Audience reviews
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Purpur13
So I won't lie,
this anime has its flaws, but it's for people who like something calm, slow, and uncomplicated.
It's very gentle, some might even say too gentle at times, but I like it and I think it has its own personality.
Sometimes the characters are a bit simple and very predictable, especially in the first half and after the introduction of a new character.
Oh, speaking of character development, I think that despite other flaws, this is the worst aspect.
Most of the new characters are annoying at first, but everything resolves itself later.
This was the case with practically all the newly introduced characters except the main two.
Honestly, some people think the ending is bad and ends with nothing more than a few smiles.
But I think a bit differently.
We also have moments like that…
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Sasameki Koto (Whispered Words) is a short anime with only 13 episodes but it’s very wholesome and kind of relatable at times. The storyline shows the main characters have unrequited crushes and how they learn to deal with their feelings, but these crushes do change a bit throughout the anime which is relatable because “young love” is always changing. Also, as the story progresses the main characters slowly become friends with the other girls and they form a little group as well as a Girls Club. During their time together, they go on chaotic adventures and have fun times with one another. Also, the ending is very wholesome!
Other details:
- Simple art style and colours which suit this anime
- The opening and ending credits have lovely songs and relaxing animation
- Overall music in the an…
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Sasameki Koto definitely was a hell of a slog to finish. The show was so slowly and poorly paced, and it's not hard to see why. A mere chapter was adapted per episode, and when you compare the manga to the anime, you can see various embellishments and utter useless scenes being put in the anime to have a frustratingly slow paced show whose sole purpose of being slow paced was to make sure the animators needed to animate as little as possible.
Unfortunately, Sasameki Koto suffers more than just poor pacing. I actually kind of enjoy the main cast of characters in the Girls club. Tomoe, Kiyori, and Tamae are fun additions to the story, but the other side characters are superfluous and fail to make an impact on the story other than pitiful attempts of drama and comic relief.
I assume that Sasa…
Read at the sourceLelouchokarin
Sourpatch!
Sweet sour candy!!
Sour candy!!!
Refreshing...
Now Whispered words is everything. Plot: Good story.
This is an unrequited love story and one I could deeply relate with. I saw sasameki Koto sometimes last year and I loved it so much, i distinguished it with Aoi Hana and found that I choose it over the latter.
Shoujo-Ai is my second favourite tag, held the top spot for years but I grew older and crazy he he. But this, when I saw this it melted my heart.
I rarely watch anime at a go, when I started I couldn't stop till my battery ran dry, yeah I watched it on phone.
The progression of the story is an ordinary everyday life sequence in school, plenty you might have seen if you've watched many anime like this. it hurts so much you know? I mean I just think back to school, hi…
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Whispering Words has some decent aspects, but all in all, it doesn't do anything to really stick out.
Story: Whispering Words is a Shoujo-Ai, taking place in a high school where we meet our main characters, Sumika and Ushio. They've known each other for a while now, however, Sumika's developed a pretty hard crush on Ushio, who is completely oblivious to this. We view the everyday lives of these characters, and those around them, until we see what ultimately comes of their relationship. The beginning starts out strong and we get a strong sense of how our two characters are and where we want to be.
The main problem here is that the plot doesn't proceed save for some baby steps. Don't get me wrong. The finale is great and was really touching. But it feels like the type of episode that shoul…
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Extremely boring, uneventful and slow paced. I nearly fell asleep. I'm surprised I finished it. If you're looking for random school activities with subtle Yuri hints, this is the one for you. The main characters don't do or say anything interesting, physical or otherwise. Everything else is extremely censored and just with vague hints. I this doesn't even qualify as Yuri anime apart from the protagonist' unrequited feelings. Might only be interesting if you're 13-14 and there's something relatable in the content for you at how difficult it is to process things.
The characters are themselves pretty dull and with nothing extraordinary. I assume this is the whole point of "slice of life" but I've never watched a slice of life show that was so sleep inducing, especially under the Yuri tag.
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I didn’t understand why this was rated so low at first, and then I discovered it was because people were mad at the sudden ending. Then I read the manga, and was much more satisfied after that.
Sasameki Koto is one of those yuri shows that I feel like deserves more attention. Nice art style, good music (although, a bit lacking at times,) and the comedy is great. As a girl who like girls myself, I can safely say I enjoyed it thoroughly.
This is one of those rare yuri anime that caught my interest more quickly than the others, because the plot isn’t just “new shy and meek transfer student girl has a crush on the strong and powerful school star girl.”
Sumika Murasame is portrayed as strong due to her karate skills, but she’s also portrayed as a total dork trying to get Ushio’s attention…
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If you’re a girl looking to good sapphic representation- please look elsewhere. Like Citrus and NTR: Trap, it’s very obvious that Sasameki Koto was written with men who like to watch girls kissing in mind other than actual sapphic women. This anime features a large breasted (and often objectified for that reason) airhead that has a crush on a girl solely for her looks and is coveted by her socially awkward and somewhat perverted best friend. Most of the side characters are uninteresting or disturbing like the only boy in the series who has a crush on Sumika but was forced into cross dressing by his little sister. There is a scene in a restaurant where he and Sumika go out to eat while he is still dressed like a girl and it’s very difficult to watch. He goes to open a packet of creamer and…
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The Sasameki Koto manga is one of the best romances under the theme of conquering image insecurities and rejection anxiety to be with the person you love. But the anime adaptation only tells a quarter of that story and falls well short of a point in the narrative when Kazama, the primary love interest, begins to receive thorough characterization that explains her previously selfish actions.
You see, before we begin to understand what makes Kazama tick she comes off as an obtuse annoying dumbass who opposes the aesthetic of Sumi almost entirely. Kazama loves girls who are short! Sumi is tall. Kazama loves girls who wear frilly feminine clothing! Sumi has no fashion sense. Kazama loves girls who flaunt their femininity! Sumi practices karate...that she later gives up to appease her unrequit…
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Sasameki Koto is a unique hidden gem in shoujo ai anime.
There are common tropes that most genres eventually fall into and cycle through beat for beat, but Sasameki Koto takes it's story into a unique direction and gives you a breath of fresh air.
There are tangible moments of heartache and longing that this series really makes you feel, and often they can come out of nowhere right after you were just grinning at how ridiculous the scene before it was. The set up is always pretty perfect to bring you up and then send you crashing back down. This made Sasameki Koto kind of an emotional rollercoaster at times.
The OP song is beautiful but gets overused in the show itself. The art sometimes has some weird CG and characters suffer a lot from same face syndrome but they handle the ugly cry sc…
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Hi! Welcome to Robert's Too Late Reviews! Today we’re going to be talking about Sasameki Koto (Whispered Words) but I have a feeling you may have already known that! This is a nice little series that fuses some fairly heavy dramatic elements with regular doses of comedy, which for the most part, makes for an enjoyable watch. A glance to the right at my overall score should indicate that I do recommend giving this anime a chance. If you wish to go in ‘blind’, please stop reading at this point as I cannot certify a 100% spoiler-free review. So let’s get to finding out just who makes the RTRL wall of yuri worship! (It’s kinda getting hard to think of new labels!)
Story: 7
The entire anime can be basically summed up in two words: unrequited love. That’s at the core of most of the characters’…
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As an avid yuri fan, LA likes looking at all spectrum of a genre, be it the serious melodramatic kind or the more laid back slice of life look, Sasameki Koto itches LA's latter...
Sasameki Koto is the story of one Sumika Murasame voiced by Ayahi Takagaki, a tall, tough girl who is in love with Ushio Kazama voiced by Megumi Takamoto who loves cute things and cute things...you can see where the "obstacle" is in this yuri relationship, of course other characters comes into light as the "Girls Club" is formed in which most of the cast is swept into but by the end they are all friends by the end of it....but the main focus clearly goes into Ushio and Sumika's blooming relationship or if they can both mutually have feelings for one another.
Sasameki Koto starts off rather serious though, havin…
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First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
Couldn't decide between giving it total 5 or 6. But I did manage to finish it without dying to boredom.. so I guess it was good enough?
Anyhow.. I felt as story maybe didn't have as much progression as I hoped for. But I did love the gag element and how the main girl was basically typical ecchi harem show male protagonist. Just the female version, meaning that keeping the distance, yet getting overly excited over simple things. Anyhow.. story did offer some a bit more enjoyable shoujo ai/yuri aspect than most "stage play" feel yuri anime. That usually have this "ojou-sama" vibe or just way too annoying "stage play" feel. Not fan of those, I mean yuri is nice, but for…
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It looks like Aoi Hana, except with a bit les budget and les serious story.
Goos drawing, music, and story is okey except its seems like writter got tilted on episode 8.
And here i was thinking that Aoi Hana delivery was weak. In this anime there is no apples delivery at all. Basically 2 girls kind of like each other then 12 episodes long nothing happen and that is it! This is a good anime but i feel like im being trolled. Its the weakest romance i have seen ever.
Extra about original manga: Well i just got manga and after going thru it i understand why this anime feel so unfinished and why there will never be a season 2.
Basically anime only tells story of first 2 volumes of manga but to be honest story dosnt realy progres much in manga as well. What worth mentioning is that manga got…
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I enjoyed this. The cast of characters in this is by far the strong point of the entire show.
All the characters react in an actual human way. They don't freak out cause they thought someone liked them but turns out they didn't.
The comedy is also pretty good.
The boy that acts like cross dresses i kind of just wish they had him be a chick instead. Just something that annoys me.
The ending left a lot to be desired. A lot of unresolved issues. Really wish they would both just say their feelings for each other.
Overall a pretty good show that probably should've gotten an OVA.
Read at the sourceMisakiOji
"Argghhhh" maybe this is all I can say when I see the end
If you look at this anime from beginning to end, can not be trusted if the score listed in the MAL is not large
Story = 7
- an unusual romance story, I can say the element of yuri in this anime is not too thick, just friendship and love here is balanced and the comedic elements that exist are quite solid.
Where the main actors here love each other kind of kiss but only limited kiss, and they are more concerned with friendship, and when there is a problem that comes will be immediately immediately resolved, not linger and silence.
But the lack of story value in this anime is too focused on 1 main cast so that others are not too displayed in the maximum and the end is not good in my opinion / somewhat responsibility
Art = 7
-maybe…
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Sasameki Koto is a rarity in the Yuri anime world, it isn't the uber-drama fair of the more highly regarded shows, but neither is it gimmicky and insincere like some on the other end of the spectrum. Instead it's somewhere in between, it's an anime which is gentle and light-hearted but at the same time it feels genuine and it's for this reason alone that it's my favourite Yuri/Shoujo-Ai anime.
Another thing that sets it apart is the lack of ambiguity when it comes to the girl's sexuality. The story doesn't exist in a vacuum where there aren't any boys and the suggestion is that the girls are just pretending until 'real' love comes along. Nor does is exist in a parallel universe where everyone is gay, making it unbelievable. Instead it's set in a co-ed high-school in an anime version of th…
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Mod Edit: This review may contain spoilers.
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The appeal of a yuri anime, to me, has never been about the multishipping possibilities or the epic romance across space and time. To me, it's been about the subtle interpersonal character drama based upon fear of social ostracisation or lack of mutual feelings, and it's about the quiet tempo of character growth and romance. I felt like Sasameki Koto got this, but didn't know what to do about it.
To start off, Sasameki Koto allures with the prickly thorns of unrequited love between our tall and boyish protagonist, Sumika, and her best friend, Kazama, a girl that likes cutesy femme girls. At the onset, Sumika is very, very easy character to relate to, trying her hardest not to ruin a friendship but knowingly unable to further it - it's the ki…
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Sasameki Koto is incomplete as an anime. I know there are manga chapters that wrap it up, but I'm not surprised this never received the second season it was obviously planning to use to wrap things up nicely.
Story. 5
S.K. is a Yuri romance, meaning, many of the characters and love displayed is lesbian in nature. Yuri has a very small representation in anime, and only a small amount of it is really anything worth watching.
The concept is a good one. Girl A is a lesbian, and she likes cute lesbians, as a matter of preference. Girl B is a lesbian, but only for Girl A. Girl A is oblivious, and goes out of her way to point out how ill-suited Girl B is for her, often in casual conversation.
The story revolves around Girl B trying to win the love of Girl A.
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At some poi…
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Similar to other anime adaptations of manga that has yet to be concluded, Sasameki Koto ends on a disappointingly limp note. With the manga ending in 2011 and the anime adaptation both airing and ending in 2009, its only natural for the show to end in such an unsatisfying fashion. The show overall isn't bad, but the ending leaves much to be desired with there being more questions than answers being presented at the show's conclusion.
Sasameki Koti is a romantic comedy focused around a group of girls that come together to form the "Girls Club", a club dedicated to "girl-lovers who had no choice but to enter a co-ed school". Sumika Murasame, our main protagonist, has fallen for her best friend, Ushio Kazama. Ushio, however, only falls in love with "cute girls" and Sumika goes unrequited in…
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