Audience reviews
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Agent_Redacted
An anime about middle school girls playing the game of life as they make wishes that becomes true.
It's a very good Slice of Life if you're just in for the friendship and drama. There's also a little bit of Yuri bait but other than that the anime is just focused towards a group of girls doing their everyday life activities.
It's good. Very, very good. Terrifyingly realistic in a sense as well. This is highly recommended to people who are looking for a girls-only Slice of Life anime about friendship with a little bit of drama and a little bit of Yuri ( bait ).
10/10
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Some people felt disappointed and said that Natsu-iro Kiseki wasted the potential from its premise: like, you have a wishes-granting rock but you don't use it to do 'amazing things', and the rock itself does not always work exactly like you have expected, either.
- Okay, so anime viewers, you haven't been bored by the trope "an interesting plot with an easy-to-use wishes-granting power", have you?
When I was a kid, I spent much time watching Doraemon (you know? it's one of the legendary manga/anime, The longest-beloved kid M/A) and I've got enough with that trope.
So I'm glad that Natsu-iro Kiseki didn't follow that old trope, instead the wishes-granting rock here seems more like a mature friend who provides the necessary helps for our four middle school girls to realize some precious t…
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Some things have to end. That's why they're memories. Because they happened, and that briefest or most fleeting second of happiness was shared, and it won't last. That's what makes it precious.
This is not the most popular anime. I know that. But to me, it will always be special, in a way.
I'll admit that when I first read the synopsis, I thought this was going to be some anime about four friends becoming idols. I was mistaken. Although it does, partly, concern their wish to become idols, this is a story about friends. And miracles, in its own crazy way.
Never mistake that it is a story about one of a group of friends- Saki- leaving to go to Tokyo. Somehow, this sets the underlying tone of the series, adding the right amount of humour, but every now and then, it would surprise you with…
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Natsuiro Kiseki is the first slice-of-life anime that I've watched that attacks the questions of life from a magical perspective. Most of slice-of-life deals with highly realistic scenarios, but this one toys on magic to give unique insight into the workings of the genre. More realistic anime of the genre usually have to deal with the limitations of real life, but Natsuiro rids of some of these limitations to deliver a unique story. The magic of the literary device employed here also has another charm: conflicts become easier to solve, so every episode will always have something new to the table. The story did not feel dragging.
Art and sound receive less spectacular appraisals. Not bad, but not outstanding enough to give much thought on. I did enjoy the songs, and there is a chance that…
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Natsuiro Kiseki follows the footsteps of four school girls during their last summer together - one of them is transferring to another city. It is basically a slice of life anime with a surprise of The Big Rock that can grant random wishes to the girls.
At first it looks like any other generic slice of life anime, which are all predictable and lacking any thrills. Yet as the show progresses, I found the story very entertaining and emotional. The show is executed almost perfectly. I can never understand the poor rating it gets.
* Art - I love Natsuiro Kiseki's art, from character design to gorgeous backgrounds to the smooth animations.
* Voice acting - Incredible. I especially like Yuka's energetic voice.
* Sound - OP by Sphere and ED by Four Season are very catchy song and fits the show…
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I have no idea why I love this show. It’s not my first Slice of life anime, and I don’t even have any special favourite character from it. Yet it continues to stay on my top-10-list month after month. Maybe I love it because of its simple and yet realistic storyline?
The soundtrack is very good, and all of the songs sung by Sphere is great. There are also a couple of great songs on the soundtrack that doesn’t seem to appear in the anime. The OP “Non Stop Road” in its full version is addictive and hard not to sing along to when alone in driving a car: “Are you ready? Dakara ima wo shi-n-jite!!” The ED “Ashita he no Kaerimichi” (“On the road back to tomorrow”) is just wonderful and the translated lyrics are beautiful, especially in its full 4½ minutes version.
In the Easter 2015 I went to…
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Natsuiro kiseki is a simple story that is executed beautifully. It has a pretty low rating somehow and I dont understand it. Therefore, I hope this review will dissuade you from turning away from this show because of the low rating it was given.
Story:8
Natsuiro kiseki is a story about a group of four close childhood friends when one of the members has to move to a faraway place. She is essentially being forced to leave her friends she cherished so much. Upon encountering a certain big rock that can grant wishes, the four live out their last summer together as a group, choosing to fill the countdown with beautiful and enjoyable memories.
Characters: 9
The relationships between the girls does not feel superficial, it feels real. Each girl's worries and concerns feel real and understandabl…
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I loved this anime. Like, seriously, it's the best thing I've ever watched. True, I'm a beginner when it comes to anime, but I LOVED IT. It made me smile like an idiot because it was so heartwarming and sweet but not crazy-cute or overly unrealistic - I mean, ok there was a magic rock but it just fits perfectly into the story. If you want a lovely anime about four very different girls just doing their everyday life (and making wishes on a magical rock) then this is perfect for you. I can't say anything bad about this series except it was too short, I could watch it forever - but its short length of only 12 episodes made sure there was no boring filler episodes. It's kind of a nothing-much-happens kind of story but I promise you, it's worth it if you want something relaxing and easy to watc…
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Cute girls doing cute things.
Characters:
There are four main characters, middle school girls: first - genki, second - calm, even a little haughty and stubborn, third - expressive girl that wants to make an idol group, fourth - mysterious girl.
Story:
Girls are childhood friends and they are spending their last summer together because one of them is going to move to the other town. The main feature of this title is the miracle granting rock. Girls are making wishes and it leads to funny situations. All episodes are full of events.
Art and sound:
Art is perfect - detailed and bright, it gives an inexpressible ambience of precious summer youth days. Opening, ending, background music and voice actresses work are also good.
If you like that type of slice of life with cute girls, you'll ce…
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Hopefully this review can convince you to give this anime a chance, despite its low rating.
Natsuiro Kiseki is a combination of my favorite genres: slice of life and supernatural. It deals with a story of friendship, and this circle of four girls experiences a tremendous amount of growth and maturation throughout their summer adventures.
The story is amazing. I would even dare to say that it parallels that of Anohana. These four girls all start their journey as a circle of friends, but really not more than that. They have fun together, but they also argue and disagree on many things. Throughout the course of their last summer vacation together, they experience a wide variety of supernatural occurrences that causes them to become even closer friends. They grow up from acting like children…
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Friendship and miracles. Most have them, some treasure them, though four tell a story of them.
Natsuiro Kiseki shocked me in all honestly. People have told me this series was average, weak characters, could get corny. Well, a miracle happened everyone. After finishing this series, I could feel chills around my body that was once experienced by having the pleasure of watching Aria the Origination. Natsuiro Kiseki is a gem, a gem that will be forgotten by the majority if not already, but for me it will be a long lasting memory, a memory much like the four girls in Our Summer Color Miracle had through hardships and bonds. This is Natsuiro Kiseki, a Summer Colored Miracle:
Right away, Natsuiro Kiseki drew me in. It has an opening that I'd say is one of my favorites of all time and it had a…
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At first I really didn’t know what to make of this series after watching the first episode. There seems to be some magical power within a giant rock that sits on the temple grounds that one of the characters lives at. Growing up they would gather together around the rock and make a wish, that they would become successful pop idols in the future. But it grants the wish only if all four sincerely wish for the same thing.
There’s really nothing overly spectacular about this series, but it is a fun drama with some good laughs. They have some of the most bizzare wishes granted and they last for varying amounts of time, but you see that their bonds in the long run grow stronger, and when faced with a situation that nobody asked for, things get real serious real quick.
To really enjoy this seri…
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In what can be considered probably one of the most prominent genres in the industry thus far, it's hard to stand out in the slice-of-life genre when pretty much everything has been done without breaking from the overall formula. Natsuiro Kiseki doesn't try too hard to stand out above the rest, but it certainly stays within the common tropes and flow of other SoL shows, while keeping up a nice presentation with a fluid soundtrack, above-average animation and fair voice acting.
The SoL genre today, by definition, pretty much just demands it to be a show about cute girls doing cute things and, as much as that phrase has been beaten to death, it's been accomplished countless times in numerous ways. There are many paths a studio can take with its writing such as making the show more of a comed…
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Another Slice of Life, another gimmick. But is a miracle granting rock enough to set Natsuiro Kiseki (Summer-Colored Miracle) apart?
As always my reviews are spoiler free.
Stop me if you've seen this one before: four high/middle school girls are just going about their lives. There are no sinister plots or world-saving hero required. The viewer is asked to sit back and enjoy as nothing of particular note goes on. There is always some theme that sort of keeps the anime moving along, whether it be music, photography, gondola rowing, or in Natsuiro Kiseki's case, a miracle granting rock. It's a slightly different take on a familiar idea. It had a lot of potential, but did it live up to expectations?
Story - 6/10
Four middle school girls come together at a boulder near a shrine. When it is…
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This anime involves a good amount of slice of life with a slight feel of the supernatural genre. If you aren't interested in sol or supernatural, then you should step back and not try this at all.
The show does seem appealing to a certain target audience especially the youths but there is no stopping the adults from watching either. Now, this anime has a very unusual way of showing its storyline. The anime expressed the sensation of joy, comedy, schoolgirls, supernatural sources and combined it with "their daily life" into what known as Natsu-iro Kiseki. Every episode has depicted a form of uniquely. Further, a fine growth of character development is built between the girls.
When I first picked up this, I was still new to the industry and wasn't expecting much but truly this show does gi…
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Ah, the idol industry. People sing, dance, and basically get famous. For some reason, the anime industry seems to be making more and more anime on singers, idols, and the music industry. I don't think this is bad. In fact, I think a change is what anime needs since all the ecchi anime NEED TO GO. On a surprisingly related note, have you noticed that a lot of singers are getting movies or TV shows based on them? Like, oh, I dunno: Hannah Montana, Justin Bieber, Soulja Boy, and most recently Katy Perry? Not only that, they aren't really even movies! Just a bunch of concerts thrown into 2-hour movie format made just for the sake of publicity! Well, the anime industry just recently made a 12-episode anime that supposedly promotes the new all-girl idol group Sphere, and all of it's members are…
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This is my first anime review so I hope I'm doing it right.
Natsuiro Kiseki features four best friends doing normal daily stuff and having fun together. Knowing one of them is leaving soon, they tried their best to spend their last summer vacation to the fullest and forge an unforgettable memory. Sounds simple? IMO, although it does sound simple but I find this anime meaningful and interesting.
This anime is mainly focusing on friendship mixing all kinds of emotions together. It started with four of them found a large rock in a shrine that grant wishes. This rock seems to lift up my interest for watching this anime and towards the end, it really didn't let me down. Weird wishes are being granted, for example in episode 1, they wish to fly and their wish came true, they did flew up the s…
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The cute-girls-doing-cute-things type shows seem to have become a staple of anime. Often shallow and juiced up with pandering content, those shows are widely derided for good reason. It's ironic though, that while moeblobs like "K-On!" continues to score reasonably well across anime databases on the internet, a genuinely good anime like "Natsuiro Kiseki" comes along and is instantly dismissed as just another piece of cute-girls-doing-cute-things (abbrieviated as CGDCT from here on in) trash.
The premises of "Natsuiro Kiseki" is about four school friends Natsumi, Saki, Yuka and Rinka and their whacky adventures during their summer holidays. This particular summer is special not only because it's their last summer together, but also because they found that this rock from a local shrine is…
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**This a repost of my old review with small changes since I've finished watching the series now** (For some reason when I was just trying to edit my review it wasn't working so I had to delete it and repost =/)
When it comes to anime, their are going to be a lot of times when things are going to be considered cliched or something that has been done before. Their is no doubt that many shows nowadays are using similar ideas to shows that have been done before. It's not exactly considered bad to do this because it's basically reusing what works. Their are many many shows out their about a group friends in school. In fact, I would say almost all slice of life animes are done this way. I wouldn't say it's the only way to make a slice of life show, but it really does seem like an effective and…
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Well first of all, this anime is a slice of life. This anime is quite typical in this genre but still have these twist in the story.
When I first look at this anime, i though it would be a generic slice of life. But when i watch the first episode, it was a little something more. The story relates four best friends, whose been together for all their lives, having their greatest summer before Saki, one of the four, move out of town. The twist of it is a big rock with magical powers.
Each episode has different event which all is relate by the big rock. Their magical journey is somewhat interesting.
Story: 8
The story of this anime is quite generic to most slice of life anime, but it sort of stood out from them all. The magic powers from the rock brings twists to the story line making it di…
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