Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsurasugiru

Moving from Tokyo to Okinawa island, Teruaki "Teru" Nakamura unexpectedly falls in love with his outgoing classmate Hina Kyan, who readily ensures he feels included at his new high school. However, due to her strong local dialect, Teru often has a hard time understanding what Hina is saying. Even so, Hina continues to passionately explain the diverse Okinawan culture to him.

Fortunately for Teru, Hina's best friend Kana Higa is eager to help with translation and even offers to teach him useful words and phrases. Yet, Kana has her own reasons—she has developed a crush on Teru and uses this opportunity to talk to him. As Teru, Hina, and Kana spend more time together, unaware of one another's feelings, Teru learns more about his new home and enjoys the company of his friends.

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Higa, Kana Main

Fairouz Ai Japanese

Kyan, Hina Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Nakamura, Teruaki Main

Ootsuka, Takeo Japanese

Agena, Yae Supporting

Shimoji, Shino Japanese

Higa, Tetsu Supporting

Kinjou, Yamato Japanese

Higa, Suzu Supporting

Shimabukuro, Miyuri Japanese

Higa, Naoya Supporting

Tsumugi, Risa Japanese

Kyan, Sachiko Supporting

Gibu, Yuuko Japanese

Koja, Misaki Supporting

Masuyama, Takeaki Japanese

Shimoji, Isao Supporting

Kumagai, Kentarou Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Shiraishi, Naoko Producer

Fujii, Takahiro Producer

Asanuma, Koutarou Producer

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Mar 31, 2025

bigbodybenz

Recommended

I recently watched this on Animyne and found myself pleasantly surprised by this charming romantic comedy. "Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsurasugiru" (The Girl I Fell for in Okinawa Speaks Too Much Dialect and It's Painful) delivers exactly what the title promises - a cultural and linguistic clash that serves as the foundation for an endearing love story.
The premise follows mainland Japanese student Takuya who, during a school trip to Okinawa, falls for local girl Shiori, only to discover that her heavy Okinawan dialect makes communication nearly impossible. What could have been a one-note joke actually evolves into a thoughtful exploration ... of regional identity and the efforts we make for love.

If you’re desperate for a low-effort, inoffensive rom-com with a slight twist, this might pass the time. But if you’re looking for sharp writing, memorable characters, or genuine emotional payoff, you’ll likely be disappointed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 23, 2025

Kyou_Ryuu

Mixed Feelings

I came for the romance, got fooled, but stayed for the Okinawan culture and the good vibes.

OkiTsura has no real plot, and the romantic premise is just an excuse to justify character interactions, but it's never developed. The series is episodic in nature, mostly a collection of trivia and fun facts about Okinawa and the Ryūkyū Islands (which sometimes might be slightly oversimplified, so be aware). Don't expect character growth or any progression in general, because there's none. We get just a glimpse in the last episode, but that's it.
The show for the most part is very formulaic: the MC gets involved in an everyday ... scenario with Hina, or Kana, or both, there's a misunderstanding due to the cultural gap since he is a main-island Japanese, that's cleared by one of the female leads and a narrator. Many times during these scenarios the protagonists will experience some sort of romantic/awkward situation.
This formula makes the anime quite repetitive, although the atmosphere is always laid back and enjoyable.
The only saving grace is the friendship of Kana and Hina, the two real main characters of the show, which the audience gets to know through a bunch of sweet flashbacks. It's really too little to save the writing, though.

From a visual perspective, I'd say that direction, scene composition and photography are nice. The animation looks quite cheap, but the staff used all the tricks in the book to make it as dynamic as possible (close-ups, zoom-ins/outs, etc.), and the end result is pleasant. Background are usually just OK, with some exceptions that really stand out, but to be fair I had higher expectations (you're in Okinawa and you show me just the usual, generic anime beach?). There's some CGI here and there, mainly for cars and the sea. It blends in just fine, with some highlights, e.g. the seashore effect is great. What is really worth mentioning in the visuals is the character design: bubbly and cute, with great coloring and ESPECIALLY wonderful lineart. It's so rare to see weighted lines for characters in today's seasonal animes: they give so much depth but are also a pain to animate. Here they were used sparingly but effectively, and I really appreciated this touch.

From the sound production perspective, the OST was fitting, featuring many local instruments and typical Okinawan melodies. The OP is hella catchy and the various EDs, sung by Hina and Kana's voice actors, are really sweet. Talking about VAs, Fairouz (Kana) really killed it. She has become one of my favourites in the last few years.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
Definitely not a show for the ages, but if you like laid back series with feel-good vibes, then this might be for you.
Just remember that there's a big fat zero under the label "story progression and character growth".

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 23, 2025

DarkAbyss777

Not Recommended

This is just an advert for a prefecture in Japan. stretched into a 12 episode anime. No actual focus on story development. Just facts about Okinawa. Extremely dissapointing and boring season finale. Nothing had came out of anything. All the emotional or special moments were executed in a way where they don't actually have an impact on the story. In other words, just temporary moments with no value. Whenever an impactful scene is about to happen, it ALWAYS turns out to be some comedic red herring. The romance goes absolutely nowhere of course. It's just non stop teasing. I guess if you're into being edged ... then go for it.


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They really pranked us with the finale. They dragged out a seemingly story impacting development, only for it to be an unfunny red herring. All this anime cares about is telling facts about the Okinawa prefecture of Japan. That's LITERALLY it. What a dissapointing ''story'' if you can even call it that.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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