Aug 27, 2012
I just got through with this series and I can honestly say just by reading website descriptions and watching the first episode, I had no idea what was going to happen. A problem with most anime is that the storyline tends to follow a same set popular pattern more or less and ends up making the majority of anime similar or almost the same in my opinion. Because this is defined as a 'love' story, I was expecting you know, the typical shy/unknown boy beats the bad guys and ends up wooing the girl.
Well, I was really wrong.
Stemming from this, let's first start
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with first impressions.
The art is AMAZING. I absolutely adore the style, and I love the use of a really flat, linear art style with strong color/pattern and even integration of real pictures/video as background or filler. It really helps the story define its self defined role of being more 'indie' or 'unique'? Nevertheless, it's amazing. Definitely reminds me of styles used in vintage manga/anime. But it's certainly a fresh take on it.
Secondly, the music. I think the opening traditions with the rest of the episodes very well. Again, integration of drawings as well as real pictures/video. The music is also upbeat and not the typical music you would hear for this sort of thing. The ending is also very good. I love how the tatami's are transformed into cells and I feel this went amazingly with the last few episodes. (You'll understand once you finish it.) The music is refreshing and the transition from anime to ending is very good.
The storyline. It, to me is definitely a fresh take on a typical plot. While watching the anime I realized that the main character is on a quest for love, but also on a quest to fulfill himself wholly and make purpose in his life. This, I feel, is extremely relatable to a large majority of people than the 'boy beats up bully and girl confesses to him' scenario. This to me is much stronger than a love story. With the constantly changing storyline and perspective, I definitely was on my toes.
The characters and the main characters interaction with them are very 'interesting' to say the least. I do often find myself confused by these interactions and scenarios but the ending clears a lot of that up for me. These are definitely 'strange' and memorable characters which has me questioning-where is he and how the heck do you meet these people?!
Lastly, overall I would definitely suggest this if you are like me: you love 'indie' or interesting art in an anime (or just good art in general) , but you hate the typical plot line. It's also fairly short at 11 episodes and it's definitely a nice, short fun story to get into.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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