Tsurune: Tsunagari no Issha

Despite the prefectural tournament's breathtaking conclusion, the Kazemai High School Kyudo Club has no time to celebrate. With the national competition right around the corner, the club is determined to prove that their initial victory was not a mere fluke.

With his passion for the sport reignited, Minato Narumiya earnestly prepares for the upcoming competition with his teammates, who are equally motivated to win. As the much-anticipated tournament begins, the members of Kazemai's kyudo team fight to stay on target with their ambitious goal. But when old acquaintances reappear as difficult opponents, the boys find that winning the nationals will require more dedication and effort than ever before.

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Takehaya, Seiya Main

Ichikawa, Aoi Japanese

Takigawa, Masaki Main

Asanuma, Shintaro Japanese

Narumiya, Minato Main

Uemura, Yuuto Japanese

Yamanouchi, Ryouhei Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Onogi, Kaito Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Kisaragi, Nanao Main

Yano, Shougo Japanese

Fujiwara, Shuu Supporting

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Nikaidou, Eisuke Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Shiragiku, Noa Supporting

Nanase, Ayaka Japanese

Fuwa, Koushirou Supporting

Kondou, Takayuki Japanese

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Saitou, Shigeru Producer

Suzuki, Megumi Producer

Yasui, Kazunari Producer

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Jun 6, 2024

swizzle_lemon

Recommended

It's so rare that a second season is actually better than the first season, but as others have said this manages it. This anime is relaxing and contemplative while still retaining the fun of a high school sports anime.

All of the characters had meaningful development and there was so much depth I feel like I could watch 5 more seasons of this show. I really hope one day it gets picked up and discovered by a wider audience. I can't think of an anime that deserves it more.

The animation and character design as well as the music was all top notch as well. The series ... is a visual feast for the eyes. It's legitimately one of the best animes of its kind I've ever seen.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Apr 12, 2023

Harisrox

Recommended

We often see a sequel that's actually great and excelling than it's predecessor, and Tsurune's s2 is certainly one of them.
I honestly did not care about the characters much in the first season, but this season really fleshed out the characters and made them feel realistic and relatable, I did not expect this kinda upgrade in the writing but it only made the show more enjoyable for me, because the purpose and focus of the show isn't only winning or practicing now, it also became character relation and character growth, something sports anime really do well.
I personally think that this season achieved great heights in ... visual storytelling; this show is a piece of art, a pure beauty, the animation and art is just amazing, each frame looks perfectly colored and manages to give a sort of melancholic, sweet and warm feeling. Kyo Ani always had good visuals in the stuff they made, but in this show I can finally say that they’ve mastered their craft, the cinematography and the composition of shots just feels and looks good and I’ve only felt like this in Haruhi movie, or the stuff Naoko Yamada directed with them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 30, 2023

SalarymanRambles

Recommended

Incredible. I would've given it a 10/10 had it not been for one episode dedicated to angsty drama. I really think it might've been the most enjoyable show of this season for me. And this is coming from someone who isn't into most KyoAni shows (including the first season of this very show) and finds the dynamics alienating at times.
But this season is good that that I resent the first season because it's not even half as good as this one was. I actually rewatched the first season it halfway through the airing of this season and I really think it's a shame because it ... probably will have a lot of people thinking this is just a copy/paste generic re-skin of Free and drop it after the first half of the first season.
It was a more refreshing take on the whole sports club story. For one I loved how it doesn't make the nationals tournament the end all be all and there is a focus on the fact that the high school side is just the beginning and it's a lifetime of dedication that's necessary without a lot of the melodramatic sense of impending doom if everything doesn't go right now that the first season had.
Seeing how one person being the prodigy and giving great individual performances can drag down the team (which does happen a lot in real life) and having a healthy rivalry with other teams, as well as it being uncomfortable when someone takes the rivalry too seriously without it becoming a case of an over the top antagonist that's inexplicably rude just to serve as a plot device to root against.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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