Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara

Despite the kaleidoscopic magic ingrained in everyday life, Hitomi Tsukishiro's monochrome world is deprived of emotion and feeling. On a night as black and white as any other, amidst the fireworks spreading across the sky, Hitomi's grandmother Kohaku conjures a spell, for which she has been harnessing the moon's light for 60 years, to send Hitomi back in time to the year 2018 when Kohaku was in high school.

Hitomi's mission seems unclear, but her grandmother assures her that she will know when she gets there. Following a trip through time aboard a train driven by a strange yellow creature, Hitomi finds herself in stoic artist Yuito Aoi's room, and his drawings flood her world with color. What is Hitomi's purpose there, and why do Yuito's drawings return such breathtaking color to her drab world?

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Tsukishiro, Hitomi Main

Ishihara, Kaori Japanese

Tsukishiro, Kohaku Main

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Aoi, Yuito Main

Chiba, Shouya Japanese

Kazano, Asagi Supporting

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Fukazawa, Chigusa Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Kawai, Kurumi Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Yamabuki, Shou Supporting

Maeda, Seiji Japanese

Vice Principal Supporting

Ugaki, Hidenari Japanese

Kawai, Ichika Supporting

Tachibana, Emiri Japanese

Ichiyanagi, Shuusei Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Nagatani, Takayuki Producer

Aoi, Hiroyuki Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

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Mar 10, 2023

Sei_Shinohara484

Recommended

Color not only makes the world more beautiful but also expresses one’s innermost emotions. As Henri Matisse stated- “Color helps to express light—not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists”, from which he clearly refers color as the mechanism through which abstract internal processes and emotions are realized.

Such can also be said for a series named Iroduku: The World in Colors (いろずく せかい の あした から Or Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara) (2018). This series showed the story of Tsukishiro Hitomi, a young mage who lost her sense of colors despite being ingrained with kaleidoscopic magic. On a night as monochrome as ... usual, amidst the fireworks spreading across the sky, her grandmother Tsukishiro Kohaku sent her sixty years back in time in order to find her true purpose.

This series beautifully showcased the gradual change in Tsukishiro Hitomi as she tried to overcome her condition with the support of her fellow classmates. I liked how she started seeing colors through the artworks made by Yuito Aoi despite seeing everything around her monochromatically, which not only helped her to find what her true purpose is but also rekindled Aoi’s passion for art. I also liked how this series depicted it’s key plot elements- Photography, Art & Magic with respect to its story.

There was a sequence of dialogues in this series that I really liked-

“You know, when it comes to pictures, you can never take the same one again. Different people lead different lives, and after dark, the same light that was on yesterday might not be today. And before you know it, the scenery changes, never to be the same again”-Yamabuki Shou. In my opinion, it beautifully expressed the significance of portraying the events of daily life through photograph, which was also one of key plot elements of this series.

This series had quite beautiful opening and ending songs. Especially I liked Mimei no Kimi to Hakumei no Mahou (みめい の 君 と はくめい の まほう) by Nagi Yanagi (なぎ やなぎ) (commonly known as Yanaginagi) (Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara Ending Song) the most.

I really liked the overall animation of this series as well,as it was made by the studio named Progressive Animation Works, also known as P.A.Works which is famous for making animes made with picturesque animation style such as, Nagi no Asukara, Shiro Suna no Aquatope, Hanasaku Iroha, Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou etc. Especially I liked how the studio illustrated the transition from monochrome state to color state in the opening sequence, as well as the ending sequence of every episodes so beautifully.

Need to mention that, the place shown in this series is based on the city of Nagasaki, the capital of Nagasaki Prefecture.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 6, 2025

iwoply

Mixed Feelings

The World in Colours has a great depiction of a sad & self-isolated or depressed individual however she overstays her welcome with repetitive dialogue and conversations that consist of the word colours alongside grunts & gasps. These dialogue decisions make sense given her personality & circumstances but entertainment wise, it flops & stagnates until arond episode 9.

If you’re looking for romance, I don’t think that I can recommend this title as it is not the main focus & only a contributing factor to the story of the main character’s growth much like the magic system. The actual romance segments can also be contrived or ... simply lacking follow up or reasoning.

The story is kick-started by time travel without much setup or prior information and while the experiences shown throughout the 13 episodes resonate & have great subtle work, certain characters lack shown development or depth. The time travel aspect could have also been removed & taken place in present time due to how hollow it felt by the end.

On that note while time travel, magic & side characters exist and are important to the story & main character, they lack depth beyond subtle & implied information/interests. Magic is simply a second thought for most of the episodes until at some point it's back on the menu.

Lastly, the art & animation is beautiful but in some cases that will be up to the viewer’s preferences.

p.s. just a few notes while watching & completing the show. apologies for no further review.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 30, 2025

jilebi_james23

Not Recommended

I usually drop such animes because high school rom are not my type and I dont want to be critical on something i genuinely am not interested on.
But this anime... I thought it is something deep than your typical hs rom.. boy I was wrong

The 1st half of the series was okayish at the least but the 2nd half is just rushed cliche plot points without much development.

as for other aspects of this anime,
the one that actually bought me were the visuals but, apart from the 1st episode and Yuito's art adaptations the animation is pretty standard, actually it tends to get goody at times ... too, the characters look crazy bad

music is not as memorable

I highly recommend on skipping this one, 4 rating because of the innocent bunny girl

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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