White Album

Can a relationship between a regular college student and an idol singer survive? That is the question that White Album tries to answer. Touya Fujii is a normal college student with normal worries—namely balancing his classes and his job he works to pay for school. He is also concerned about the amount of time he has to spend with Yuki Morikawa, or rather, the lack of it.

Being an up and coming idol singer, Yuki has concerns of her own. Even though she's not yet as popular as experienced veteran Rina Ogata, Yuki is turning heads and landing interviews on television. This should be a good thing, but not everyone is happy about the attention she receives from the media and from Rina. The idol industry is surprisingly cutthroat, and rival singers have their eyes on Yuki.

While it may seem exciting to watch your girlfriend on television, how does Touya really feel about all this? Between the challenges associated with Yuki's career and other people that Touya meets at his university, their relationship may not last…

Ogata, Rina Main

Mizuki, Nana Japanese

Morikawa, Yuki Main

Hirano, Aya Japanese

Fujii, Touya Main

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Shinozuka, Yayoi Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Kawashima, Haruka Supporting

Masu, Nozomi Japanese

Mizuki, Mana Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Matsuyama, Menou Supporting

Shishido, Rumi Japanese

Nagase, Frank Supporting

Shioya, Yoku Japanese

Nanase, Akira Supporting

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Ogata, Eiji Supporting

Hayami, Show Japanese

Mishima, Akio Producer

Shioya, Yoku Sound Director, Recording

Tsuda, Naokatsu Episode Director, Storyboard

Yase, Yuki Episode Director, Storyboard

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Feb 3, 2021

Typ055

Recommended

I am far too lazy to write a proper review, so I will do it in bullet points about whats caught my attention.


Setting:

- The series is set in 1986. The sole purpose for this is because characters have busy schedules, and without cellphones, they keep missing eachother everytime they call and leave voice messages instead.

I cannot stress how this is a central point in the show. It feels very frustrating (in a good way), and makes me appreciate the fact we have smartphones today. A lot of the drama and heartbreak could be avoided by talking to your loved one at the right time. They ... cant do this here because there is simple no such technology there yet.

So characters finding themselves unable to speak with their loved ones at the right time create a lot of drama, misunderstantings etc.

- Characters

Touya is a typical harem protagonist. Literally every female character in the show want to bang him.

- He basically cucks his gf Yuki with 70% of the female cast.

- Other characters are very basic. Only one I liked was yayoi, because she was a mysterious and aloof onee san.

- Story

-Being a visual novel, it seems they tried to adapt every route, which made for a lot of stuff making no sense.

-I always preffered more focused experiencies, I enjoyed a lot of Touyas relationship with yayoi, because they have a sort of mysterious yet toxic vibe to it. But out of nowhere he starts going after all the other girls and it turns into a shitshow. None of them get any proper devolopment and focus.


- A amagami SS approach would have made this show better. Or sticking to one route.

-Several plot points or context regarding the cast's past are not properly explained. I assume they are explored in the vn.

- Music and overall production

10/10 for me. No comment.

- Closing thoughts

A great adult drama anime. While not relatable, it feels more "realistic" and down to earth than other available out there.

Unfortunately, due to it not commiting to a single route, the second season goes full retard and horny, and the more interesting relationships do not get enough time imo.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 10, 2024

CautiousShadow

Mixed Feelings

White Album has a total of 2 seasons and should not be confused with White Album 2.

There are some really good characters in this anime, but there are also too many characters. The anime goes slowly, but also at a break neck speed at the same time. You get introduced to a lot of people and it's hard to keep track of everything going on. The 2 main idols are the best part of the series for sure. Everything past that is annoying filler. You will feel lost watching this anime.

The first season is really hard to get through. ... Boring. Slow pace. But at the same time, hardly explaining anything.

The second season does pick up the pace and it really feels exciting. There's a huge build. And the concert scene at the end is glorious. But the ending of the show is stupid. Really. Just don't bother watching this anime. It has high points for sure. But the confusing story and bad ending can't make up for time you have lost.

I will also touch upon White Album 2, which often gets confused with this one. Completely different stories. White Album 2 is great. 10/10. Would watch again for sure. The only similarity between the 2 anime is the music.

White Album 1 is more like a 6/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 27, 2020

Kiririnshi01

Not Recommended

Well watched this because i was bored but this is so hard to watch this is the same as School Days to compare it to something (maybe school days was based on this game) i watched all episodes and wondered when the guy was gonna be punched by the the dad,the friend or someone else yet 13 episodes and nothng no repercusion of his actions.
Well seeing as this started as eroge in 1998 using the same seiyuus (reason of why is fake and unreal) there isn't enjoyment and is just depressing.
The description is really wrong and poorly made since there is no love,Yuki does ... love Fujii Touya but he doesn't love anyone he is the same as Makoto Itou from school days ,he just pretend to be the victim and expect the viewer to feel sorry for him because his mother died and he has problems with his father so excusing him of his actions.
The chars all have some evildoings for example the one that seems older sister Mizuki well she was pregnant of Tomaru,Tomaru wanted to have the baby but his dad interfered and gave lot of money to mizuki to abort the baby and end the relation with tomaru.
Akira he hates Touya but is the only one that stopped him sadly that ended when he start dating Mizaki because she stop Akira each time he want to control Touya.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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