Yesterday wo Utatte

Rikuo Uozumi has all but resigned himself to a bleak future, aimlessly working at a convenience store in Tokyo after graduating from college. His monotonous life is interrupted when the peculiar Haru Nonaka makes a lively appearance, frequently dropping by his workplace to befriend him. When Rikuo learns that an old college friend and crush, Shinako Morinome, has moved back into town, he reaches out to further their relationship. Unbeknownst to Rikuo however, Shinako is carrying painful memories from her past that were holding her back from accepting his feelings. Meanwhile, as Haru continually opens up to Rikuo, he discovers that she, much like him, is living by herself and wants to step out of her comfort zone into an uncertain future.

The past lingers long in the mind, and the future remains elusive. At a crossroads along their intertwined paths, these three experience what it means to let go of their feelings of yesterday and embrace the change that tomorrow brings.

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Nonaka, Haru Main

Miyamoto, Yume Japanese

Morinome, Shinako Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Uozumi, Rikuo Main

Kobayashi, Chikahiro Japanese

Yuzuhara, Chika Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Kansuke Supporting

Maekawa, Ryouko Japanese

Hayakawa, Rou Supporting

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Kinoshita Supporting

Suzuki, Tatsuhisa Japanese

Minato, Kouichi Supporting

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Sayama, Kyouko Supporting

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Fukuda, Takanori Supporting

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Kamata, Hajime Producer

Kudou, Masayo Producer

Mori, Yuuki Producer

Kabashima, Manami Producer

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Jan 29, 2024

plaanck

Recommended

If Scums Wish and Domestic Girlfriend had a child.

I think this anime is a pioneer in the field of seinen and slice of life, two genres which are my favourite. I recommend this to anyone who likes either of this genre along with romance.

The anime might feel a little childish at first but this anime gives off the vibe of Blue Period while merging into the romance genre, the show is slow in dialogue but its actually very crammed into 12 episode and a lot of emotions and stories are conveyed in as little time as possible. The main takeaway from this anime ... is "Value the present more than the past".

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 13, 2023

HeartsUneasy

Mixed Feelings

Made for those of us in our 20s who want something even just a LITTLE more relatable out of the romance genre. Here our cast is split between working adults and college students, and the situations explored make it a perfect getaway from your overdone Festival arcs and Beach episodes.

Sing "Yesterday" For Me benefits greatly from not having a traditional anime opening. The spared runtime alongside the perfectly-executed pacing early on allow each episode (at least the first 4-6) to feel unusually, satisfyingly long.

Unfortunately, the second half of the show becomes a little sloppy. Evidently, this is around the time when a lot ... of content from the source material was cut or extremely condensed. In a 12-episode stint, it is of course difficult to work everything in, but even though I've not read the source material myself, there's an unshakable sensation that the WRONG things were cut/condensed.

The impacts of this are primarily felt in the shows conclusion, but even in episodes prior, the story sometimes seems to wander aimlessly, almost stagnating. No one episode is a complete time waster, but certain sections are stretched too thin, and by the time significant development can occur again, you've found yourself with just 20 minutes left of the final episode.

It is an otherwise enjoyable watch to be clear, but it, at times, seemed to get away from itself after the halfway mark, leaving too small a window to wrap everything up properly.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 6, 2024

GabrielSinTierra

Not Recommended

This is yet another person writing their first review on this site just to warn others not to waste their time with this title. I read the premise of this show and I immediately thought it was worth the shot, specially since I've always appreciated productions that use 'normal' people as characters that manage to tell a compelling story. The first episodes actually made me think that this series actually had some merit until we get to the midseason. Two characters are introduced but they are absolutely irrelevant to the rest of the story and offer no further reactions to the main cast, even though ... basically two episodes are focused on these new characters.

Even if it isn't necessary for supporting characters to have big impact, the main reason why this seems like such a waste of screen time derives from the fact that both the male and female lead are so devoid of personality that anyone with common sense would think that these episodes could've been used to nurture these two NPC's. It's amazing how even though they haven't done anything bad, it's really hard to be empathetic with them or to be genuinely interested in their so-called problems.

I'd say the worst part of this title resides in its last two episodes. We see that the male lead actually works things out and realizes that his high school crush was just that, a crush that was basically fed off his teenage desires and his frustrations as a young adult. He makes the right choice and decides to end on good terms with her. Surprisingly enough, she also decides to start acting as an adult an reciprocates this decision, these two adults in their mid 20's, after 10 episodes of acting like teenagers in spite of two actual teenagers requiring answers and guidance from them.

If "Yesterday" had ended in this episode, this would have been decent. But sadly that wasn't the case, for some reason they thought that the male lead deserved a happy ending, not taking into account that this would mean throwing all character progression down the drain. The main victim ends up being the teenage girl who was actually the only character that one might end up caring about, since her infatuation seemed to be a little more than that and objectively, she was in a much more vulnerable position family-wise than the rest of the characters.

To conclude, I would just like to point out that you should disregard any other review that compares this title with Kuzu no Honkai (Scum's Wish). KnH might not be perfect and it has its own flaws, but comparing it with this title can only be taken as an insult induced by a severe lack of proper appreciation skills.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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