Audience reviews
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SuperAdventure
Remember those previews that would say “The Feel Good movie of the Summer”?
Well Harukana Receive is the anime equivalent of that. This one is easy to recommend and it’s actually surprising this isn’t more popular! It’s also a great example of how “They don’t make ‘em like they used to eh?”
Harukana Receive is ecchi done right. An anime about Beach Volleyball. There could not be a more perfect sport for showing off female bodies in minimal clothing, friendly competition, athleticism, and of course fan service. If that were all this show was, then I would have enjoyed it sure, but there is a little more to it than that. The setup is very predictable- bubbly girl Haruka moves to Okinawa and meets her cousin Kanata and wants to play volleyball after seeing other girls do it. You see pretty…
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Harukana receive: Beach volleyball is the father of all sports
Unlike live action or other animation genres, sports anime has never been out of fashion, with 3-4 more series each year. Because the Japanese mindset when making sports anime is to diversify the sports, in addition to soccer, basketball, and boxing which are quite popular, anime often brings in lesser-known sports:
I have watched anime about skating, swimming, water polo, esports, Karuta, running, golf, scuba diving, diving, mountain climbing, female wrestling, or even Keijo in general, japanese are very diverse. And this is a beach volleyball anime: The participants are women, wearing bikinis, competing volleyball but on the beach, so I also call this breast-watching volleyball.
The appeal of sports anime is the confrontatio…
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It's summer and you absolutely crave the sea, the beach and beautiful girls doing sports. But then you remember that you live 100 km from any body of water.
Or you live in a remote village with 80 inhabitants, where the prettiest girl is your cousin and has a moustache.
Here comes Harukana receive! We are on the fabulous beaches of Okinawa, the protagonists are Haruka, who has just moved to the island and her cousin Kanata. The two girls are completely opposite, both temperamentally and physically, but they will come together and pair up to play beach volleyball.
Harukana Receive isn't your typical fanservice-focused anime, but there's a recognizable cast of characters and a series of captivating matches to follow.
The psychological aspect of the work is also interesting, since it is a…
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The anime is set on a beach, so it's obvious that there will be several girls in bikinis; for those who like the fan service genre, Harukana Receives is more than recommended, but don't confuse it with ecchi, this anime doesn't have explicit nudity; the girls in bikinis and the volleyball matches are the best part of the anime, because the story, even though attractive, isn't well constructed!
Haruka moves to her cousin Kanata's house while her mother is away on a trip. When she arrives at the beach and sees some girls playing volleyball, she feels attracted to the sport. What she didn't expect is that those girls, along with her cousin, are youth beach volleyball champions. Upon learning this, Haruka starts training with her cousin Kanata after challenging Ayasa and Narumi; after a week…
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Harukana Receive is a sports anime produced by C2C studio that aired in the summer of 2018. The subject matter? Beach volleyball!
C2C are the makers of literally nothing else important and certainly nothing you've ever heard about.
Much like New Game! and other cute girl shows, Harukana features a grand total of 0 male characters.
The premise is that Haruka Oozora, a very tall athletic girl, moves to Okinawa to live with her grandmother and cousin, Kanata Higa. It was chance, or perhaps fate, that had her witness a game of beach volleyball one morning and immediately fall in love with the sport. Simultaneously, she also learns that Kanata used to be a very talented player, but she quit because of an inferiority complex regarding her height. With the Junior Tournament just weeks away, wi…
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I have played Volleyball my whole life, and it was fun and sad to watch this series to its conclusion. Sad because I tore my rotator cuff so badly my arm would never swing again like it did. Watching the in and out of daily training and prep, the excitement of tournaments and the heat of battle, sweat dripping down your face waiting for the next serve.
Really enjoyed the inbetween with the characters, the comradery and fun they had, again very nostalgic for me. Pretty much spoiler free, but that last half of the last EP I am not going to lie. I cried. Reminded me when I was sitting in the sand, with the trainers and they told me I should not continue to play, my cuff is tore most likely. I felt very alone, defeated and knew, in my heart, that my Volleyball career was over.
But I have som…
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I thought the show started off strong, but by the end I really thought it was subpar. I like the voice acting, graphics, and the music was fine. There was a coloration of some of the anime characters' eyes that I had not seen before. Can’t say if it was good or bad, just personal preference on how you like the eyes of anime characters drawn, but do give them points for at least trying to be original. I thought it was an interesting concept to not have any males aside from small children in the show, but dude to block out the face of Kanata’s deceased father while showing the mother is just messed up. I actually thought the show up to the end of the first tournament was quite good. Then the show just starts going downhill. Overall, I have three major complaints with the anime.
The first is…
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I watch these sorts of fan service sports anime when I am bored, tired, eating, or simply need something to fill the time and don't want to watch something that is driven by a meaningful story with interesting characters and plot. Fan service does not bother me when done correctly, and let's be honest if you're interested in watching this anime you're primarily interested in the girls in bikinis playing sports.
**Review may contain spoilers**
The problem with Harukana Receive is that the main characters are very unlikeable. Haruka is annoyingly good at everything. She improves at such an unreasonable rate that it feels sad watching her begin to outshine and dominate girls who have given their lives to this sport. Kanata on the other hand is a girl who ran away from the sport, abandoning…
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+*+* WARNING THIS IS WORDY+*+*
this "sports" / Slice of Life anime is honestly disappointing. it was like training a whole season in volleyball just to loose the first match.
the anime tries to do a sudo tournament arc but it falls FLAT on its face this anime has 6 other character that are not the main character in a sports anime that's a VERY BAD THING even if they were not thoroughly fleshed out it would have been nice to see at least double that number....
moving on the characters don't change that much over the story they stay un interesting till the very end learn new moves and / or evolve there style and EARN the win
i mean the last match has two i repeat TWO flashbacks. remember your fav FINAL fight where there's two flash backs in a short and UN-eventful fight. me too
i w…
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"Anything can be better if there are hot anime girls in it." - Cultured gentleman, Agent_Redacted
There are countless anime with fanservice. As an edgy individual, I for the most part find them idiotic and inarticulately retarded as they do nothing more but satisfy one's lecherous desires. In any case, does that really suggest that all types of fanservice are bad? That’s what I always thought until I watched Harukana Receive. A hidden gem, and in all likelihood one of the best sports anime I’ve ever watched.
Harukana Receive has a straightforward and simple story. Girls playing beach volleyball competitively. In spite of the fact that the story is simple I find the concept of it quite captivating as an exceptionally cultured individual. Harukana Receive has a fanservice which is unique…
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Harukana Receive is a girls sports anime that is totally enjoyable, especially in a rather unfortunately lackluster genre. I honestly don't know why so many people think this anime is an ecchi or consider it extremely fanservicey; the sport is played in swimsuits, and as a result the girls are in swimsuits a majority of the show, which in my opinion isn't fanservice at all. If talk of fanservice is turning you off I'd suggest it anyways, especially as there is little to no "traditional" fanservice in the realm of unnecessary shots and unbelievable physics.
I've tried so hard to find good sports anime with girl protagonists that don't reduce the girls to just horny (Keijo!!!!!!), cute (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby), or disappointing (Hanebado!). While I do enjoy those shows, its super frustrat…
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Note: I feel a sense of obligation to write this review for Harukana Receive due to what I perceive as too low of an overall score.
At first glance, Harukana Receive appears to be not much more than a fanservice series. To be honest, that was my first impression and one of the reasons I started watching it. Let's get it out of the way now - the girls are all very cute indeed and this is what drew me in. However, the show is much more than just cute girls wearing bathing suits. In fact, after a few episodes, I wasn't really paying all that much attention to the service and found myself enjoying the plot - yes, the real plot.
Story: The girls are all interesting and fun to watch, and for someone who doesn't really care too much about sports, I was thouroughly entertained and gripped by th…
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My reason for my review score is that the intense showdowns in the matches were honestly very well done. Slowdowns were a bit overused but that adds to the dramatic effect. It gives me the Haikyuu vibes honestly. Of course there are a lot of "ecchi" scenes but that comes with a show based off of beach volleyball. There are a lot of things I wish could've been changed of course but a very well made sports anime and highly recommend it.
~sidenote~
There were a lot of people commenting about the beginners luck of Harukana, but keep in mind that she was a transfer who was pretty athletic as well as she was given tons of training before the tournament. Realistically of course she shouldn't be pwning everyone but that's anime for ya! ;)
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Harukana Receive fits into a really weird storytelling narrative and manages to simultaneously tow two dichotomous lines.
Is this a story about beach volleyball that features girls in bikinis and all the obvious fanservice tropes and camera angles that come with it? Yes. Is this a story about people overcoming obstacles, both past, present and from within and external forces? Also yes.
Outside of this the story is visually gorgeous, I particularly found myself falling in love with the over embellishment on the eyes and hair.
About the only major elements where this story falls flat is sound and character. The beach volleyball sounds used are solid, but definitely sound synthetic compared to the rest of the animes more organic sounding elements. The characters, while also solid do som…
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Thicc girls playing beach volleyball. Lot of butts, stomachs and thighs. Appealing color and character designs. Decent animation, somewhat shallow story but fun enough to watch.
The characters spend most of the time in bikinis. I'm sure there's some merit to the friendship and story element, but I don't care. The character really likeable enough. They will last in my, and probably yours, memory almost solely because of decent design.
If you look at one of the girls and think 'she's cute' you should watch it, it'll probably be worth it. I think I completed it solely because of this one scene in the first episode, where the main girls with big tits is in a really cute sundress, and strips down to a bikini, and I found it really attractive. Shallowness will bring everyone joy.
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Ecchi content with this show is not bad, probably only 10%, it's not something you should drool over but there's content there if you want.
-- Story --
8/10
For the first few episodes I was like meh but over towards the end I was amazed, there's not much that can make me score low on story. For a Sports, Slice of Life anime for the Summer 2018 lineup, it was the best in the line-up. The story and content will keep you sitting at the edge of your seat as you watch because it can make you feel nervous (not spoiling anything).
It might be your run-of-the-mill sports summer anime but please take some time to watch it because this by far is my favourite sports anime of the season perhaps the genre but I haven't watched any other.
-- Art --
10/10
This art style is my favourite of all time, th…
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I have to be honest with you guys: I only watched this show because I heard Rasmus Faber would do the OST. I really dislike moe/CGDCT shows, I absolutely despise fan-service, and I have no interest in sport shows. That's why I dismissed Harukana Receive as another one of those shitty otaku pandering shows that come out every season when I first heard about it. When I found out about Faber's involvement, I was really afraid that his musical talent would get wasted again on some otaku trash (like with Asterisk War). However, to my pleasant surprise, this show was actually pretty good.
The story wasn't anything special but it was interesting enough to keep me engaged. What you see is what you get: a girl transferring to the oceanside and discovering her passion for beach volleyball.
One th…
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We reached the end of this beautiful story about scissors and the power of friendship on the beach. I will even miss the pegadiso "sore waku waku waku shikwasa". The result of the game against the twins of the pits' n tits in the final with an auspicious result, was only a detail.
It makes you want an S2, however it is very difficult to make it happen.
Being more rigorous is a 6/10, basically because the text is very basic, especially in the development of concepts that bring something new, like almost all spocon. I felt it almost like a sports Love Live, where many things did not come together at all.
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Llegamos al final de esta bonita historia sobre tijeras y el poder de la amistad en la playa. Incluso extrañaré el pegadizo "sore waku waku waku shikwasa". El resultado del partido…
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Don't let the fan service discourage you from giving this show a try. Harukana Receive is more than just that.
What makes Harukana Receive different from other sports anime this season is that it's light and fun to watch. This is one of those shows that I'd like to watch after a tiring day or when I just want to watch something and relax.
The story isn't complicated but it's definitely not shallow. The characters are lovable. While we often see them just enjoying beach volleyball, we also get to see the competitive side of it and see how different characters react to the frustrations of losing. Definitely, one of the good points of this anime in my opinion.
I'll have to give credit to C2C and other involved studios for the art. The way they portrayed Okinawa, it's very vibrant. It makes…
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I know it sounds weird for me to be [kinda] plugging an anime that I just scored 5/10 -- but hear me out.
To be honest, I have a hard time imaging anyone NOT enjoying Harukana Receive. There's not much to dislike. The art is bright and cheerful, it has an amazing, summer-y soundtrack, and there's a good mix of decent volleyball matches interspersed with butt/boob/implied yuri shots. What's not to love?
The biggest issue with the series is just that...it's kinda dumb. There's nothing special about it whatsoever. The characters all have one of two personalities: aggressive, go-get-em genki, or a quiet intenseness that eventually gives way to a good-natured kindness. Beach volleyball actually only takes up a small portion of the series, and the more slice-of-lifey bits are ho-hum. But beyo…
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