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So Ra No Wo To
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Tamako Market
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Like So Ra No Wo To, Tamako Market is a story about girls' friendships and healing through communality. In particular, the characters in these stories act joyfully in beautifully rendered backgrounds and atmosphere, emotional ambience, and tightly built settings. And yet, even with the jubilant character animation and lighthearted tales, there is an undercurrent of loss, sadness, and a longing for the past that adds a bittersweet tang to every smile. So Ra No Wo To as well as Tamako Market (in subtler ways) are full of mindful joy we must find in the world through reconciliation, acceptance, and letting go.
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K-On!
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Little Witch Academia (TV)
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Atmospheric pieces with the same delicate attention to detail. A cheery mood, lighthearted tone shrouds both these slice-of-life-like stories of a group of girls, aided by school settings intimately brought to life. They are slow-paced, rather understated coming-of-age tales with a mysterious charm about them. For what they lack in big drama, they make up in a more distanced, mature style that in retrospect is just as valuable as any melodrama. Awesome shows.