Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Himari Kino is a cheerful and outgoing girl who is able to make friends with anyone she wants. When she enrolls in high school and attends the freshman opening ceremony, Himari falls in love with Yori Asanagi, a reserved upperclassman, during Yori's band performance. After the show, Himari blurts out her love, but Yori is inexperienced when it comes to romance.

Yori, who did not expect this outcome at all, looks for answers from her friends and music. She decides to respond to Himari's confession, and to her surprise, Yori discovers that Himari fell in love with her music and performance rather than Yori as a person.

Despite the shock, Yori desires to make Himari truly fall in love with her. The duo spend time together after school on the rooftop, where Yori usually plays her guitar with hopes to change Himari's feelings for her.

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Asanagi, Yori Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Kino, Himari Main

Shimano, Hana Japanese

Izumi, Shiho Supporting

Nemoto, Yuuna Japanese

Mizuguchi, Aki Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Tachibana, Kaori Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Satomiya, Momoka Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Tsutsui, Mari Supporting

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Mizuguchi, Miki Supporting

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Amasawa, Hajime Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Mano, Akira Director

Gou, Fumiyuki Sound Director

Nakatani, Nozomi Sound Director

Shimano, Hana Theme Song Performance

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Apr 27, 2024

Ellenwitch

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

When the little things, spark and sparkle into something truly breathtakingly beautiful.

If you want a top tier Yuri anime, that is filled with sweetness and delight. This will be the show to enjoy, and watch.


Story and characters: 8
What I really love about it, is the pacing of the writing. It doesn't just throw in them together, as if it's shoehorned in right away just for the sake of it. Instead it's written at a reasonable pace, that keeps attention, and makes you actively enjoy and want for the ship to boot. What adds extra too, is that both sets seem like genuine people. Making the ... thing not only realistic, but also enjoyable from a liking stand point. I found myself smiling from ear to ear, anytime Yori and Himari were on scene together. Not only was it super duper cute, but with how goodly written both characters come across, and how well timed it's all put together. Really makes you want to root for them from the get go.

It's Yuri. But it's Yuri done right damn it.

I love it for how cute it is, I love it for it's pacing, and how natural reactions are, even if it's from misunderstandings, or genuine causes. It's well done in every stretch of the word.

Art and sound: 8
There is a real nice shine to it that you'll see throughout. Which suits the theme of the show. It's cute, it's bright, and it's here to tell a sweet tale,of naturally falling in love, and experiencing love. It's as if we're in a long running music video about love in it's brightest form. Ready to go about each and every step, and enjoy the ride. Follow that up with a wonderful melody of sound that fits scene by scene, and you've got a well put together product in every sense of the word.

Whisper Me a Love Song won't just be a good anime of the season if it keeps this up. It'll be a top tier Yuri recommendation for a good while to boot. A watch for sure.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 27, 2024

octAY

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau is one of my favourite manga series. The sweet, slightly "dramatic", and wholesome story, coupled with great art style, are all contributors to why I love this series. I also thought that the characters were relatively well-written in the source material. When I heard that this is getting an animation, I was excited to see the characters finally come to life.

I really wanted to like this animation, but I can't. From the first PV I had my suspicions that the art used in this anime will drop in quality as the episodes aired, and I am not glad to ... see that I was right. The latest episode (ep.7) had a significant art quality drop from the first frame Yori and Aki's faces are shown. The fact that this anime was also delayed from its original January 2024 air date to April also seem to indicate that there were production issues. The consistency in animation quality is very noticeable.

The way the anime was directed and handled were jarring; each scene is literally taken frame by frame from the source material. The anime can literally be manga panels with voice over and there wouldn't be much difference. To be honest, it probably would have been better if they have done it that way and just add colour to the manga panels. I do not like how this anime was directed, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

At the end of the day, you have to like the series for its story, art style, music, and characters. Because I am biased from the source material, I rated this a 7/10, but it probably deserves a 6/10 at best. I highly recommend people to read the source material if they enjoyed watching each episode, regardless of the less than desirable animation and its direction.

Story, Characters, Enjoyment: 7/10. Art: 5/10. Sound/music: 7/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 26, 2024

JensJP

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

Honestly, I'm enjoying the characters, they're really cute, and the romance is wholesome.
The overall story is great, and all of this can be attributed to the author.
The studio which is adapting it is making a mess of everything else.

Cuts/animation 5/10
The overall animation itself is pretty fine, not the best, not the worst.
It's at a level you'd expect from an average highschool show, nothing to critique, nor is there anything to shout "Hurrah" for.
Does have its cute moments
One of the biggest eyesores of this show though, is the 3rd grader powerpoint cuts they constantly make.
It's like they're trying to be fancy, but it's really not, the ... gimmick gets annoying really fast, and it takes up more story time than normal cuts, for no reason.
It's obvious that it's a new studio that's trying to stand out, and it's working, but not in a good way.

VAs 8/10
The VAs are generally doing a really good job, most of the voice actors sound nice, and really fit their characters.
There are a few moments where Himari's VA slips up a bit, mainly some of her happy reactions, but it's overall not that bad.

Subs/Localisation 2/10
Last, and (Wish I could say "but not", but alas) definitely the worst part, we have the subs.
They're so horribly localised, that I, as a non-native speaker, don't even get half of them.
There are times where I'd honestly be better off with just listening to the Japanese dub, and ignoring the subs.
And the few times where I do get "the joke", it's something completely off, compared to my own understanding of what's being said, that it just throws me off.
A lot of the subs are really out of character, and or does not take into consideration the context in which they're said, and that honestly ruins the vibe of some emotional moments.
I wish my Japanese was better, so that I could watch without needing subs, but I sadly dropped out of my Japanese uni course after only one semester, so that's not happening.
I pray that the blu-rays will get a different translator for the subs, because the characters are cute, and what they're "trying" to say is cute, and/or emotional too. So I wish people get a chance to watch it with subs that honour the original work.

The story is still good, so overall I'll give it a 7/10, but honestly, I'm not sure I'll recommend it to anyone, unless you're as invested in yuri, as I am.l

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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