Jul 11, 2024
Everyone has a lot of shows they hate, but , there has to be 1 show which you hate but everyone loves.
For me, that show is Anohana.
In a nutshell, this series is a mess, a story filled with plot holes and inconsistent, unlikeable characters that only succeeded in capitivating its audience by triggering their emotions.
[Contains Some Spoilers Below To Explain Plot Holes]
The story starts off slow with the MC having problems seeing the ghost of Menma who was in a friend group with a cringe name and died due to an accident. It happening when they were children makes this whole thing way more meaningless
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than it seems. Due to this and uninteresting characters, I struggled with it at first.
At first, no one takes MC seriosuly, in the middle, the MC gradually gets everyone to trust him. Wait a minute, Why doesn't the MC just let Menma write? Apparently, only Poppo thinks of it, but no one cares for some reason. Slowly and Slowly, I liked this show and ignored the plot hole.
Then Ep 8 came, the worst episode I have ever watched.
Something happened which hinders the group from fulfilling Menma's wish. The problem is, the characters discard their will immediately and doubt. In the end, they gang on MC. You have been building up the trust for 7 eps to assassinate all characters in a single ep? That was not even the worst part. Menma then finally uses an object prove her existence. You talked about it back in ep 4 or 5 sth. This is a solution everyone can think about!!! When that moment aired. My mind was in awe.
The absurdity doesn't stop. In the finale, the plan didn't work. Then all characters suddenly have the will to apologize because they realize they helped Menma for their own sake due to a love triangle. Wait a minute, last time something like this happened, you all doubted the MC, why so nice this time? Another problem is a large part of that is developed after ep 8. Making the whole thing seemed rushed. Then they even have a poor poor comedic timing that makes Your Lie in April look like Assassination Classroom in terms of balance between serious/comedy (YLIA is also not a good show, but nowhere as bad as this .) But the audience won't care, as they all cried following the characters. Because they are emotional and lose their brains once there is something emotional going on. This is how this show gets away with everything, forcing the audience to cry so they wouldn't notice the horrid plot. In my mind, I only thought that the motovations and outbursts are all ridiculous (besides Hisakawa.)
Then guess what? Menma suddenly realizes her wish for Jintan's mother has been fulfilled, which doesn't make any sense again. First, she doesn't even fulfill MC's wish at that moment. Second, Menma realizes the wish after looking at the shrine she had been exposed to every single day. How she didn't realize it sooner?
Great, as the ending is so touching, no one is gonna realize this whole thing makes 0 sense.
Yes, this anime has a 8.3 rating on MAL. It has a higher rating than Hell's Paradise, Boku yabai S1, Assassination Classroom S1 and Gosick. Speaking of Gosick, these 2 shows have the same script writer...
What is going on. How can the same person write one of best anime and the worst anime of all time in a single year?
8.3? More like the average IQ of characters.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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