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Many will say that this looks pretty much like Saikano. Indeed both animes share the same plan.Yes it is a Love story, yes it is quite dramatic,and yes it is spiced with a sience-fiction background. This is where the similarity ends however. Both animes are quite good actually, but they just follow their own routes to achieve a common goal. That is to make the viewer cry.

- The story : not that much original. It's just a love story between a girl used as a weapon to save the world, and a boy falling in love with her and yet confused because ... he wants to help her and yet he can't do anything to save her. Yetwhat makes it realy good, is infact the way that it is told. In that matter i will say, it is a master piece. To make things clear, if you expect action, crazy mecha/spaceships battles, than this is not the anime your looking for. The sci-fi plot is nothing more than a set where the plot takes place. And the plot is all about emotions, and sadness.

- Characters : they are beautifully rendered, but we might argue on the lack of background to some non-main characters. Yet, this Oav is named Irya so basicly we don't realy care about other characters which are just part of the set to interact with our main character.

To conclude this review : If you like sad love storys than this anime if what you are looking for. And yes, if you liked saikano, there is a great chance you will like this anime. But than again, Irya is not a copy of Saikano.