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Tsuki ga Kirei is what happens when two socially anxious teens make accidental eye contact and decide that’s enough to build a relationship. The boy MC stares at his feet. The girl MC stares at her phone. Together, they generate the romantic energy of a dial tone.
People call it “realistic.” Yeah, if your idea of realism is watching two people silently suffer through a middle school crush like it’s a hostage situation. The entire show feels like watching two NPCs glitch into a relationship without ever triggering the dialogue tree. Both MCs have the emotional chemistry of two Roombas passing in a hallway. Half their conversations are just shy glances and single-word texts with the weight of a grocery list. It’s like romance by Morse code.
The pacing is glacial. I’ve seen frozen snails m…
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I watched Tsuki ga Kirei, also known as The Moon is Beautiful or NyQuil PM. Here are my thoughts:
I tried. I swear I tried. I tried my very best to like this show. I dropped it TWICE – once shortly after it aired, and once again when I gave it a second chance around 2019. I picked it up a third time in 2022 in a desperate effort to see what the hype was all about, yet still I was disappointed, although did finish it. I did my very best to like this show, and watched it in a variety of states of mind only to be met by unwavering disappointment.
For those unaware, this is a pure romance show focused on characters in late Japanese middle school (around 14 years in age I think).
The male lead and his female love interest are both ridiculously boring characters. They both have the personalit…
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Never in my life have I ever been able to relate to a character like I can relate to Kotarou. This is the first time I think I’ve felt this personally connected to a character. Sure the characters I have on my favourites lists are ones that I like, but none of them are like me. Kotarou however, has so many thoughts that I myself have experienced in my lifetime.
Not only is Kotarou the only relatable aspect of this show, but the way Akane and our other characters act and express emotion is so crazily realistic, and that’s what I love so much about Tsuki ga Kirei. It doesn’t require any fancy concepts or crazy plot in order to be a beautiful anime, how simplistic and realistic it is, is enough. The facial expressions of Akane and Kotarou are something I truly treasured while watching and a…
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Tsuki ga Kirei was an anime that I overlooked back in 2017, and I regret doing that. The show is unique and does the opposite of what most romance anime currently airing do.
Most current romance anime consist of large drama and romantic rivals that create a complex love web that the main character has to fight in to declare his love. They normally have these difficult situations the characters have to band together to get over. Sure there were some situations for the characters to get over, but they were all very real and there weren’t as many. The show uses simpler techniques to get an emotion out of you. They use changes in the characters' way of speaking with each other, changes in voice acting, amazing background music, and the lack of music in scenes create a mood to make you underst…
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Spoilers ahead.
Interesting premise, interesting characters, a serious plot about teenagers having to overcome certain difficulties in life to succeed in whatever they want to succeed in. All in all, it’s a very interesting anime. It’s one of those slow paced anime titles where they go into intricate details about characters and show things instead of dumping exposition in the viewer’s face. An amazing experience to say the least or so I thought. Most of anime titles nowadays are often bloated with needless fan-service, redundant storylines and overall boilerplate characters which you’ve seen a dozen of times in other titles.
Tsuki ga Kirei stands out as an anime. It stands out because of the uniqueness it introduces and because you actually get to see things as they unfold. The premis…
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“People exist for love and revolution.” - Osamu Dazai
🥇 9/10
At first glance, Tsuki ga Kirei might look like a simple love story of middle-school students, but this show has something more than just a romance story to offer to audiences. Watching Tsuki ga Kirei is like becoming a middle-schooler once again, but this time in Japan, giving audiences a chance to experience such a beautiful culture of Japan.
🎬 Story - 7/10
The story is mainly about a relationship between a shy novelist introverted boy and an athlete girl, set place in Japan, mostly in middle school. The story is simple, not being too plain. Unlike many other shows, the story of this show seems to be based on reality, trying to be most realistic as possible. By doing that, the story risks being too plain, however, it actua…
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School life romance is quite popular in the Japanese anime industry. Kimi ni Todoke, Clannad, Shigatsu and even the acclaimed Kimi no Na wa is about school romance. Despite the fact that the popularity of anime school romance is sky-high like the Eiffel tower. As an affirmed still-a-virgin individual, I could proudly confirm you one thing : "I never get bored of this cycle, and I most likely never will as long as I remain a virgin."
Tsuki ga Kirei ( The Moon is Beautiful, As the Moon, So Beautiful ) is an anime that exploits the factors of school life romance beyond the boundaries. In spite of the fact that the story of the anime is solely about a boy and a girl falling in love with one another. Mmm..How can I explain this. Alright, envision you have a bowl of ramen in front of you. It’s…
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[7.5/10]
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Behold first love. A first kiss. A tender touch. Without it, we would cease to grow. A metaphoric stomping on roots. Painted through cliche, breathing through understatements. Each veteran, wandering eye gazing down at innocence and wishing to relive moments missed. Missed through longing or melancholy. A bittersweet visage of young love remarked dismissively by jaded tongues. If only my own wasn't so jaded.
These moments, mandatory, yet romanticized. It's in the genre, after all. Yet that's so often the failure. Perfection is wanted, but only through shallow wishes. Wanting perfection in a relationship is like wanting world peace. An empty claim that flirts with ignorance more…
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Tsuki ga Kirei is a boring adolescent romance that masquerades as something more than it is. It's avoidance of standard romance tropes is not an act that by default renders a romance any better, or even realistic or compelling, if it's still utterly lacking in anything substantive whatsoever.
The main couple have a serious lack of chemistry that plagues the show from front to back. Their reservations and quaint interactions are cutely refreshing and much more in line with the actuality of young love than your typical anime portrayal. That said, I still don't understand why they liked each other in the first place or why that feeling only grew over time. They were awkward, but it wasn't just a cute display of awkwardness, as they legitimately had nothing substantive to talk about, ever. I…
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Most romantic tales are quite ubiquitous. There is a chance meeting, an initial spark, then further interactions, perhaps some conflict and ultimately a resolution. Tsuki ga Kirei, at first glance, is not too different in these respects. However, while the outline of this anime is similar, there is a certain finesse and subtlety which I will now get into in more detail.
Before delving too deep, however, there's a key symbolic concept that's used in this series and it involves the use of the moon. There is a saying in Japan that goes as such: “The moon teaches us that darkness can’t hide the beauty of life if we know how to reflect beauty”. It is by this proverb whereby the Tsuki ga Kirei's title is based off, as well as how the characters grow throughout this show and ultimately how the r…
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Are you Interested in a change of pace? Want something out of the norm? Something that's different from previous romance titles but still leaves a large impact on the viewer. If so then I would highly suggest watching something else. I went into this anime hoping that it would progress in a manner I am not used to but it failed to impress let alone entertain me for the majority of the season. Typical intro where the main character meets a girl who he doesn't know and for whatever reason they're instantly drawn to each other. A clichéd intro like this had me feeling as if I was going to be watching another typical shoujo anime. And boy was I right. That's not to say that the anime is horrendous, the art style is interesting and the sound is fair. The characters however, did not leave much o…
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Romance is a genre that has been done to death in anime. Some try to liven things up by going for a romance-comedy approach that often falls short of balancing between the two. Some try to go for moody serious drama that sometimes take itself too seriously by sprinkling dark elements into the mix resulting into a mess. Whatever various scenarios these shows present, what they all have in common is that they have always strive to show something interesting to its viewers beyond the romance, which can result to negligence of the potential development from it.
It has always bothered me, as a person who has encountered a lot of romance fiction, that stories revolving between two pairings are often beaten around the bush up until the very end. Not that it's automatically considered a bad thin…
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Dazai once said: [What uneasiness lies in being loved.]
Tsuki ga Kirei is a romance show that airied in Spring 2017, and after finishing it, I can only say one thing with absolute certainty: This show is by far one of the greatest romance shows I have ever watched.
During the time this was airing, waiting to watch this show has made me feel unreasonable amounts of anxiety; never have I felt like this with any other show.
==Story
Tsuki ga Kirei is a show that revolves around our awkward duo, Akane and Kotarou and how they handle their lives during middle school all the way up to graduation. It's a simple tale with no quirks. These are simply normal people living their normal lives.
That's all I can say since anything beyond this is spoiler territory. Anyway, the storyline of TgK all th…
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Quite possibly the best romance anime ever. Everything is handled tactfully and with such emotion that you can't help but connect with the characters. Problems aren't drawn out over the course of several episodes, usually being solved in the same episode or in the next one. The ending is the greatest send off I've personally ever seen in a show.
If I could give this show an 11 on character, story, enjoyment, and overall I would do it in less than a heartbeat. Very few shows have made me feel this entwined with the story as this one. Make sure you get the tissues out for the finale, I guarantee you will be crying afterwards.
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I don't usually write reviews, but i'm gonna make an exception, for this anime really touched me.
I originally thought about giving this anime an 8 but after finishing it i feel like it would be unfair. It's not an anime that has amazing episodes, actually they can even get a bit boring at some point (specially if you're not used to "paused" animes) but what makes this anime so good is the whole of it, it's actually quite realistic about how current teenagers have relationships(with the typical japanes touch, of course) and the art is good, even though sometimes the CGI was horrible, the music fits perfectly and most importantly the MC is not the typical pu**y, he's in fact normal not a badass nor a pu**y.
This show is not for everyone but if you like to cry and feel feelings(xd) when yo…
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In an era where people continously gush about Serial Experiments Lain for being one of the most mind-boggling shows to ever come out of Japan, in an era where people all over the world jump from excitement when they see a new fight in Boku No Hero Academia, in era where people consider Rem from Re:Zero to be their ideal waifu, there's something that I always felt was left underappreciated. That thing was simplicity.
Some look at simple shows and say that they're not making their minds busy, some say that they're not worth their time when so many excellent, fantastical adventures await, but for once I want to give credit to a wonderful, amazing piece of animation that just followed every single step of how to create a great anime, and it did so to with the understanding of each of those ele…
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Tsuki ga Kirei is like an embarrassing flashback to those days in middle school where you wanted to grow up as fast as possible and do things all the cool adults did. Remember that first time you fell in love from looking at someone, but didn’t know what to do or didn’t have the guts to try it out? Yeah, Tsuki ga Kirei is just a reminder what should’ve or could’ve happened for all those with regrets from their younger days. Tsuki ga Kirei is everything I wanted Kuzu no Honkai to be, the characters are brimming with personality, the visual storytelling is off the charts, and there is more to it than just a love story. Each character has their own aspirations and there is substance to why they exist. I’m glad the show takes its subject matter seriously, because there’s not a lot of room for…
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[Middle-School Romance]
Anime shows entailing romance, adolescence, and school-life are nothing new; many follow common themes, employ cliche characters, and have hackney narratives. And, while, this show may share similar themes, its characters and narrative go beyond simple cliches. They add hints of realism and truth, recreating events people could relate and reminisce about. Tsuki ga Kirei may not subvert the romance genre, but its stellar technical production, realistic narrative and charming characters are both refreshing and remarkable.
STORY:
The show features a simple storyline summarized as: boy meet girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy dates girl, boy and girl stay together forever and live happily ever after. Its themes are also simple, revolving around youth and innocence…
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Every season we can watch average animes, good animes but few times we have the privilege of watching an amazing anime that will be part of us for a long time. Tsuki ga Kirei will fulfill our expectations and more.
Even if the story could be at the beginning simple, it will start advancing in a way that will keep us entertained until the end. The story has excellent pacing and covers the insecurity, the desires, the doubts, the dreams of a group of teenagers.
We follow the story of a couple from the start until the end (in some way), their names are Akane and Kotaru. They are just typical teenagers, and their relation starts from the immaturity and the usual shyness, the fear and the anxiety that can be found in the real world every day. As the relationship progress, we can visualize ho…
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Honestly in my opinion, this show is one of those original work gems that stand out for this season of Spring 2017!
An Original Work containing Romance, mixed along with Middle School themed characters, plus those awkward and moments we all had at some point in our lives. As what some others have said, I also agree that this show is something refreshing and nice to watch.
The story has good development overtime. It's not really rushed a lot with tons of scenes and action that was all done in one go. The story progressed at a reasonable good pace. Though, there's a notable amount of time-lapsing to transition to each episode. I did like the development for the characters too, since it went at a pace that isn't too fast for viewers to try and understand, and not too slow where the viewers…
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