Audience reviews
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Phebe_The_Weeb
We all have a niche anime which fanbase is so small, it seems like essentially nobody's heard of it. Although it might be unknown and might not be perfect, there's still a passion for it. Today, I will be reviewing the niche anime I’m passionate about and hopefully, this anime will get more reception. This anime is the fall 2005 romance series Lamune, which is assumed to have only around thirty thousand viewers. Throughout this video, I will be talking about how good this anime is and if you should watch it too. I will try my best to keep it spoiler-free with an exception of a spoiler segment which will have a warning before it occurs.
To begin, let's shed a little light on the history of Lamune so you could get to know it a little bit better. Lamune was originally derived from the Japan…
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Lamune is your typical warm romance that follows the adventures of Kenji and Nanami.
And yes, if you were thinking the title sounded similar to "lemonade" in your head, then you are correct, as it is indeed transliterated from the English word itself. The actual Japanese word is "ramune" which is a popular soft drink there, but they replaced the first letter to make the anime sound more unique. The drink, however, does play a role in the anime to symbolize bonds and you will find out what I mean by that when you watch it yourself.
One thing you will notice right away in Lamune is that the dialogue is pretty direct. Unlike most anime where the male character is normally a wimp and the girl is bitchy, both of the two lovers in this anime are very, well, lovable! And the dialogue itself tac…
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Lamune is an anime slice of life ahead of its time, with a simple but very beautiful story. The story shows the friendship of Nanami with Kenji (which they have since children) that on the end of the Summer is becoming something more, along with the occurrences of these two during a certain time.
Graphically it is acceptable considering the time from where it comes. The soundtrack is regular, a typical opening of a slice of life and a really bad ending for my taste.
The characters are the ones that always appear for a Slice of Life, Nanami is the sweet and somewhat awkward Waifu girl and Kenji is the one who wins all the anime girls besides the family and her best friend.
What I liked a lot was that twist that gives the story about the two final chapters, I really did not expect somethi…
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This is the epitome of cheezy anime. I'm not kidding. It's so friggin' cheezy that I considered dropping it. But I still finished it because during its time, this was perhaps a new thing.
before I begin, let me just reveal that the title "Lamune" would not make sense in the earlier episodes nor should it have been considered the title because it hardly had anything to do with Lamune.
For the plot, like I said, it was cheezy. It was your typical slice of life romance set in a rural area. Other than that, it didn't have much to offer. It's pretty much like watching a biography of two lovers. It didn't stand out much.
Speaking of not standing out, let's talk about the characters. While I liked the personality of the main character, his appearance did not match it at all. It would have bee…
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I rarely write reviews....but this anime is so underrated that I just had to.
I had "Lamune on my plan to watch list for years...for literally about 5 years before i got the courage to start it, and boy do I not regret now that decision.
I write this review just barely now, after finishing the last episode, and I am still in a warm shocked state. I can still feel the dried tears on my cheeks and I have a subtle smile on my face as I write this.
The show starts up laid back and relaxing...but what happened in the development of the episodes(especially the last ones) is why I would call this a masterpiece. I don't want to spoil anything about it so this will be a spoiler free review.
Story: 10/10
The story starts slow and relaxing as I said, but just trust me, especially if you are a ro…
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There is a fine line between a relaxing anime, and a boring anime. I find Lamune to be the former, but it's not going to surprise me if more people find it to be the latter.
The story follows two childhood friends, Kenji and Nanami, who only realized their feelings for each other after certain events in the story and thus the two starts a new kind of relationship. Lamune is simple, cute and as straight-forward as a childhood friend romance as it can be. There is no overarching storyline - actually I think I just spoiled a third of the story by giving that synopsis. The show heavily focuses on slice-of-life and is mainly driven by romance and a bit of drama. While Lamune doesn't really bring anything new to the table, it's really soothing to watch. Sometimes you just have to take a break…
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Rating: 7/10
I don't know how but this average, light heart anime was actually fun to watch. OH WAIT! WHERE THE HECK IS THE KISS SCENE AT THE END OF THE ANIME
Story:7/10
The story in this anime wasn't really bad or anything. In fact if i had watched this anime as a beginner i would rate it a 10 but at this point i could see how average it was. I liked most of the romance and drama in the story and it really added to the enjoyment for me. Even though this was an average anime I still found some of it's concepts to be unique. I especially liked the direction they took with the ending and how they executed the story. As i said, the romance and drama in the story were great but they did lack of in a few areas as well. The anime was very predictable and i really found it annoying at times. Be…
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I showed interest in this anime thinking it'll be a lite slice-of-life anime. I was not disappointed.
Plot: Every episode starts the same way, a flashback featuring the two main characters and how the events of the present relate to it. The pace of this show may not be the cup of tea for everyone, it moves rather slow -some may say nowhere - and the last couple of episodes may or may not give a case of tears. And you often see in other shows -mainly harem - a childhood friend, well this shows you the true childhood friends with their past experiences and the such.
Characters: The main characters of this show (Nanami and Kenji are rather likable, to me at least). The other support characters are fun to watch with their quirky personalities.
Art: Nothing impressive to note, the backgro…
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Lamune is nothing less than a simple light-hearted, comedic romance. But even then it is fairly enjoyable.
The Story: 6/10
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In Lamune, every episode begins with a flashback from the past, detailing a section of the childhood relationship of the two main characters, Nanami and Kenji. What was depicted in the flashback is then, in one way or another connected to the main story which admittedly is not much. Lamune adopts a storyline we’ve seen too many times in anime- the ‘childhood friend romance’. Even so, it is one of the best to take advantage of this. It’s comedy revolves around the two main characters and some of the supporting characters to poke around in the main characters bubble to create a very light humour in the series. The story overall is peaceful, with litt…
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Quick Review
Story: 8 - Nice, simple and Sweet, I didnt feel it was too slow
Art: 8 - Compliments the drowsy (not sleepy) atmosphere
Sound: 7 - Standard in my opinion
Enjoyment: 9 - Read below if you care...
This anime is what I would call under-rated. This, however, is not without justification. The characters are fairly standard, art work doesn't blow you away, sound is good but also fairly standard, and the story is not ground breaking. Then why, you might ask, did I give this standard anime an 8. I would respond to this question in good snobby-douchebag fashion by saying "Its beauty is in its simplicity". A lot of anime today is busy, lots of things happen lots of emotionally painful drama (the writers hope) and to some extent that's good since we would all get bored otherwise. HOWEVE…
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Possibly one of the most typical plot lines you see in slice of life Romcoms is the Childhood friends becoming lovers. Although the story is overused and been done time and time again it's the build-up that matters and even though in Lamune some of it seemed a bit cliched, I still had a nice time watching this anime.
Story: Yes, Yes I know it's been done. And i know you've probably read the synopsis and thought to yourself, "wow, I've already seen about 1000 of those." Well, your probably right about that but don't let that be what deters you away from Lamune. The story is about 2 childhood friends who've been through everything together. They've lived their complete lives in the country right next door to each other. But, neither has ever tried to push the relationship any closer. In th…
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This title made me cry.
This is one reason why I started liking anime based of visual novels due to the fact that the writing style most visual novels are to my liking. While it is a normal slice of life, where the the story is set in a boondocks where farming and peaceful rural life is thriving, this anime provide a heartwarming atmosphere that will let you feel like living in that place.
Story: It starts out like a normal kind of slice of life where explains about the past of the childhood sweethearts, Nanami and Kenji, telling us the sweet innocent relationship between the two. While other characters started to pop out in the story testing the two into a set of trials, until both of them realizes the importance of each other. If you are a person who would be easily swayed by drama the…
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A different kind of story then most when it comes to love stories.
The story seemed very original to me. Having two people being in love but too afraid to tell each other. I would almost say it definitely a better romance drama, so if you like that sort thing this one is a must. I only saw one real down side to the story and that was the ending. I was a little to cliche for my tastes other than that it was a pretty good story if you have 8 hours to watch it.
Read at the sourceGhostalker
Lamune is a short series that tells the love story of two very close friends. It follows an episodic format that usually starts with some flashback of them in their childhood days explaining bits of their history and how it relates to their present selves. The series started slow with most of the episode focuses on one particular event or problems and how they handle it. Each passing episode feels like their feelings for each other keeps on getting stronger but the two wouldn't admit it to themselves. Admittedly, the pacing and format will become boring for a while with no significant events to throw their relationship off guard. Things finally starts to get interesting in the last few episodes with a series of events that will make the two close friends finally realized the feelings they…
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"Lamune" – an ordinary "slice of life" story without magic, sci-fi or other elements, which usually try to raise various alike animes up in viewers eyes. For the biggest part of audience this anime will always be an average work that сan't express itself as an interesting project, containing something worth to see. However, the lack of individual features don't turn these series into a horrible unwatchable disaster, it's pretty enjoyable if you are a fan of the current genre and you are not scared to face its inherent components: easy to follow story containing a spoonful comedy and a drop of drama, incoherent storyline (faintly connected episodes) splited in arcs each one concentrates on relationship between main male char and one of his female friends (the same old song).
Indeed, sometim…
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I love this series very much and the story is totally enjoyed for me. At first I think this is be gonna boring story and totaly dork but after watched on the second and third episode I realize something that the story is totally different with the most common school life anime.
I like the setting story in urban country where I can feel relaxed so much wathed this anime. The sound and music is very nice I can feel wind of the beach on myself while watching this series.
The character is totally very good like nanami is very beautiful, cute, and i like her face when angry at the heroic character Ken-chan (the name she called him) insulted her. The character of heroic is very gentle , dependable, and all what he do is totally similiar to very perfect gentle man must be.
So, this anime is aw…
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I first started this series due to the voice actress for Nanami. She generally does really cute characters from what I have noticed and this series was no different.
If the word moe-blob can be used for any one person's voice Yuko Goto's voice would be it, however the story itself is a sweet high school romance with slice of life thrown in. The story is a bit cliche but sometimes that can be good when you just want a short and sweet story that, despite some ups and downs, ends well.
In the end, I watched the series for one actress' work, and ended up enjoying the whole ride, I would recomend this series to those wishing for a generally positive romance.
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I usually don't write reviews but this one is an exception, (well atleast for now). I saw the whole series on a free sunday so that might influence my opinion a bit.
Story:
Well the story takes a while before it gets interesting. In the first part you get to know the character pretty well, they refer to the past between the two leads which shows the true friendship between them. That true friendsip also gets in the way with a romatic relationship. Their relationship grows bigger and bigger without them noticing it in the first place, or maby its denial, I still haven't figured out that part yet. The friends of the leads allready know all about their relationship and it takes untill the end for them to figure that out themselve. Overall its a cute anime but in my opinion it takes a bit to…
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Lamune is a Slice of Life, Romance, Comedy, Drama about a boy (Kenji) and girl (Nanami) who grew up together and lately have begun to have feelings for each other, but don’t admit to them. Nothing new about this childhood friend romantic set-up; but unlike similar anime that prefer to bombard us with drama, angst and romance, Lamune is more of a calm, relaxed series to go with the rural setting. Each episode tends to begin with a flashback, of some event in their childhood and then proceeds to relate it in some way to the story's present events. Yet with this being a short series, the story happens to move at a snail’s pace, with each episode only managing to cover a small bit of ground. This really takes away some of the enjoyment but still it's easy to end up continuing anyway.
With the…
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Story: Well the story is pretty normal. It's the perfect example of what real life in the country side is like. The series starts out pretty slow, basically explaining who the two main characters are, why they're so close, and how they first met. Gradually as you watch each episode you learn a little more about the two and their relationship, while also getting introduced to other friends. To be fair, wile starting this series, don't expect to be drawn in by drama, conflict, or a compelling story because this show has next to none at all. It's a simple story about two kids that grow up liking each other and not even realizing it till something happens.
Art: The character design is surprisingly well done. The girl characters are really attractive and the male characters dress more like to…
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