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Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. [Series]
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on July 17, 2011, 05:01:10 AM ---I never finished this, what does it end up like?
Any pairings/romance?
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Just finish it yourself.
My sister finished episode 7, now she's on 8. I'm watching it with her.
tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: eclectic on July 17, 2011, 06:23:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: TMRNetShark on July 17, 2011, 05:05:17 AM ---I have only glanced over this last page here...
I just have to ask, for someone who loves slice of life/romance animes... how does this compare? (Scale of 1-10... 10 being Clannad and/or similar romance heavy hitters)
I d/led this along side Aria (the crappy version of Toradora! with guns!) and watched Aria instead of this. Big mistake is what it's looking like... but at least I can watch the entirety of the show uninterrupted. :P
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it's more complicated than a normal slice of life. it's quite a bit deeper than that. and i wouldn't really call it a romance either. it is ultimately more about dealing with tragedy and loss and learning to live in the absence of something important.
@tomoya (click to show/hide)the pairings are only vaguely implied at the end. for all the circling, it doesn't end up being the main point of the finale. but it shows some "possibilities"
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I'm on it then, sounds like something I'd love.
Havoc10K:
Dled CGi release, watched it, liked it :)
@Tatsu, the same sister from earlier ? damn you infected her with Anime :D
kudos :D
Nethfel:
I finished this show over the weekend, and I too really loved it. The artwork was well done - not a lot of music, which for me was fine for the telling of this story and definitely not too many episodes (I don't think the story would adapt well to lengths greater then (max) 12 episodes, so for me 11 was just fine)
(click to show/hide)I had read a review elsewhere that complained about the lack of backstory on Menma (Meiko) and that they had little feeling for the character (I read the review after watching the series) and that she needed more to feel for her - I personally don't fully agree with that reviewers interpretation - yes, very little backstory was provided (although there were sprinklings through the series that provided enough for her character) and although I didn't have strong feelings toward Menma (Meiko) - I didn't feel that the strongest emotions of the viewer were to be evoked by or for her - to me she provided a catalyst for the emotional roller coaster that this series was rather then a character that we needed to know absolutely everything about and emotionally bond with. Her existence and memory was what drove these 5 friends to confront each other and their bottled up emotions over the loss they experienced many years earlier.
Don't get me wrong - she's important to the story, but I felt much more for the 5 remaining friends and their emotions toward each other and themselves. To me it's like looking in on any group of friends that has lost one - you as an outside viewer wouldn't know much about that person who is gone, but you would learn bits and pieces as the effect of that loss became evident.
I also think people who have lost family and/or friends might look at this show differently as they confront their own emotions - things unsaid, the desire to be alone, the desire to act out, etc. - each of which one could argue that the different characters to at least some degree represented.
All in all, I think it was a wonderful short series that concludes well and for me is up there with series like Clannad and Air - albiet with a lot more emotions in a smaller block of episodes :)
newy:
Catalyst is the right word for it. This show is about the five and their scars.
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