Audience reviews
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UserWithaName
genuinely the most aggressively boring anime I've ever watched. I felt nothing but boredom while watching this. I can't call it a shit show cuz I wouldn't necessarily say its bad but holy is it nothing to note. I hate it so much for being so little. All humor in the show is cliche and safe, nothing funny was said the entire show. The cast of characters was mediocre at best and bad at worst. They all felt like watered down versions of stereotypical romcom characters. the plot was nothing revolutionary either. hiding behind loss of a loved one doesn't make up for the first half of the show being completely pointless especially considering the premise has been done a million times and at least 10 thousand times better than this. soooooo borring im getting bored just thinking about the show. t…
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Everyone has a lot of shows they hate, but , there has to be 1 show which you hate but everyone loves.
For me, that show is Anohana.
In a nutshell, this series is a mess, a story filled with plot holes and inconsistent, unlikeable characters that only succeeded in capitivating its audience by triggering their emotions.
[Contains Some Spoilers Below To Explain Plot Holes]
The story starts off slow with the MC having problems seeing the ghost of Menma who was in a friend group with a cringe name and died due to an accident. It happening when they were children makes this whole thing way more meaningless than it seems. Due to this and uninteresting characters, I struggled with it at first.
At first, no one takes MC seriosuly, in the middle, the MC gradually gets everyone to trust him. Wa…
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The fact this show was ever popular is probably the saddest thing I'll mention in this review, and that's entirely because of the lack of material. If I could only say "this shit is boring" and call it a day, I would but turns out, MAL review mods believe the review system has some sort of legitimacy, so here we go.
Anohana is a show about overly cutesy, barely grown up looking Menma, who you learn rather early fucking died, and Jinta, the main character needs to fulfill a wish nobody will ever know about. As a premise, it stands amongst the laziest I have ever seen, and I didn't need to look at the original mangaka's bibliography to know that they're a complete beginner at storytelling. But who knows? Maybe I'm just cynical, 2011 was a different era, and a lazy premise can still make som…
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Why? why this garbage of a show has 8.5 score?!!
The first time i heard about this anime, was when i was looking for some tragic anime, people recommended this one so i gave it a try
It’s bad, that white haired girl (Menma) is basically the Mayuri(from steins;gate) of Anohana,
only instead of “totoro” she says “i wish my friends gather together again” and that's that for this character there is nothing else going on with her development, the main character doesn’t go to school and is pretty much The typical main anime guy (aloof, stupid, awkward, doesn't have a proper family,…)
Menma isn’t any better, she is the weakling between characters, she is weak for the sake of being weak and she is extremely optimistic and naive.
We also have Anjou, a typical tsundere as well who has a crush on…
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After finishing Anohana, I could only think of one thing -
"So what's the point?"
There are many positive things to say about Anohana. Its opening is well designed, featuring the characters in their past and present forms as well as hinting at their emotional problems. The theme ("Aoi Shiori") is not only a great song by itself but also well-fitting with the show's melancholic tone. Its ending is similarly well made, and it is sung by some of the voice actors of the cast.
The animation/art is amazing. It is fluid and never drops in quality.
The show also does a pretty good at demonstrating character interaction (for the most part). It's meant to be awkward and unpleasant, given the long period of time the characters went without talking to each other after the death of Menma. And, I d…
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I will be analyzing Anohana in explicit detail; you were warned.
Introductory information:
I want to preface this review by stating that I seldom write reviews. After finishing this show I needed some sort of catharsis and this is the best I could do. Rather than glance at my overall rating and dismiss my opinion, please take the time to read on; perhaps your opinion of this anime will change.
Anohana was created by studio A-1 Pictures, the same studio that produced Sword Art Online, Your Lie in April, and Fairy Tail (all of which I consider to be pretty bad). Studio A-1 Pictures has an interesting reputation among western audiences; in that they’re known for their unceasing barrage of subpar shows that occasionally becomes popular in the mainstream. Anohana is a notable example of this p…
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Writing a review as I sit in a hospital bed.... DEDICATION!
This anime struck a sour cord for me when it finally clicked in the first episode what the setting was all about, because at that point it hit far too close to home for me, and if you must ask, yes one of my childhood friends died when I was in year 6(Last year of elementary school), only really difference is I'm pretty sure none of us can see her. So please be aware that there might be bias in this review, but I think my reason is justified.
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Nam-. Nope fuck that. Ano Hana or The Flower We Saw That Day by the English translation is about loss at a young age and how that effects people later in life, specifically the Super Peace Busters! a former collection of some no-longer-really close friends, with our mai…
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"Oh no, here come the tears!"
Anohana was a fantastic, emotional story of loss that struck all the right heart chords. Anyone who has abruptly lost someone premature in their lives can relate to this series. What it does, it does very good in fact... And I really started empathizing with the characters like I knew exactly what tragedy they had gone through. All of the characters and their motives were believable, and it made for one enjoyable experience.
Although Anohana only had 11 episodes to get it's point across, I had no problem understanding any part of the plot. Six kids, inseparable it seemed were devastated when one of them was tragically killed in an accident. Now they all gather back several years later to attempt to send off the memory of one of their best friends by granting…
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Do you enjoy emotional anime where characters have to overcome the trials that life throws at them, ultimately becoming better people from the experience?
Then don't watch this.
AnoHana (of which the full title seems to have no relevance to the story) starts off promisingly enough - we are introduced to two characters, Jinta and Menma, the latter of which turns out to be a girl who passed away ten years prior and is visible only to Jinta due to some supernatural phenomenon. The story follows them as Jinta meets up with his old friends who have all suffered to some extent as a result of Menma’s death.
In its presentation of the main cast and typical slice-of-lifeness, AnoHana is enjoyable enough.
However, shortly after the full cast has been introduced, everything turns sharply downhil…
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I begin this review with informing you.
If you want the full effect of this show then don't read anything about it. I just recommend to watch it as blind as you can, as long as you aware of its genres.
It's not just because every review contains somewhat spoilers but I speak out of experience. I wish I wouldn't have known anything about this before I watched it, then it would have been even better. So this is my final warning, just go ahead and watch it, ignore all other information.
Now that that is out of the way, I will start by making a bold claim.
There are only 2 kind of anime.
Type 1 - This type is about telling you a compelling story, with cliffhangers, plot twists and and interesting setting or theme.
This is all about to make you think.
Type 2 - This type on the other hand i…
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Death of a close friend is always difficult to deal with, mainly because it always comes when you least expect it. It is especially hard to portray it accurately in any medium, let alone anime. When I first heard of Anohana, I was expecting a beautiful story about a group of friends coming to accept the death of their beloved friend and eventually becoming better people. I was sorely mistaken. Anohana is a travesty of writing and I have no idea why this deserved any praise whatsoever.
Story- My first issue is, that Anohana is OVERLY melodramatic. The first couple episodes had me hooked to the computer screen, they gave me hope of seeing a great show but sadly I was wrong. Every episode after that is basically a crying contest. In all of the upcoming episodes, a different character breaks…
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At first AnoHana didn't catch my attention at all. I thought it was a plotless anime about a group of friends who spend their summer with each other. When I ran out of ongoing anime I could look forward to during my week, I decided to try this one. I realized that I had completely underestimated this show.
About the story:
Like I mentioned before, I thought that there was no real plot to this anime. The reason might be that the information on the website I visited to watch the anime wasn't complete. Well, I encountered an anime that made me tear up every single episode. I like how the show describes various possibilitys on how different kind of people react to the loss of their dear friend and which impact it has on them, even after a few years.
Every character had their own way to handle…
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In youth, we tend to over-exaggerate, over-analyse, and over-experience any event. That ice cream we ate for the first time as a child will never quite taste that good again; even as teenagers and later adults, we chase after these childhood fantasies, never quite giving up on finding that metaphorical "fountain of youth." What's the most likely thing, then, to happen if one were to experience childhood trauma? Perhaps insanity in later life, a cold heart, apathy, denial, or maybe all of the above? What exactly does happen? Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai explores this phenomenon that happens when we simply can't let go of the past, because in all of us, there exists a child that yearns for the good ol' days.
Story: 9/10
When you experience something earth-shatte…
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I watched Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (I will call it Anohana in this review) after all the episodes had aired so I didn't have to wait for each episode. I saw a lot of posts about this on tumblr so I decided to give it a try.
Story:
I really liked this story. Well, the story wasn't exactly out there but it was still very interesting and I was able to watch episode after episode eagerly. The cliff hanger endings were great and I've already rewatched the whole series. The story was great!
Art:
The art was indeed outstanding! The characters were all different and easy to tell apart and they each had an appropriate set of outfits (except Menma of course). I had no problems with the art. In fact I was extremely impressed. The animation was great too.
Sound:
All…
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Updated in response to Uriel1988 1/01/2012 Happy New Years!
[Hello,
Having just read your review on Anohana, I'm truly saddened to see you didn't enjoy it, at the very least you didn't buy into any of the hype. But more on that later, the main issue I would like to point out is that I don't agree with you on a couple fine points. First off, the series sets no lofty goals, it's flawed with execution errors and plot holes undoubtedly, but its base method in itself is its simplicity. Like you stated, it's a story of loss in a form of a "ghost story". I don't see it as a profound series at all, in fact, it often lacks in presenting a serious tone. However, for someone who can step into the characters' mindset, the technicality and surface value of the anime is rendered forgivable, reason fa…
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I don't often follow currently airing shows. It's usually hard to tell which shows are genuinely good until the hype dies down a bit. But under intense peer pressure, I started following a certain series this season. That show is "Deadman Wonderland". To cut a long story short, it sucked. So to deal with the disappointment I decided to follow another series, the sleeper hit "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai", which apparently translates roughly to "We Still Don't Know the Name of That Flower We Were Smoking When We Came Up With This Title". Something like that. With a title that long, no wonder everyone just calls it "AnoHana" instead.
The reason I chose AnoHana is because while everyone around me was talking about "Deadman Wonderland" and "C" before the season bega…
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What do you do, when you suddenly see a ghost of a person that you were close to? Most people would think it's just their imagination or the effect of stress. But what if your mind doesn't play tricks on you and you really encounter a ghost from the past? AnoHana plays with this idea. The story starts out on a usual day for the shut-in Jinta, who suddenly sees the ghost of his childhood friend Menma. Menma tells Jinta she has a wish that she wants to be granted by him. And from here on, Jinta's unusual summer starts.
Story:
The story itself centers around the six members of the Super Peace Busters, which was seemingly disbanded after the death of one their members. At first you'd expect that the story revolves around Menma and her wish but the truth is, the story tries to center around th…
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Dealing with the death of a friend or loved one isn't easy, no matter how old you are, and everyone comes to terms with their loss in different ways. Adults can drink themselves into a stupor in an effort to dull the pain, take off on a journey of self discovery, bury themselves in their work, or find some other coping mechanism. Unfortunately the same isn't true for children, and all too often they are unable to truly deal with the emotional turmoil that occurs.
Now it may seem a bit odd to talk about death, grief, and learning to deal with the loss of someone close, but essentially that's what Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day), is all about.
The story opens with Yadomi Jinta, a seemingly grumpy teenager…
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Ano Hina has a charming premise and interesting first few episodes. A lot of times in the later of the series there are tear-jerking moments. However I was a little disappointed with how it played out in the end. Of course, I stuck with it until the end because there was something sweet about it.
There are plenty of issues surrounding the death of a childhood friend that can be dealt with in a dramatic, interesting way. However, the series relies mostly on petty high school love triangles. "I have a crush on him he has a crush on her! Waah!" This wasn't set up like a typical high-school drama show...why did it end up trying to be one? Especially since it had presented itself with such a promising first few episodes. I did, however, stick to it for certain reasons.
I liked Menma enough to…
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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was [little]. Jesus, does anyone?"
Childhood friends often mean a lot to us, maybe because we feel they understand us better for having a longer relationship than anyone else, or maybe it's the memory of having fun without having to worry about anything. But what happens when you lose one in your early life? What happens if you're stuck in the past?
This series is about a group of six kids who had a very poor naming sense, once called themselves the "Super Peace Busters" as well as giving one of the girls the nickname "Anaru". Yes, that's how the Japanese pronounce "anal". Other members of the group are "Jintan", "Menma", "Poppo", "Yukiatsu", and "Tsuruko".
Fast forward 10 years and Menma is dead, with the group almost complete…
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