little changes in Kenji Seki's daily routine. Every morning, he takes his dog to the beach in the hopes of catching a glimpse of his classmate, Kahori Harukawa, while she surfs. Afterward, he meets up with his neighbor and childhood friend, Natsuki Suzuura, and they walk to school. In essence, he lives an idyllic life where the only thing he has to worry about is how to finally confess his feelings to Kahori.

The routineness of Kenji's life is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious transfer student. Ryouichi Kyougoku, who claims to be a psychic, has both the charisma and popularity that Kenji has always dreamed of. Before long, Kahori begins to show feelings for Ryouichi, and Natsuki becomes distant whenever Kenji tries to talk about his feelings.

As Kenji's life is thrown into disarray, how will Ryouichi's arrival impact those around him? Nerawareta Gakuen follows these formerly typical high schoolers as they become involved with the supernatural.

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Suzuura, Natsuki Main

Watanabe, Mayu Japanese

Harukawa, Kahori Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Seki, Kenji Main

Honjou, Yuutaro Japanese

Kyougoku, Ryouichi Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Jinno, Yuu Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Yamagiwa, Yuriko Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Tooyama, Riku Supporting

Morota, Kazunori Japanese

Seki, Mother Supporting

Saisho, Misaki Japanese

Nakajima, Jou Supporting

Takaoki Japanese

Suzuura, Mother Supporting

Mizuno, Yu Japanese

Yodo, Akiko Producer

Hirayama, Tadashi Producer

Nakamura, Ryousuke Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Screenplay

Shimizu, Youji Sound Director

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Jan 5, 2022

Anime361

Recommended

Even though the movie was stuffed with whole bunch of clichés. I generally found myself enjoying it. This anime has its issues and I would call it far from a master piece. But it also has its moments. Firstly the characters in this movie felt real and their emotions were genuine. Next were the was the art which I have got to say amazed me every time from small details such as the sand on the beach to the way that the characters looked. Overall I would recommend people to give it a try and I'm probably going to rewatch it sometime .

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 10, 2024

y1Chime

Mixed Feelings

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Not good, not too bad.
The story is very confusing and maybe even makes sense (which I don't think it does haha), but for me it's not even worth trying to understand it completely. The positive points of this movie are basically animation and the romance of the protagonist Kenji and the character Natsuki.

The rest of the cast of characters aren't as endearing, especially Harukawa and Kyougoku (basically it's a less weird copy of Nagisa from Evangelion).

Another positive point is the art direction and the music direction that together is harmonious, in short animation has a quality worthy of a movie. In conclusion, ... I don't recommend it, but the movie is not all bad either.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 23, 2024

nightflower_moon

Not Recommended

Look, the idea was good and the story was not too bad, same with the visuals, but the implementation was below mid. It was straight up bad.

Firstly, the womans wer so DAMN SEXUALIZED. They all have bid chests and skin bodies. Talking about skin bodies, even the boys weren't save from them. After watching movies from a studio that doesn't sexualize its characters, this felt like trash to me.

Secondly, the story was confusing like nothing else. As I said previously, the idea was great and all, but eveything felt too sudden and random to a point that ten things were happening at the ... same time with too many things at the same time. It was okay to understand, but hard to follow.

Thirdly, don't even get me started on the characters loves. They felt unrealistic and bad. It seemed as if they were just into the other person's looks. That's all I'll say, before I just start shit talking again.

Fourthly, oh fricking god, why did he have to be such a perevert? I mean, not as perverted as Mineta, but still... It was hard to watchg, for real. Especially since I normally LOVE clumsy male main characters.

Fifth off, the lines were cheesy, but in a bad way. Not the way that makes you feel better afterwards or that make your heart flutter, but just in a way in which I just want to turn off the movie.

And lastyl, it has to be said, the ending did NOT feel finished. I mean, yeah, it is an END, but it felt too random and too sudden like we didn't have time to prepare for it, so I couldn't react emotionally as well. Btw, the plottwists were weird and cringy and randon and bad and bad thought out. They were just bad.

I DO NOT recommend this movie. Honestly, stay away from it as far as you can. The omly reason this has TWO instead of ONE star, is because except for being a pervert, I kind off liked the main character. BUT I HATED EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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