Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm

With the invention of anti-gravitational shoes known as Grav-Shoes, the ability to fly freely has become an everyday experience for the people inhabiting a four-island archipelago south of Japan. This invention has brought the people new ways of living and also a new sport known as "Flying Circus," where participants gain points by either touching floating buoys or their opponent's back.

The gullible and clumsy Asuka Kurashina, newly transferred to Kunahama High School, enters this world of flight unknowingly when she is able to pull off a difficult maneuver the first time she participates in a Flying Circus match. Eventually, this leads her to join her school’s Flying Circus club. Led by their coach, Masaya Hinata, their members consist of the experienced Misaki Tobisawa and her overprotective friend, Mashiro Arisaka. Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm follows this rookie group soaring high above the skies and toward their dreams, armed only with their unwavering passion against an uncertain future.

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Tobisawa, Misaki Main

Asakura, Azumi Japanese

Kurashina, Asuka Main

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Arisaka, Mashiro Main

Yamamoto, Nozomi Japanese

Hinata, Masaya Main

Oosaka, Ryouta Japanese

Ichinose, Rika Supporting

Yonezawa, Madoka Japanese

Inui, Saki Supporting

Takamori, Natsumi Japanese

Kagami, Aoi Supporting

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Aoyagi, Madoka Supporting

Wakabayashi, Naomi Japanese

Satouin, Reiko Supporting

Taneda, Risa Japanese

Avalon, Irina Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oono, Ryousuke Producer

Yamaguchi, Kenji Producer

Nishiya, Yasuyuki Producer

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Aug 10, 2025

AngeVNs

Recommended

AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue is an anime adaptation of a visual novel that I enjoyed quite a bit. In this review, I’ll discuss how the anime stands on its own while also evaluating how well it adapts the original visual novel.

--The Unique Setting--

The main appeal of AOKANA lies in its focus on a fictional sport called Flying Circus. More broadly, the setting features an island where people use anti-gravity shoes to fly to school, though there are strict restrictions on how and where these shoes can be used for travel.

The anime does an excellent job of showcasing the excitement of Flying Circus. In ... the visual novel, the sport is depicted through moving sprites and beautifully drawn CG stills. Seeing these sequences animated is a treat, even with some obvious CGI. Personally, I think the CGI fits the series well and is far from the worst I’ve seen in anime.

If you’ve watched sports anime like Kuroko’s Basketball, Haikyuu!!, Hajime no Ippo, or Ace of the Diamond, you’ll know what to expect. The focus on Flying Circus consists of small tournament arcs and one-on-one battles, with surprising depth in the sport’s mechanics.

The anime explains the rules better than I can here, but essentially, players must reach floating buoys to score points. You earn points by either beating your opponent to the next buoy (there are four, similar to bases in baseball) or by getting behind your opponent and touching their back. The player with the most points wins. The anime does a decent job of conveying the mechanics and the unique hype of the setting. Some matches are thrilling while still incorporating the character development typical of shonen-style sports anime. That said, I think the anime could have explored the different classes—Fighter, Speeder, and All-Rounder—in more depth, as some character development revolves around these roles.

--Characters--

While the anime technically features four main heroines, it clearly focuses on the pink-haired Asuka and the black-haired Misaki from Kunahama High.

Asuka is essentially the main character. I like to think of her as a pink-haired, airheaded version of Goku from Dragon Ball. She starts as a complete novice but uses her natural talent to pull off impressive moves and improve quickly. Some might call her a Mary Sue, but for me, her genuine love for the sport and the anime’s theme of finding joy in competition despite its pressures keep her from feeling like one.

Misaki, the secondary main character, is portrayed well as a skilled Fighter-class player in Flying Circus who tends to be lazy. Her goofy, relaxed attitude contrasts nicely with the depth revealed later in the series, which I found engaging.

Other heroines, like Mashiro, who is basically Misaki’s fangirl and closest friend, don’t get much depth in the anime. There are also side characters from rival schools, like Rika and Shindo from Takifuji, but the most significant characters besides Asuka and Misaki are Saki Inui and her partner Irina, who serve as the series’ true rivals and antagonists.

For those familiar with the visual novel, you might wonder about the main male character, Masaya. In the anime, he’s more of a supporting character, serving as the school team’s coach and a former competitive player. The anime hints at why he retired, but he gets far less focus compared to the visual novel. While I don’t mind the shift away from him as the protagonist—since the anime avoids the visual novel’s heavy romance angle—it feels odd to limit his development. In the visual novel, Masaya’s arc centers on rediscovering his love for the sky and competition, with Asuka helping him rekindle that passion despite his role as a coach. There’s a cool moment in the anime where he briefly uses his gravity shoes again, which he rarely does in the visual novel. For anime-only viewers, this might not seem significant since it happens only once, but visual novel fans might see it as nice fanservice while feeling disappointed that it wasn’t in the original game.

--Story and Character Development--

The story primarily follows Kunahama High’s team as they aim to win matches and tournaments while training. The anime makes this clear, but at times, it feels like matches happen just for the sake of it. This was a minor issue in the visual novel as well, which leaned more overtly into slice-of-life moments.

I have mixed feelings about the anime’s character development. In the visual novel, Asuka and Misaki each had their own story routes blending romance with personal growth and their roles in Flying Circus, creating compelling drama. The anime combines elements of both routes, and while it handles their development decently, it’s not as memorable or well-built as in the visual novel.

For example, Misaki’s major character development in the anime’s second half feels rushed compared to her route in the visual novel. A callback to her special move in the second-to-last episode lacks impact due to insufficient buildup, feeling more like a shout-out than a hype moment. Asuka’s arc, centered on showing how fun Flying Circus can be, fares better and remains generally positive and fitting. However, there’s a melodramatic moment where her development mirrors Misaki’s, which wasn’t in the visual novel and felt out of character for Asuka. Thankfully, outside of that, she remains a cheerful, optimistic character who influences others’ motivations. I particularly enjoyed her dynamic with the antagonist Saki, and their final fight in the last episode is a well-executed rendition of the climax from Asuka’s visual novel route.

The other two heroines, Mashiro and Rika, have a few wholesome episodes, but it often feels like the writers struggled to integrate them without clashing with Asuka and Misaki. Their episodes come across as afterthoughts, relegated to comic relief or minor supporting roles.

--Overall--

Overall, AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue is a decently fun way to enjoy a unique, fictional sports anime. If you’re looking for something different from anime depictions of real-life sports like soccer, basketball, or boxing, this is worth checking out. The second half, blending two visual novel routes with some anime-original content, works well enough and highlights the appeal of Flying Circus. For those intrigued by the sport and characters, the visual novel offers deeper exploration and some of the best character development I’ve seen in the medium.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 28, 2021

TsukiAkari8620

Mixed Feelings

(NOTICE 1°: Recommend to watch the anime first before reading this review)
(NOTICE 2°: This review is in English and Spanish)

--REVIEW IN ENGLISH--

‘’Look at the sky, don't avert your eyes, the answer lies there’’
That's what the visual novel taught me.

(NOTICE: Visual Novel Reader / Player)
Yes, as it says above, this review is focused from the point of view of adaptation of a visual novel, so it will have two parts, how good anime is and the other side of the coin, how well adapted to anime is it, both points individually, so here we go.
...
(NOTICE: Sorry if my English is bad)

1. REVIEW OF THE ANIME

History 7/10

The story is good and simple (A sports club, how much fun it is to fly and the freedom it brings, friendships, winning or losing, although what really matters is having fun, etc.) throughout the episodes it shows an entertaining story and the last episode complements the: "What really matters is having fun."

Still, it's not spared from script holes or things characters say and then contradict themself, but we'll talk about that in the character section.

Art 5/10

Well...the backgrounds look good, the character design is good but the good animation is not constant if not non-existent and in certain parts the characters look amorphous, yes, the CG in the encounters makes them much more enjoyable in sight.

Sound 8/10

The soundtrack is very good especially since the composition is made by Elements Garden, the same ones who composed the original BGM of the visual novel.

Character 5/10

1. Asuka Kurashina: a good character, being the fun and positive of the group. Her development is good since she starts out well, but she ends up falling and then in the final episode she shows that she is the root of: ‘’What really matters is having fun’’.

2. Misaki Tobisawa: a character with low energy but when he dedicates himself to something he gives everything of himself, being the first to go through the conflict of: "If I don't have fun why do I keep flying?" so then she stops flying, although she then takes it back, to give everything of herself but this time having fun.
Asuka and Misaki are the main protagonists of this story.

3. Masaya Hinata: character who contributes almost nothing to the story until the last episodes.

4. Mashiro Arisaka: good character, with good development, but little screen time ...... Misaki-senpaaai!!!!!!!

5. Rika Ichinose: character with potential, but disappears after the fourth episode.

6. Madoka Aoyagi: ...Comic Relief.

7. Shion Aoyagi: a man who loves speed.

8. Reiko Satou: ...is Satou-in by the way, writer.

9. Shindou Kazunari: the best Skywalker in Japan.

10. Saki Inui and Irina Avalon: the antagonists of the story, although Irina is the most obsessed with her perfect FC, and then ends up redeeming herself. Acceptable antagonists for a sports anime.

11. Aoi Kagami: Masaya Hinata's mentor, only contributes to the plot at the end of the anime.

Enjoyment 6/10

An anime to pass the time, although you have to wait for it to get interesting.

Overall 7/10

An entertaining anime, funny characters, fascinating encounters, very good soundtrack, '' good '' animation, script holes, acceptable character development and a good message: '' What really matters is having fun '' (yes, I know, I have already repeated this three times) and how amazing it is to give everything you have.

If you have time and want to have a good time, watch this anime, yes, do not expect an incredible story or memorable characters, it is worth it because it is entertaining especially because of the encounters and the message it gives: ‘’What really matters is having fun’’...fourth and last time I say it.

If you read this, I appreciate that you took the time to read my review of this anime, see you later or below if you read the part of the visual novel, sayonara.

The anime review ends here, if you wonder why I wrote so little about the characters I suggest you keep scrolling down to read the lost potential of this anime adaptation in the review from the visual novel point of view, if you wish.

(NOTICE: Review taking into account the visual novel, read this if you have played the game or if you simply want to know more)

2. ADAPTATION TO ANIME OF THE VISUAL NOVEL

Well now I will talk about how good adaptation it is, I will be taking into account the points of the anime part to compare it with the visual novel and see if it has coherence.

In order not to make this longer, I will be comparing only the story and the characters, without spoilers of course.

-Story-

The story in the visual novel reaches the summer tournament from here you are presented with the decisions to enter any of the 4 heroine routes that the game has, so having clarified this, let's continue.

Since the anime begins, we are already shown that it will not follow any of the existing routes since our protagonist in the game, Masaya Hinata, here has no love interaction with any of the heroines and is put in the secondary role. As we advance in the episodes, we are also shown how the routes of the heroines are mixed, which makes the character development totally original and inconsistent with that of the visual novel, although it has events that happen in the game, in the anime no longer they have coherence or they are left without any feeling for not following the original script from the beginning.

In the anime we are shown that Asuka and Misaki will be in charge of being the protagonists since Mashiro and Rika (the other heroines in the game) are also put in the secondary role, with Mashiro being the one who is always behind Misaki, and Rika set aside, but we'll talk about this in the next section, characters.

-Characters-

I do not want to spoil anything about the history and development of the characters so I will not go into details I will only say how the anime differ from the visual novel.

-Protagonist and Heroines-

1. Masaya Hinata (Protagonist): well, they just put him aside in the anime, but in the visual novel his development on each heroine route makes him one of the most realistic protagonists I have ever seen.

2. Asuka Kurashina (Heroine): her development is completely opposite to that of the game since she is the simplest heroine but the one that brings the most changes with her as at the end of her route, he brings a revolution to the world of FC and is the root from: "What really matters is having fun."

3. Misaki Tobisawa (Heroine): the heroine with the conflict of: ''If I don't have fun, why do I keep flying?'' since, believing to have '' talent '', but not being able to improve, she collapses, stopping practicing FC to be able to find the value of her effort, thus achieving it at the end of her journey where his frustration turns into fun.

4. Mashiro Arisaka (Heroine): the frustration and the desire to be better make her one of the heroines who strives the most to improve without having even a '' talent '' to lean on, reaching from 0 to 100 giving everything of herself.

5. Rika Ichinose (Heroine): the honor student, having a serious personality and not being able to show her true self, is one of the heroines who remains stagnant and cannot improve until she gets to know Masaya in order to show how far she can go being herself.

-Support characters-

1. Aoi Kagami: a role model for Masaya and his mentor, the connection they have shown how important they are to each other.

2. Madoka Aoyagi: manager of the group and a character who always cares about her friends.

3. Shion Aoyagi: a man with a great spirit, if it weren't for him the FC club wouldn't exist.

4. Reiko Satou: despite being an ojou-sama, she is a character who cares about her companions and friends, thus being a source of resolution for Masaya and the Heroines.

5. Shindou Kazunari: a character who shows great passion for what he practices, thus being another source of support for Masaya and the Heroines.

-Antagonists-

1. Saki Inui: A person of few words who just wanted to find someone to have fun flying with her.
2. Irina Avalon: the mastermind behind the ''Bird Cage'', in the anime she redeems herself, but in the game, she simply accepts the fact of having enjoyed the show and then says that one day she will show them her real FC.
Both Saki and Irina are well built antagonists with just the same motivations and desires as everyone else.

-Conclusion-

The adaptation is not bad, but it does not manage to convey the same feeling as the visual novel, the heroines who are the source of everything in the game, in the anime they are not developed correctly and the protagonist who is the connection between the different routes, is non-existent in the adaptation.

In my opinion, having an original script, the message they want to convey throughout the anime, especially in the final episode, is only the 20% of what the visual novel actually transmits to you.

If you want to see how beautiful this story is and the message it wants to convey, I recommend you give the visual novel a try, you will not regret it, I gave it a chance and I can say from the bottom of my heart that it was beautiful to have done it...

Well, this writing ends here, if you got this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, I hope I have helped you with my opinion and have opened an opportunity for you to play the visual novel.

Now I say goodbye, I thank you for having read me and have a good day, I hope to meet again, matta ne...

‘’A story of girls flying through the sky and experiencing love’’

AOKANA, 2016...


--RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL--

(AVISO: Recomendable ver el anime antes de leer esta reseña)

‘’Mira al cielo, no apartes la mirada, la respuesta yace ahí’’
Eso es lo que me enseño la novela visual.

(AVISO: Lector/Jugador de la novela visual)
Si, como dice arriba, esta reseña está enfocada desde el punto de vista de adaptación de novela visual, así que tendrá dos partes, que tan buen anime es y el otro lado de la moneda, que tan bien adaptada a anime esta, ambos puntos individualmente, así que aquí vamos.

1. RESEÑA DEL ANIME

Historia 7/10

La historia es buena y simple (Un club de deporte, lo divertido que es volar y la libertad que trae consigo, las amistades, ganar o perder, aunque lo que en verdad importa es divertirse, etc.) a lo largo de los episodios logra mostrar una historia entretenida y el último episodio complementa el: ''Lo que importa en realidad es divertirse''.
Aun así, no se salva de agujeros de guión o cosas que los personajes dicen y luego se contradicen, pero de eso hablaremos en la sección de personajes.

Arte 5/10

Bueno...los fondos se ven bien, el diseño de personajes es bueno pero la buena animación no es constante por no decir inexistente y en ciertas partes los personajes se ven amorfos, eso sí, el CG en los encuentros los hace mucho más disfrutables a la vista.

Sonido 8/10

El soundtrack es muy bueno especialmente porque la composición está hecha por Elements Garden los mismos que compusieron el BGM original de la novela visual.

Personajes 5/10

1. Asuka Kurashina: un buen personaje, siendo la divertida y la positiva del grupo. Su desarrollo es bueno ya que empieza bien, pero termina cayendo para luego al episodio final demostrar que es la raíz de: ''Lo que importa en realidad es divertirse''.

2. Misaki Tobisawa: un personaje de poca energía pero que cuando se dedica a algo lo da todo de sí mismo, siendo la primera que pasa por el conflicto de: ''Si no me divierto por qué sigo volando?''. Para luego dejar de volar, aunque luego lo retoma, para dar todo de sí misma pero esta vez divirtiéndose.
Asuka y Misaki son las protagonistas principales de esta historia.

3. Masaya Hinata: personaje que no aporta casi nada a la historia hasta los últimos episodios.

4. Mashiro Arisaka: buen personaje, con buen desarrollo, pero poco tiempo en pantalla......Misaki-senpaaai!!!!!!!

5. Rika Ichinose: personaje con potencial, pero desaparece después del cuarto episodio.

6. Madoka Aoyagi: ...Alivio Cómico.

7. Shion Aoyagi: un hombre que ama la velocidad.

8. Reiko Satou: ...es Satou-in por cierto, escritor.

9. Shindou Kazunari: el mejor Skywalker en Japón.

10. Saki Inui e Irina Avalon: las antagonistas de la historia, aunque es Irina la más obsesionada con su FC perfecto, para luego terminar redimiéndose. Antagonistas aceptables para un anime de deporte.

11. Aoi Kagami: mentora de Masaya Hinata, recién aporta a la trama al final del anime.

Disfrute 6/10

Un anime para pasar el rato, aunque hay que esperar para que se ponga interesante.

Overall 7/10
Un anime entretenido, personajes divertidos, encuentros fascinantes, muy buen soundtrack, ''buena'' animación, agujeros de guión, desarrollo de personajes aceptable y un buen mensaje: ''Lo que importa en realidad es divertirse'' (si lo sé, ya he repetido esto tres veces) y lo increíble que es dar todo de ti.

Si tienes tiempo y quieres pasar un buen rato mira este anime, eso sí, no esperes una historia increíble ni personajes memorables, vale la pena porque es entretenido especialmente por los encuentros y el mensaje que da: ''Lo que importa en realidad es divertirse'' ...cuarta vez que lo digo y última.

Si lees esto te agradezco que te tomaras el tiempo de leer mi reseña de este anime, nos vemos luego o más abajo si lees la parte de la novela visual, sayonara.

Aquí acaba la reseña del anime, si te preguntas porque escribí tan poco acerca de los personajes te sugiero que sigas bajando para leer el potencial perdido de esta adaptación a anime en la reseña desde el punto de vista de la novela visual, si deseas.

(AVISO: Reseña tomando en cuenta el material de origen, ósea la novela visual, lee esto si has jugado la novela o si simplemente quieres saber más)

2. ADAPTACION A ANIME DE LA NOVELA VISUAL

Bueno ahora hablare de que tan buena adaptación es, estaré tomando en cuenta los puntos de la parte de anime para compararlo con la novela visual y ver si tiene coherencia.

Para no hacer esto más largo estaré comparando solo la historia y los personajes, sin spoilers claro.

-Historia-

La historia en la novela visual llega hasta el torneo de verano a partir de aquí se te presentan las decisiones para entrar en cualquiera de las 4 rutas de heroínas que tiene el juego así que habiendo aclarado esto prosigamos.

Desde que empieza el anime ya se nos muestra que no seguirá ninguna de las rutas existentes ya que nuestro protagonista en el juego, Masaya Hinata, aquí no tiene interacción amorosa con ninguna de las heroínas y es relevado a personaje secundario por no decir eliminado. Al avanzar en los episodios también se nos muestra como las rutas de las heroínas están mezcladas lo que hace que el desarrollo de personajes sea totalmente original e iconsistente al de la novela visual, aunque tiene sucesos que pasan en el juego, en el anime ya no tienen coherencia o se quedan sin sentimiento alguno por no seguir el guión original desde el principio.

En el anime se nos muestra que Asuka y Misaki serán las encargadas de llevar el protagonismo ya que Mashiro y Rika (las otras heroínas en el juego) son también puestas en el papel secundario, siendo Mashiro la que está siempre detrás de Misaki, y Rika dejada de lado, pero bueno hablaremos de esto en la sección que sigue, personajes.

-Personajes-

No quiero spoilear nada acerca de la historia y desarrollo de los personajes así que no entrare en detalles solo diré como se diferencian los del anime con los de la novela visual.

-Protagonista y Heroínas-

1. Masaya Hinata (Protagonista): bueno, simplemente lo dejaron de lado en el anime, pero en la novela visual su desarrollo en cada ruta de heroína lo hacen uno de los protagonistas más realistas que he visto.

2. Asuka Kurashina (Heroína): el desarrollo que tiene es completamente opuesto al del juego ya que es la heroína mas simple pero la que trae más cambios consigo como al final de su ruta que trae una revolución al mundo del FC y es la raíz de: ‘’Lo que importa en verdad es divertirse’’.

3. Misaki Tobisawa (Heroína): la heroína con el conflicto de: ‘’Si no me divierto por qué sigo volando?’’ ya que, al creer tener ‘’talento’’, pero no poder mejorar se desmorona, dejando de practicar FC para poder encontrar el valor de su esfuerzo, lográndolo así al final de su ruta donde su frustración se convierte en diversión.

4. Mashiro Arisaka (Heroína): la frustración y el deseo de ser mejor la convierten en una de las heroínas que más se esfuerza por mejorar sin tener ni un ‘’talento’’ en el que apoyarse, llegando de 0 a 100 dando todo de sí misma.

5. Rika Ichinose (Heroína): la estudiante sobresaliente, al tener una personalidad seria y no poder mostrar su verdadero ser, es una de las heroínas que se queda estancada y no puede mejorar hasta que llega a conocer a Masaya para así demostrar cuán lejos puede llegar al ser ella misma.

-Personajes de apoyo-

1. Aoi Kagami: una figura a seguir para Masaya y mentora del mismo, la conexión que tienen demuestra que tan importante es el uno para el otro.

2. Madoka Aoyagi: manager del grupo y un personaje que siempre esta pendiente de sus amigos.

3. Shion Aoyagi: un hombre con un gran espíritu, de no ser por el no existiría el club de FC.

4. Reiko Satou: a pesar de una ojou-sama es un personaje que se preocupa por sus compañeros y amigos, siendo así una fuente de resolución para Masaya y las Heroínas.

5. Shindou Kazunari: un personaje que demuestra una gran pasión por lo que practica, siendo así otra fuente de apoyo para Masaya y las Heroínas.

-Antagonistas-

1. Saki Inui: una persona de pocas palabras que solo quería encontrar a alguien que se divierta volando con ella.

2. Irina Avalon: la mente maestra detrás de la ‘’Bird Cage’’, en el anime se redime, pero en el juego simplemente acepta el hecho de haber disfrutado el espectáculo para luego decir que algún día les mostrara su verdadero FC.
Ambas, Saki e Irina son antagonistas bien construidas con motivaciones y deseos igual que los demás.

-Conclusión-
La adaptación no es mala, pero no logra transmitir el mismo sentimiento que la novela visual, las heroínas que son la fuente de todo en el juego, en el anime no son desarrolladas correctamente y el protagonista que es la conexión entre las diferentes rutas, es inexistente en la adaptación.

En mi opinión al ser un guión original el mensaje que quiere transmitir a lo largo del anime especialmente en el episodio final es solo el 20% de lo que te llega a transmitir en verdad la novela visual.

Si quieres ver lo hermosa que es esta historia y el mensaje que quiere transmitir, te recomiendo le des una oportunidad a la novela visual, no te arrepentirás, yo le di una oportunidad y puedo decir desde el fondo de mi corazón que fue hermoso haberlo hecho…

Bueno, aquí termina este escrito, si llegaste hasta aquí te lo agradezco de corazón, espero haberte ayudado con mi opinión y haber abierto una oportunidad para que juegues la novela visual.

Ahora sí me despido, te agradezco por haberme leído y que tengas buen día, espero poder encontrarnos nuevamente, matta ne…

''Una historia de chicas surcando el cielo y experimentando el amor''

AOKANA, 2016…

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 7, 2024

zancoru

Not Recommended

(Mostly a negative critique, quick summary at the bottom)

Anti-gravity boots are at the center point theme, using special flying boots to get to school, Asuka our clumsy MC sees them for the first time (not really, as you find out she knew about them when she was little....) and wants to learn how to use them, later on she and her group of friends sees a girl at the beach challenging someone to a Flying Circus dual, learning about what the sport is, wants to challenge her, this leads to her scoring a point and sparking an interest for the sport.

Considering I watched this anime ... dubbed, "That match was so exciting I almost peed my pants" sums up the dialog of this show, the characters were basic factory made to be liked, same copy-cat backstory for you to gain sympathy to every single side character, the main girl was basically the only one you should focus on, the rest of them are just a feeling of "wow they all knew each other as children and can't remember now, that's neat". These characters face a "harsh" backstory with the sport that left them unmotivated and having to leave it at an early age despite every single one having incredible talent for it.... oh how tragic.

Every match starts off with them going for the "floating buoys" and just ends up being a 1 on 1 battle of them tagging each other on the back, dodging and using special moves until one gains enough points to win, started off well having more strategy being put into everything, but ended up just being a brawl or "dogfight" between players the entire match, for me it just lost that "sport" aspect of it the longer the show went on.

The story message comes down to creating your own way of playing the sport and making it fun, that competition isn't everything and finishes strong with a cheesy heartwarming ending that "yeah, we are all just having fun at the end lol".

"Insert title here" was cute, can't stop myself from admitting that I actually enjoyed them duelling each other, overall it's 3 genres thrown into a bowl, barfing sugar into the mix and just stirring, about 15% Slice of life, 25% Sport and 60% Sci-Fi schoolgirl, the sport aspect is at the backend, where cute UwU magical girl sits front and center, it's nothing special, cool shoes, but rather watch something else.

If you enjoy magical girls, this is a lighthearted Sci-Fi that should come off as fun and enjoyable, if not, then it's not worth watching.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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by Konatose

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[一] Visual Novel and Kinetic Novel

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Circus

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North American Anime & Manga Releases for September

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for September Week 1: September 3 - 9 Anime Releases Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season Part 2 DVD Boku no Hero ...read more

Sep 2, 2019 7:49 AM by Sakana-san | Discuss (6 comments)

North American Anime & Manga Releases for September

Here are the North American anime & manga releases for September Week 1: September 4 - 10 Anime Releases Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season (incl. Hitori Ayumu) Comple...read more

Sep 3, 2018 2:56 PM by Sakana-san | Discuss (27 comments)

	Poll: Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) Stark700 - Mar 28, 2016	152 replies	by FinalpandaCR »» Sep 30, 12:17 PM
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	English Visual Novel OppaiSugoi - Oct 8, 2018	22 replies	by OppaiSugoi »» Jul 17, 2023 7:53 PM
	Anime season 2? Felipe-10000 - Apr 1, 2023	4 replies	by 5Reinheit »» Apr 5, 2023 10:46 AM

Top 10 Best Visual Novels Turned Anime

Did you realize that many popular (and some not so popular) anime series that you've watched and enjoyed started out as visual novels? Here are ten examples of series that got their start as a game before becoming an anime.

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