Audience reviews
14 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
SgtSalamander
Natsunagu! is a nice little anime about friendship, persistence, and the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto. Beginning with the story, it's a simple yet poignant tale of one friend who goes on a journey to find another with only a little information to guide her search, and ends up learning a lot about Kumamoto along the way. While it's not necessarily groundbreaking, it's still a fun and uplifting tale with its fair share of twists and turns.
The art has its own distinctive charm, presenting the viewer with a colorful, delicate visual environment, evocative of a watercolor palette, which itself reflects the region's own humid, coastal environment, all of which comes together to make the art this anime's strongest feature, in my opinion.
The sound is good, meeting all expected standards o…
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Cute
I started watching this when was airing but i couldnt find the episodes anymore so i stopped.
Now 2022 just after i finished, i saw that "The project is produced by Kumamoto prefecture, in an effort to boost their image and arouse tourist interest"... So yeah, dont expect too much, but i think its really cute and since its just 4 minutes each episode, you can do it in one go!
Not sure if i would go to Kumamoto hehe, i mean, it doesnt look like a bad place, but, it just looked like there is nothing much to do lol
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2020 was a really weird year in every aspect, even when it comes to short length anime. A few years back, almost nobody cared about them and thus it was normal for them to get a decent rating because only a few people checked them out and thus they were given these shows positive ratings.
But in the last year, almost all, if not all short length shows received very poor ratings, meaning not even these people were giving them good ratings. Natsunagu! is the only one I watched besides Heya Camp so I’m here to comment about this peculiar case. What is strange about the poor reception this show received is that is about a sad waifu, thus it would normally get a good reception.
Compared to most other short length anime that I watched (Fastening Days, Sengoku Choujuu Giga, Pupipo!, Ani*Kuri15,…
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Natsunagu! is not good, but is not bad too. Is an anime in the media, but not in the negative meaning, it's a work that is maded more to relax in afternoon then see a long (or not) narrative. This serie was maded by Kumamoto Prefecture, in the extreme south of Japan, where have a earthquake in 2016, and has a amateur animaton, nay, a simple animation that is not the same of bad animation. The serie was maded by Kumamonto Prefecture to promove the city after the earthquake. It's possible found an excessive valorization of the local ambient, scenery and landscape present in composition of the city, in stores and streets, but the scenary and the lanscape of Kumamoto is not only in places, but in the local people too, in their actions, situations, emotions, like in the pictures of Natsuna and…
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story 9/10: I think this story is very touching, judging by the closeness and kindness of each character. and the end of this story makes me cry.
art 9/10: I really like the art style, it looks bright and cheerful. Like a moving watercolor painting.
Sound 8/10: each character's voice is very soft, especially the voice of the main cast. effects for the sound of each movement are also not too excessive. but I think there are some parts that don't quite fit, like when the main player cries, but it's not too flashy.
9/10 characters: each character behaves well, even I am amazed how they become close even though they have just met. every character has at least a cheerful nature.
Enjoyment 9/10: I enjoy the story, each episode intrigues me with the rest of the story. Its appearance makes the…
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Cute. Simple. and Short.
I watched this who ONA on Youtube. It look interesting and it reminded me a little of KyoAni.
Natsunagu! is about this college student trying to find her online friend with little to no leads. She travels to Kumamoto from Tokyo literally asking the townspeople if they knew who she was. Everyone she meets is helpful and friendly, and she takes an adventure through Kumamoto, essentially a tour.
Some episodes I skipped seconds through (its only 4minutes per episode!) because they were a bit boring and predictive.
Art - simple and aesthetic vibe
Sound- nice OST , i like the ending, it sounds like it can belong in KTV
Characters- okay, the townspeople have personality, i feel like MC was too naive and accepting
Enjoyment- was a good binge :)
I feel that if it w…
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No spoilers review
Story - Natsunagu! is about a young girl searching for her friend from online in real life after she loses connection with her online. Interesting to follow and heartwarming to watch. 7/10
Art - I love the animation direction the show decided to go with. Character designs to the world itself looked amazing.
6/10
Sound - Nothing about the music or sound of the show stood out to me, I would have to rematch to see if anything was interesting but that would miss the point. On the other end nothing was off with sound design ether.
4/10
Character - Adding onto the show's animation design, the characters look great but nothing more.
5/10
Enjoyment - It was fun while it lasted and I'm not sad its over nor happy it ended. I would recommend this to friends but personally it w…
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Reuploaded, forgive my bad typing skills.
TL;DR Review:
Story - 8: A Tokyo student decides to travel Kumamoto to meet her online friend she lost contact with after the Kumamoto earthquakes. The concept of meeting an online friend is surprisingly relatable.
Art - 8: Unique and nice to look at. The animation isn't bad either.
Sound - 7: Nothing too special or memorable, but it was nice to listen to in the moment.
Character - 7: Normal characters. Nothing special about them.
Enjoyment - 7: Some episodes felt rushed, with long pauses between dialogue and lack of sound effects at the right moments. Annoying, but not discouraging to enjoy.
Overall - 7.4 (7)
Full Review:
Online friends are something that most people who use the internet have, it's very common. However, the thought as t…
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So yeah, if you, the viewer, hasn't noticed before, Japanese prefectures tend to sponsor anime from time to time. This one is one of them. This should immediately give you a basic idea: the budget will be pocket money from the tourist bureau, they'll want you to see the local famous spots, and the rest? The rest will probably be mostly left to the creative team to decide by themselves. And well, they decided. So, what was the result?
Somehow it managed to feel like a huge troll while at the same time trying to be profound and tearjerky?
...like, in a good way?
........what?
Let's try to explain. However, beware! These be spoiler-ish! If you are interested enough to want to know, just watch it first. It's just 4 minutes per episode counting the ending. Do note that said ending changes eve…
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SPOILERS ALERT
Mmm there's nothing much to say about this anime, it was boring and predictable...
The main character acts like a child when its already a College student; she needs everybody to help her, she doesn't even have a clue where to find her friend despite being friends for so long! I also found her voice to be really annoying.
The final episodes were really bad, her friend lied to her and she didn't noticed (obviously to get more tension in the last episode) and the classical let's run to her, trip and get motivation to get there.
The characters also cry a lot for someone they just met, I mean with Itsuki is reasonable but even the guy from the shop?
Also the trauma Itsuki had after the earthquake was not being able to draw again? I mean its ok but I thought she was scared…
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Itsuki, a regular teenage girl in search for a friend in a place she isn't really familiar with, Kumamoto, she meets some friendly people along the way in search for long lost friend and discovered all the places around Kumamoto.
This anime is heartwarming, but felt lacking in most episodes for some reason, it's still a somehow good anime don't get me wrong.
Art style, its pretty good, compared to big anime companies the visuals on this anime looks cute at times and is one of the reason why i watched this.
Music is prolly what will be stuck to your head, its just so bloody good, like seriously.
Overall, It's not bad, but it's not good either, Theres not alot of stuff to talk about a fairly short anime tbh and this is just a one big advertisment for the Kumamoto Prefecture.
Is it worth…
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This was an enjoyable watch overall.
The story is pretty simple as you can probably tell by the synopsis; I would say it isn't executed as well as it could have been. Some episodes seemed to kind of lose my interest with what was actually happening story-wise but I kept watching because I enjoyed the art/music.
The art is absolutely beautiful, lots of very nice landscape scenes with sunsets and mountains. It feels quite simple but has a certain vibe to it that is aesthetically pleasing. The art-style goes well with the music choices, in my opinion.
Sound is pretty good. I enjoyed almost all of the voice acting and the music selection was used well/all the songs were enjoyable.
The characters felt pretty flat besides the main characters. I did become emotionally invested in her throu…
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// SPOILER WARNING //
Natsunagu! is a very cute short show about a girl who wants to meet up with someone she met in an online game after an earthquake hit the area her friend lives in.
// Story // 9/10
This one is a simple to understand show, nothing complex about it, but it's simplicity makes it good.
Natsuna met a girl on an online game and after an earthquake hit where her friend lives, she wanted to check on her, especially after said friend sent her a text saying "i want to see you", before the game shut down, cutting all ties between them.
Natsuna now has to track her friend Itsuki down with nothing more than her name and old adress, making some good friends along the way, and eventually reaching her goal in the end. Overall a good development for a short story, and it kind of rem…
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*Spoiler Warning*
Please, take a seat and let me tell you why this anime sucks.
I honestly would have skipped this if it wasn't for the fact I scrolled down the winter-anime-list until the end. Since there are so many, I skip many that don't seem interesting enough to try. Among the unpopular anime I started watching "Natsunagu", mainly because of the cover. It has a really cool-looking one and and as for usual I gave it a try and oh my, what I found wasn't pleasing.
We are introduced to the protagonist who for some reason wants to meet her best "friend" because she had met her in an online game and after playing for a long time she suddenly decides to meet her supposedly best "friend" even though it's just her who wants for that to happen, but who even cares about that since the protag…
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