Audience reviews
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maraviax
What even is this anime? I won't lie, the title made me do a double-take when I first saw it. And I did put it on the backburner for a year after the first 3 episodes, because no matter how well intentioned the premise or the story, the subject matter is going to be cringey. Having picked it back up and making it through the entire thing, I'll say that it is a wonderful story if you can get through the cringiness of the first 3-5 episodes. To make it clear, there was nothing in a perverse nature between the adult male husband and the child's body housing his dead wife's soul. There was also nothing romantic either. That didn't make it any less cringe because the implication always hangs there, with every emotional reaction. Later episodes do address that awkwardness, which feeds into why t…
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Started 9/10, stayed 9/10 and then ended on 1/10 worst ending ever. Like why would you EVER end it like that.
Watched with a friend, and we had to put off the last episode for 2 weeks. We binged the first 6 episodes (cuse it was so good), then the next 5, then BOOM, neither of us had the stomach to watch the last one (the ending arc started episode 10/11). Like one of those rollercoasters that slowly goes up and up and up and then BOOM you're going down at a thousand miles an hour.
Story is very unique and good. Genre is good. Art style very cute. Characters were good despite the father being a bit one dimensional. The reactions of the characters were realistic except for the ending. You'll enjoy it but prepare to be let down.
Read at the sourceShapurSama
I thought i dont like romance anime till i saw this anime. 🙂
Im completely sure i dont like romance anime but this one is diffrent. The story is perfect. Every episode make You get wonderfull to see next episode. A lot things happene in the anime. I really like the story. As sad as it was, it ended happily.😀
Im happy that i didnt waste my time by watch this series. Its better than other romance anime how could i say that they making it from piece of real life.
I couldnt stop watching it when i realize times spends, anime finished, it made me a little sad that the series finished after all. I wanted to see more, maybe story should stop at this position To be more beautifull.
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If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student – An anime often dismissed due to its title, but surprisingly not that bad. It could be a a decent pick for drama fans
At first, it seemed like just another loli wife anime, but it unexpectedly delves into mature life situations and presents them decently. Though the pacing felt a bit off, and I found myself skipping parts, the overall experience was decent.
The characters were well-developed and matured throughout the episodes. Their transformations felt real and grounded, making them more relatable as the story progressed.
From my perspective, the animation wasn’t great. The character designs felt more cartoonish, and the emotional expressions weren’t animated as effectively as they could have been. While the direction was satisfactory,…
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Tsumasho is an emotionally impactful anime that explores themes of identity, change, grief and acceptance. The story’s portrayal of grief and the process of moving on, especially through the Niijima family’s journey stands out as a central emotional element.
From a technical standpoint, the anime has a neat and pretty art style, particularly in closer shots, but there are occasional inconsistencies in the anatomy in some scenes. The story is original and well-paced, with each episode contributing meaningfully to the character development and plot progression. The anime's conclusion provides a satisfying and complete journey.
the characters feel realistic, too. they don't give cheesy lines and even break expectations of what they were going to do, and thinking about their actions, they ma…
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Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru.(If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student.)
While this anime as a cringe name the premise(reincarnationish)
Was executed very well and grounded in realism
Plot
The anime as a simple plot with some well executed twist that keep you invested in the storyline (not to give any spoilers)
Characters
The Characters are quite relatable and realistic
And the development of some Characters in the helps feel the emotions that are being passed across
All in all it was a good watch although the first few episodes were a little clichéd and boring things pick up and progress well
NB if you love slice of life this anime is something you will enjoy and I recommend it
Ratings: 7.6/10
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You Can trust me when i say that this is one of the most objective review you will saw of this anime for the good reason that I was one of those people who thought this anime was going to be one of those "Loli bait anime" with an old guy who is going to flirt with his wife reincarnated as a kid BUT OH MY GOD I WAS WRONG. The first episodes are going to be really boring and cliché (I even took a break for a while because of that) BUT BELIEVE ME the anime is going to suddenly become extremely interesting, adult and mature (Be careful I didn't say "Dark", it's not the same as mature or adult). In short it's an anime that talks about subjects related to adult life and family as a parent and various subjects around the death of a loved one, there are some serious twists and turns and especially…
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It's a beautiful anime, the concept is great and it's executed nicely... But unfortunately it's lacking. It's supposed to be an anime that gets you emotional, that hits hard about the meaning of death and how to cope with losing a loved one, but this anime wasn't able to do so.
I can't pinpoint how it went wrong, but at the end of it we are left with an impression that this anime was wishy-washy. I noticed that they strongly focused on Mai (the couple's daughter) in order to avoid issues about the age gap between the couple, and that was a highlight of this anime, but on the other hand it made the Father merely a father and not a "husband". It made his character weak and unlikeable.
This is "mixed feelings" because I think that the story is worth it, but the anime isn't. So I would inste…
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I love good anime like death note that takes a surreal element implemented into our human reality, and showing how it affects human lives in different aspects, and I consider Tsuma Shougakusei ni Naru one of these amazing anime series that implemented a surreal element into human lives, focusing more on the aspect of emotions, feelings, letting go, learning lessons, domestic abuse, bad parenting, redemption, emotional healing, love, etc. It does it in such a beautiful, realistic, and human way that connects with the viewers when showing emotions we can relate to.
It wasnt perfect, but I can't really tell what was wrong with it, I guess just low budget, questionable marketing, poor cinematography or composition that takes away from the inmersion of the story, and the intensiry of the feelin…
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This is the best anime of 2024, without question. The short and sweet premise is that its essentially a spiritual successor to AnoHana. if that's enough of a reason for you to watch it, then enjoy. While the two premises are incredibly similar, the experiences and settings are entirely different. Something I adore this show for is that it could've very, VERY easily been an absolute trainwreck. People have been memeing on this series all season based on the translated title, alone. And while I've seen so many amazing this show this year, I've also seen a LOT of trash that was filled to the brim with my least favorite tropes in the anime medium. I was so worried this was gonna be a very disturbing and uncomfortable experience. But no. Not in the slightest.
The amount of delicacy and maturi…
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The beginning of this anime episode is quite interesting to watch.
But after a while it gets quite boring, especially for her husband who has a below average level of awareness, a clear example of when someone has a crush on him but thinks it's normal, Another thing is when he's talking to someone, he always gets too carried away and almost accidentally mentions Tsuma/his wife.
In fact, it would be a big problem if her husband accidentally mentioned his wife, because his wife should no longer exist and it would be very complicated to justify that his wife had been reborn.
It's quite scary to see a character with a figure that is considered mature but whose thinking is so slow!
The storyline is also not always smooth, there are some dramas that make me quite bored watching them, like when…
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I'll have to say that this is my fault to have. The story actually begins the right way, giving off the tone of the 12 episodes, I just thought that it was rushed on purpose to come to the actual main focus being the wife in a child body.
That is what you would call a delusion.
There is a handful of drama and I will not spoil you on them. The whole point is that all the drama is as shallow as the fast-paced love story between the husband and the wife.
They worked together, the woman helped the guy, he got interested, they spent some time together, got married, had a child, an accident happens.
I do know that it is supposed to be a beautiful love story by default but falling for the person that helps you isn't love, it's self-love.
And it is that poor level of thought that is the problem…
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this series honestly didn't make me really emotional and also not to the point of being sad. And after watching all 12 episodes, I understood why this series had such a low rating, basically because the story building for each character line was very sketchy, one of which was shown through the fact that marika's mother knew that it wasn't her child but someone close to her age but still acted like it was her child? It's understandable when 100 chapters of the story were only adapted into 12 episodes to try to make the audience cry, it's really similar to the situation of akame ga kill, many important characters died but because the anime's duration was too short, we couldn't feel sorry for that death. The plot wasn't invested in, the animation and soundtrack of this series weren't invested…
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I think it was one of the best anime of this season and you'd be missing out if you skip it.
Watch it if you like wholesome dramas that bring joy and tears.
While the middle definitely feels rushed. I think the studio did the best they could with the 12 episodes they had. In general you get to mostly appreciate the character development. Although 16 episodes would've been better.
The story is very unique. I loved that they never put the little girl in any uncomfortably sexual situation. That would've sucked. But they managed it great.
I am not a huge animation nerd (I grew up in the days of Dragon Ball so yeah anything looks good enough) but I think the art and animation are a perfect complement to the story.
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A story that made me cry... but because of how poorly adapted the story was.
At the beginning of the season, people sold me this as the drama of the year and that I would need a box of tissues to watch each episode. I naively fell into the trap of the premise, since the story of how a family overcomes the grief of the loss of the family matriarch seemed interesting. Even so, the fact that the wife was reincarnated as a 10-year-old girl seemed quite dangerous and that at any moment a morally improper line could be crossed. Although the story remained within the moral, many of the protagonist's attitudes still felt uncomfortable and out of place.
The story was cut short and the production didn't even bother to hide the scissors with which they carried out this massacre. Many subplots devel…
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If you are shy on checking this out because of the premise...good. Make sure to stay away. You don't deserve good things.
For anyone who isn't a massive, nose turned up, prude with a massive stick up your moral ass, Tsumasho is pretty alright.
It's a bit of a bumpy ride, especially midway through the tone shift feels sudden sometimes compared to the early more slice of life aspects. Like yeah you already knew there was gonna be some strong emotional drama but at the end it really deals with a topic that should've been obvious but you just don't really acknowledge.
Or maybe you do, it depends on which character you resonate with the most. I really understood Mai's point the most because if my mom died and she would just seemingly magically come back I would just accept it and not questi…
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TLDR: A moving story, that subverted my expectations numerous times but not always in a good way.
The premise is right in the name, setting up your expectations of what to expect and the story delivers while managing to be a very wholesome show. An unexpected death leaves the remaining family consisting of a father and daughter, unable to truly move on. The story then explores what happens when the mother returns in the body of another family's child. The obvious drama of how this is handled while we slowly discover the who, what, when and why is cleverly mixed with external pressures of life and how they deal with the challenges as they come. It can be a be a bit to wishy washy at times for no good reason and several plot twists were just unnecessary or took the show in unwanted directio…
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I want to start this review, right at the top, by saying that anyone who says you should not watch this anime based on the title alone should lose all their social media accounts, and be hounded by a particularly randy pikachu. It's not only an undeserved criticism, it's a particularly stupid one, and I find myself actually a little angry that there are people out there who would try to cancel this wonderful anime based upon a characteristic but misplaced ignorance. There are some anime that may deserve that kind of criticism. This one isn't it.
Okay. I said that. Right at the top. Now, let's move on.
The fall 2024 season has been mostly a disappointment. There are only two anime that I particularly cared to watch this season. "Love! Live Superstar!" and, well, this one. I thought this a…
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Tsumasho was the most controversial show this season and it really didn’t need to be that way. Despite the title, this is one of the most wholesome and beautiful shows you’ll see this year. It’s a powerful story about grief, acceptance and moving on. I was brought to tears on several occasions in this one and the focus on the family dynamic of grief really resonated with me. This was a brilliant watch and if you can get over the really weird naming choice, you’ll be in for a treat.
Everyone knows Japan is no stranger to controversial and taboo topics and by the name alone you’d be forgiven for thinking this is another one of those, like I said before though, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Instead, we’ve got a unique twist on the reincarnation gimmick by having a deceased wife co…
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TsumaSho a.k.a If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. - The title alone sells the premise, but by the standards of the 2020s, it has become the misogyny to trigger even the tiniest of Karen-type fascists to force a name change...idiots.
As humans, the adage of "forgive and forget" is an often-quoted term that can be the bitch (or vain) that would not be suppressed in our system so quickly. Case in point, the loss of loved ones that family and friends can only get the news and be shell-shocked by the sudden loss that it could take days to weeks to move on, a story that we fickle humans must learn to accept no matter how hard the pain can be. Case in point (again): mangaka Yayu Murata's Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru a.k.a If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student, a title that…
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