Audience reviews
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AinzOfNazarick
Great music, anime is filled with emotions. Loved the show. It's lenght is ideal. Hazuki's adventure inside that dream world was unnecessary and too long. But after all anime is only 11 eps so nothing takes too long to watch. It tells the sadness of someone lost and also the difficulty to love again, mixed emotions about loyalty, love of a young man etc. Story is unique as far as I know. We all have seen animes with talking ghosts but its focus is different from other shows like this. Art style and songs are fitting for the story, they are perfect. Characters were well rounded. I don't see any plot holes.
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I will make it SPOILER FREE and SHORT
I thought i will never give an anime such a low score but this one deserves it aand i will tell you why.
Story starts pretty solid from first episode, you get some introduction and actually has a potential to be something promising. Aand it lasted whole episode, in the second one plot is turning to a flat line of nothingness. Does not develop from that in any smart way. Plot is full of illogical twists, besides, it has link to wonderland (it is not spoiler but you have to be prepared, you need special mind set for that and i am not even joking).
Art is just poor, unfortunately it was nothing special to me and animation was often blurry. In one episode i almost got seizure when image per second dropped to 0.5ish.
Sound was also something poor, it i…
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There used to be a time when the Noitanima timeslot was synonymous to uncommon stories and quality shows but those good times are now over. Even Noitanima succumbed to the stereotypes and fads that plague modern anime, and thus we get this show. Don’t fool yourselves to thing it isn’t because it came out during the ghost/zombie fad and is nothing more than a rehash of the premise of AnoHana, which also aired in the same timeslot half a year ago.
THE STAFF
- The animation is also not done by a bigshot studio but rather a minor one called Doga Kobo. These guys haven’t even produced a single above average show in their whole career, so what the hell are they doing here, collaborating with a top tier production?
- The directing is done by Matsuo Kou whose roster is filled with nothing but med…
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I wanted to watch a romantic anime. I opened Crunchyroll late at night and expected to watch a short and cute anime after watching My love Story.
BOY. I cried at every single minute. At the time, my boyfriend was diagnosed with a tumor but didn't want to tell me, I just grabbed my iPad one day and I noticed he left a tab open about Cancer. Since he didn't wanted to tell me I still wasn't sure about the tumor at that time. Something was just wrong and he was being too quiet. That's why I was watching a ton of romantic anime, he was being too cold and distant and I was so worried about our relationship that I wanted to feel something nice about love.
So this anime dehydrated me.
Some other people have rated this 6 o 7. It might be too soft, too slow at times, but I, with that experience…
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Keep in mind that this review is going to be pretty spoiler heavy.
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This is a prime example of when a great idea and concept is made but then the show just falls flat on its face as it doesn’t fully understand how to utilize the great premise.
Natsuyuki Rendezvous is a 2012 anime of only 11 episodes, backed by Doga Kobo it’s a supernatural, romance drama based off the manga of the same name, and it’s so fucking boring!
Story
So what is the premise of Natsuyuki rendezvous I hear you ask, well it’s basically ghost cucking. Our protagonist Hazuki has fallen in love with a much older lady - Rokka - who owns a flower shop. Due to his love for her he stops by the shop daily and buys small potted plants despite owning a very small apartment, because of this his apartment is filled with tin…
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This anime was painfully slow, and very lacking. I feel that the characters could've been developed a little more.. or at least show a little bit more of emotion. Personally I didn't feel sadness, joy, or pity for any off the characters. The feel of it was just too dull.
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1. Story
I found the premise interesting. Romance and the supernatural are frequently paired together, but I found the premise somewhat fresh. For the most part, the story kept me interested but had its flaws. In a series that focuses on romance the characters are key, so my issues with a couple of the characters subtract from it.
2. Art
I think something both fans and detractors can agree on is that that the art in this series is no slouch at all. Whether its the more tame colors of the streets, the vibrant colors of the various flowers in the shop, or the more abstract settings, everything looks very well-done.
3. Sound
Score-wise, the use of music is far from frequent, resulting in a more atmospheric feel to the series, which I think works well and highly appreciate. The voice act…
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Now I think this anime is fairly unknown to people- but that is part of the reason i'm writing this to raise it's profile even by just a little.
I won't reveal any spoilers but it is one of the most heart-warming and tear jerking romances I have seen in a long time. And to be honest i'm surprised I enjoyed it as much I did because romance animes aren't really my favourites.
Anyway the story focuses on the relationship between a flower shop owner and her new part-time employee that has been admiring her from afar. If it was just this I myself would be a little disappointed but then they throw in the fact that the owners late husband is haunting her and her admirer is the only one that can see him, the ghost husband tries everything in his power to keep his wife. (I won't reveal anymore…
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I really liked the poster and it is 11 episodes only so i decided to dig in finish it quickly, it looks really cute i thought
the first 3 episodes or so were really good hazuki was so adorable i liked him i was wondering why it has a score of 7 ?
i was kinda guessing what is going to happen but oh well everything just .. got really twisted and i was like wait-what(?)..
the story
its about mainly a ghost of a dead young husband shimao and his widow rokka and the poor young man hazuki who got stuck in their twisted world, because he just decided to fall in love with rokka, who i think was trying to move on
it would have been a nice story if there wasn't so much complications really, i dun wanna put any spoilers but seriously the begging was so promising it hurts.
YES the Art
i love…
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It pains me to give such a low score to Natsuyuki Rendevouz, a show that has such a great premise. A love triangle between a dead man, his ex- wife and a new guy trying to enter her life, that should be a great show, right?
Sadly, the execution was so poorly made that it managed to kill the entire plot for me. The main problem with it is the abusive amount of flashbacks concerning Rokka and her dead husband. While I feel that some were great and gave us dept into their relationship, the vast majority were useless, and took SO MUCH screentime out of Hazuki's and Rokka relationship, that needed better development. With so much time going to flashbacks (seriously, like 50% of the series is flashback) the plot felt extremely contrived, and Rokka's relationship with Hazuki didn't felt believa…
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Talk about a big waste of potential. On paper, Natsuyuki Rendezvous's premise seemed like a unique one in its focus on a love triangle involving a young part-time flower shop worker, his older manager, and the ghost of his manager's dead husband. The dynamics of the triangle involved Ryosuke trying to start up a relationship with Rokka, Rokka learning to move on with her life following her husband's death and Atsushi learning to let go of his attachment to his wife. The series shows some signs of its potential with Atsushi later possessing Ryosuke's body and realizing how short-sighted his actions were with wanting to stay with his wife, while Rokka starts to slowly fall for Ryosuke throughout the course of the series. The presentation for the series is also quite good with vibrant color,…
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The more I think about this series, the more I'm inclined to believe that Natsuyuki Rendezvous is not a romance.
Sure, it may say romance in the tags. It may be a josei. It may even be billed by the creators themselves as a romantic story. But the way I see it, this series is simply not meant to be a traditional romance, regardless of how it's being sold.
Natsuyuki Rendezvous, simply put, is a story about life and death. Love is used as a theme in order to make the story more understandable and easy to relate to, but at its core this anime focuses on the aspects of living and dying and loving while living and dying more than anything else.
Although it's easy to interpret this series as the love story between two characters, Hazuki and Rokka, I tend to believe that it is actually more ab…
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Story: The story was simple, part realistic, part fantastic. Hazuki is a young man that falls in love with Rokka, the owner of a flower-shop. But Rokka is more than that, she is 8 years older than Hazuki and she is a widow. What Rokka doesn’t know is that her husband spirit is still there with her. Rokka may not know, but Hazuki does, and, oh, boy, Shimao (the husband) doesn’t make Hazuki’s life easy at all.
Art: The art is simply splendid.
Sound: The music made the atmosphere perfect for a sad, yet happy, love story.
Character: As for the characters, they are probably the best part of the anime beside the art.
Enjoyment: It's very hard to tell if I was happy with this anime or not. It has great things, it's calming and relaxing, but in the same time so tragic.
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When I saw this title and saw that is was based on a Josei series I thought to myself this might have the potential to be the best of the 2012 summer season.
The series initially intrigued me to watch more but I was disappointed however as I progressed thought the series and I started to feel that the series was repetitive and the characters personality would only change to move the story along. I feel that the series did not put enough effort to making you like the characters and instead focused straight on the drama of the story and made me not care for the series.
The art and animation are middle of the road nothing bad but nothing particularly good either. The OST of the series was forgettable for the most part but it never irritated me at any point. I enjoyed some of the visuals on…
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Natsuyuki Rendezvous is about when to move on and regrets after death and interestingly enough this isn't just about the living but also the dead.
The story begins with Hazuki who has a crush on Rokka the widowed owner of a flower shop who is 10 years older than him. For unknown reasons he is unable to work but when a part-time opening is advertised at Rokka's shop Hazuki jumps a the chance mainly so he can get to know Rokka better. Just when he begins to make progress with Rokka, Hazuki meets Shimao the ghost of Rokka's dead husband who has no intention of allowing any man near Rokka.
The story begins well but loses itself just over half way through. Natsuyuki Rendezvous has good characters beautiful and colourful art work and music which fits the anime just right i feel the story tries…
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Sign, now that this 11 episode anime has ended, so, what can I say, it is "OUTSTANDING," this anime can be compared to a soap opera where the genre supernatural, romance and drama really did well. The title itself is not misleading, this is one quality anime that doesn't follow your typical run of the mill entertainment, though it still has the usual restless spirit thing that come with this anime and so as someone who can let go. It may have some similarities with "AnoHana" and Tasogare Otome, it cannot be compared with it, one, is that unlike "AnoHana" this one is more of seinen, as for "Tasogare Otome" well it does had a bit of a dark side but only in a subtle note where Shimao is having some thoughts of bringing Rokka to the afterlife, good thing he didn't or o else he'll end up in hel…
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While watching Natsuyuki Rendezvous I can’t help but remember my close encounters with love. I can see Pearl running through the hallways like a whirlwind rushing to class. I only hope to catch her attention for a second just to exchange ‘Hi’s. Stephanie is crying at a train station because of an argument we just had. All I can do is watched through the foggy glass of the train doors. Jayce is sending me a text telling me that she’s willing to go on a second date.
Hope, failure and success, are the three memories I feel love leaves us with.
I don’t know if I am just naive or young, maybe both, but the story hit all these notes within its short one cour run. The emotional journey that Hazuki, Shimao and Rokka undertake is a roller coaster, twisting and curving…
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Love. The four letter forbidden word. What is it really? Is it an idea? Is it an expression? Is it a feeling? Perhaps it's something that all of us feel like it must be part of us because it's the central theme of human life. No but, seriously, think about it.
In a nutshell, Natsuyuki Rendezvous is a rare romantic josei series presented by Noitamina. In fact, Noitamina is known to present all sorts of unique and strange series that expands beyond the typical male audience such as the original [C], the musical Nodame Cantabile, the horror Shiki, and the ghostly story of Anohana. Ah yes, speaking of ghost stories, that brings us to Natsuyuki Rendezvous.
The series has three main characters. First, there's a delicate flower named Rokka Shimao who owns a flower shop. She is the manager but…
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I love this show. It was one of those shows where instead of watching it just to talk about it with other people on the internet, and checking the progress bar on at the bottom of the media player to check how many more minutes are left, I watched it because i actually really enjoyed it, and I was captivated.
I will list the bad thing out of the way first: low budget, not as bad as Muv-Luv Total Eclipse. Fairly typical for josei though, so I'm not knocking too much off. The animation is simple and there are no moments where the quality is bad.
Now the good things:
The story is very touching. You will definitely come to care a lot for the characters. Hazuki (the male lead) is a likeable guy that seems very down to earth and believable. He is kind of infatuated, even obsessed with Rokka (…
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Simply put, Natsuyukki Rendezvous is a splendid anime that deserves to get picked up by anyone looking for a romantic comedy, drama-based anime.
Hi, Future Architect Here. I am an architect from the future who has seen basically all the anime airing this summer season. Out of the best, Natsuyukki Rendezvous is the one I must write a review for before I meet up with my peer, JohnTitor.
Now, the story of Natsuyuki seems very typical with a supernatural twist. However, it is much more genius than one can expect. How far is the director willing to take the comedy aspects while examining a serious topic. Well, the directing does take the liberty in making fun of ghosts, and putting up traditional Japanese culture jokes. However, this one is special. While being able to manage a some-what seri…
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