Introduction
Mei Ayazuki is just your ordinary, everyday high-school girl. That is until one night, when the moon is full and red, she’s transported through time to the Meiji Period by Charlie, a self-proclaimed magician.
She ends up in a strange, Meiji-era ‘Tokyo’ where the existence of ghosts is accepted. Led by Charlie, she finally arrives at the Rokumeikan. There, waiting for her to arrive, are the historical figures Ougai Mori, Shunsou Hishida, Otojirou Kawakami, Kyouka Izumi, Gorou Fujita, Yakumo Koizumi, and Tousuke Iwasaki.
Whilst interacting with these men, she discovers she is a Tamayori - someone who can see ghosts - a skill that is highly valued in the Meiji Period. Due to these powers, her relationship with the men begins to change… As she gets to know these handsome men in a new era she just can’t get used to, a love begins to grow within her.
Will Mei be able to return to her time? What will become of her love - a love that crosses the boundaries of time and space?
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Audience reviews
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ScarityNight
I'm very disappointed with this anime.
The whole "A Girl can see ghosts and is sent back in time to meet historical figures." is a very interesting premise. Unfortunately, they barely did anything interesting with this set up even toward the end. After the first 2 episodes, the entire premise was poorly explained and then was toss aside in favor of normal daily slice-of-life-with-the-occasional-funny-moments anime. Even when they tried something with the whole Tamayori, the thing just ended the minute it got slightly interesting. Seriously why even bother showing a girl who can see ghosts, how it negatively affected her life, and how there are ghosts within this world where they need an entire division to deal with it only to have like 4 disappointing episodes about it. It's kinda a theme…
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I honestly made an account just to write a review on this anime. I think this anime is really underrated. It's beautiful, bittersweet, and really deserves a lot more attention. This 12 episode anime made me laugh and cry. That takes a lot to do for me because I usually just smile/grin, but parts of this anime actually made me laugh out loud. I'm a little sad about the ending, but I'm happy with her decision. Throughout this anime, I see a constant theme of "finish what you started." For that, I understand her decision. Hoping there will be a second season. I would really like to see that she finished what she had to do in her modern life and go back to that era.
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I finished this anime about 20 minutes ago and im still crying... I cant tell if im crying more out of frustration or sadness.. Let me explain. This anime goes where the first 9 episodes saying "oh no, ill have to return to my real world soon" then figures out that she doesnt actually need to leave on episodes 9-10. Then she is like, hell yeah get to live my life happy here because my old wrong was bad. HER LIFE SUCKED. Then the last episode decides that they are going to tear your heart out and ruin both yours and her happy ever after. Dont watch if you want a lovey dovey happy ending because you will be hurt....
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I adored the anime I truly did, especially the first 11 eps. I expected a different ending though, didn't expect my heart to bounce so much. I was expecting something different. I understand that she went in the past for a reason, but I didn't expect her to make the decision she made in the last ep. I mean I really wanted to cry so much.
I loved and adored all characters, I fell in love with Mori Ougai, and I just wanted to hug the other characters. I am glad that Mei was able to help the others in history but then again I just don't understand why the anime had to end the way it did.
Did she have to make that decision for food? I understand that what happened during Meiji Era was to help her develop as a better person but I wanted love to won.
Honestly loved the anime but I wanted a dif…
Read at the sourceAnshulGoyal
I don't understand why this show had rating of 6.95?
A really heart touching story of a girl going back in time and realizing who she really is and how she really feels.
All the hot shots of the past era liking the girl from future was like watching a truly beautiful scene.
The only complaint I had was I hoped she was well educated so she could have used her education for the development.
All the other expects were truly amazing though.
My point rating clearly shows how awesome the show is and how much I liked it.
In the end the girl made the right choice and that thing really made me happy. Somethings are better off let unfinished.
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The anime was pretty okay until the last episode it just made my brain hurt and confused. The characters were okay and I liked the sound and the fl but then the ending just destroyed everything. It just does not make sense why she would go back when she's not sure that she can come back to the past. In the future she gets called freak and weird and have no friends but in the other world she gets accepted and found friends and a lover so this doesn't make sense to me. Well anyways if you have enough time and just want to watch an anime try this out but beware the ending it won't make you happy
Read at the sourcemoonmanii3082
Spoilers included!
This anime was very good with amazing characters and a great character development throughout the season. However, the reason why my overall score was low even though I genuinely liked this anime was her choice in the end to go back to her own time after regaining her memories. She had love and finally found acceptance in who she was as a person after shutting herself out to ghost and humans alike. If the ending was different my score would've been a solid 8. I love a good reverse harem anime where the main character choses someone to love but I wish she would've stayed with him. He loved her when at first no one would in her time.
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TL;DR: Meiji Tokyo Renka is an interesting historical fantasy to waste some time on.
L;DR
I have a bit of a thing for reverse harem anime based off of otome games, so of course Meiji Tokyo Renka was one of the next on my list to watch. Just from looking at the description I thought it would be the perfect show for me; historical Japan fantasy, time travel isekai, and of course, romance. And when I booted up the first episode to be met with the opening (which I really enjoyed, it has a wonderful sound and groove to it) I thought I was going to be witnessing one of my new favorite guilty pleasures.
But now, after finishing the show, I guess I can say... eh?
Look, if you like reverse-harem, slightly trashy, historical romance- ignore the rest of my review. Go and watch it- and just enjoy y…
Read at the sourceCasualLegume
If you go in expecting this to be a fantastic reverse harem, you'll be disappointed. HOWEVER if you want to watch a short series that's lighthearted and has some good looking anime men, I'd say go for it!
The ending was pretty typical compared to other reverse harem anime where the protagonist goes to another era or world, but slightly less fulfilling. I've seen rumors of a second season, so I look forward to what that might bring.
As far as character personalities, I agree that they felt flat. But that's not always a bad thing if you don't care about getting invested in a show (even though I watched it all in one go, oops) The guys are pretty, and the protag's physical design is more basic than most, which I actually enjoy compared to most protags that have strange eye or hair colors.…
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This anime is absolutely beautiful! After originally completing the series in April, I’ve enjoyed it so much that I haven’t been able to stop rewatching it.
It’s a cute, short anime that I believe many people can enjoy as it includes romance, time travel and ghost-hunting (don’t forget the delicious food, too!). The story was well presented, considering that this anime was based off a game. Some scenes, interactions and quirks the characters have may only make sense if you are familiar with the series beforehand, and they can be confusing at times.
The characters have fun interactions with each other and all have likeable traits which you can fail in love with. The Japanese dub and the English dub are both enjoyable and leave you with a smile after each episode. The art style does chan…
Read at the sourceSailorMoon_95
I'm going to make this short and simple... This was a great anime adaption of the game. Yes, if you're looking for that romance vibe it does have it. I mean there are parts that made me a little uptight but the ending even though (something did happen that we all wanted to happen came through..) There is going to be a season 2 being released July 2020.. SO THE WAY IT ENDED IN THIS SEASON IS OKAY. I've played the game so I mean I had an idea on how they were going to plan the ending.. I'd advise you play the game first if you can, before you watch the anime. There's also another game pretty much the same plot but it's the only on IOS and it's called, Nightmare Harem. I recommend that game to those who can only play that particular Otome because they have an Iphone.
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the hint of romance in this anime is very cute and all characters have a great development of character throughout the whole story. mainly I feel this anime is for girls boys can watch as well but I don't know they like romance anyways boy can watch it
so basically this is a pretty good anime it a sweet and has a good moral it good for children to watch because there is no violent or mature content. I feel that is a great story for people that are being targeted for being different and don't have confidence in themselves. l love this anime and
HOPEFULLY, IT CAN KEEP CONTINUING !!!!!!!
Read at the sourcejulixjinx
Not much action but i thought hey, its good. Then the ending was horrible, and this is why: a lot of anime has sad endings but they have a much more meaning and purpose. This is just stupid. So she goes back despite that she found her "love" and new friends that support her, and for what? so that she can go back to make friends in her world..oh wow! very inspirational.
I really hope they make another season or at least one OVA. I wasted 12 weeks for nothing,just so that i have a meh feeling at the end. We all have different opinions but i wished i knew what i was getting into.
What i liked: the graphics are beautifull, the rest of the characters are interesting.
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So ..I'm a huge fan of the reverse harem and otome game adaptions genre so when I saw this, I was very excited to watch it.
While I was two thirds down I accidentally looked into the reviews and was shocked to see how many people seemed to dislike the ending so I prepared myself for being disappointed.
But all I can say after completing it is that I think this anime was enjoyable through and through.
ESPECIALLY the ending made it stand out and fresh and I'm actually happy it's not the usual "happy ending".
I don't rate my animes by looking at the quality of plot, characters, animation or music. My rating depends solely on the enjoyment I got from watching it and therefore I give this anime an 8.
Read at the sourceMKohl4012
If your here for a love story your not going to get what you came for. This anime was very good when it started. Hell I was in tears for a majority of the anime. Then something happened. What happened you ask?
Well we started to get those little feels in our stomach called butterflies. Thats right ladies and gentlemen. The feels that we start to bond with the characters came in to the station full force. Everything was going great till we started to play god!
Have you ever felt that your life was worth more then a parfait? Well this anime takes your value as a person and puts it on an ice cream scale. I have NEVER been more upset with an anime ending before in my life!
If your here for your standard reverse harems STAY AWAY! I REPEAT STAY AWAY! THIS IS NOT AN ANIME FOR YOU! If you are…
Read at the sourceSakuraSunWolf
I LOVED watching this anime as it was ongoing, until I reached the end. The characters are good and the plot isn't bad at all, but literally at the last episode destroyed how I felt about this anime.
**Spoiler**
Everything was going well in the anime, because the anime is about Mei deciding to stay in a place that she actual enjoys and where people actually like her, or where she is mistreated and she hated. Up until the last episode, episode 12, she decided to leave the Meiji era where she was accepted and had fallen in love! This made me angry that she decided this. There is a small cliffhanger, but as she goes back to her original time, all that is left is whether the Meiji era people she met (including her lover), will reincarnate or if she is somehow going to be thrown back into the…
Read at the sourceMaverynthia
Tokyo Renka
This is one of those otome game anime where the "one true path" male is almost garbage and every single other guy is 10x better for her. To get the "true" ending however you have to play his path, and this anime is a good summary of how it goes. You just want to keep yelling things at Ougai and tell her to just dump that possessive bastard.
The one good thing about this anime is that the story is mostly slice of (supernatural) life and not one where the hero has to do any form of fighting or anything considered masculine, where she suddenly becomes weak in the face of whatever her job entails despite years of training and needs a man to save her or talk for her. This saves the need to murder the screen so much.
Also men, who only think of women as objects as demonstrated by th…
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Putting it very short, is like you’re watching an anime with bunch of fillers. Basically the whole story, of matter, happens at first and the last episode.
All the guys are basically the same idea, just look a bit different and has a bit different side story but all “weirdly” think the protagonist is outstanding. The non pretty, clumsy, incompetent yet good hearted gal.
The problem with the main guy, Ougai, is that he expresses his affection sooo much to Mei that it turns out to be cringy. Also, he is over understanding to all guys she helps, not in a way it looks as a unconditional love, but this plot is not making sense love.
The end is so bad. Omg. No.
Even if you like reverse harem, this is a bad idea.
Read at the sourceKANLen09
At first, this seems just like any generic visual novel adaptation...until I saw who was the director of this show: the legendary Akitarou Daichi, famous for most 90s and early 2000s anime (such as Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku, Bokura ga Ita, to name a few). Needless to say, his recent works have been hits and misses, and Meiji Tokyo Renka is no different as a miss.
After a brief stint in going through a life that is in interaction with spirits every now and then, living in isolation, Ayazuki Mei, a simple and not-so-complicated girl, gets tranced by a passing magician, and subsequently, gets sent back in time to Meiji-era Tokyo at the bask of the Full Moon. Until the next timing of the Full Moon, she is requested to make use of her time in that era before she is allowed to go back to her time.…
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Story: The Story is Basic and has Holes.
Art / Animation: The Art is Pleasing to look at but not distinct.
Sound: The Sound is Great.
Characters: All Characters are flat Characters. Including our protagonist.
After Mei gets sent back to the past, we get to spend time with the characters getting to know each other before The next Full Moon Comes that can send Mei back Home. Every episode or two, one of the men has a problem that has to be resolved with Mei's Help.
Unfortunately, the characters, which are essential to make a good Romance or Comedy, are all Flat characters that are completely personified by their Personality / Stereotype / Jobs / Single Problem. Once their problem is resolved (This includes the protagonist, by the way), there is no more development. The Protagonist's proble…
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