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Yurigurashi is a short yuri manga that contains a bunch of short but sweet love stories. My problem with this manga is that there isn't much of a story. Like I said, it's a bunch of short stories about completely different characters every chapter, sometimes revisiting previous characters. The art was pretty good, I actually really liked the style. There was hardly any character development besides that these 2 girls are dating, with an occasional side thing. Now to be fair, I'm not saying I didn't enjoy this manga. It has obvious flaws, but I still actually enjoyed it quite a bit, and it made ... my day a little better. Overall it's a fun manga and I suggest you read it.

I didn't even know this existed until I got a notification on MAL, and I must say, I went in not expecting much and came out pleasantly surprised.

At this point, I don't think there is a single person in the anime community who hasn't heard of "The God Of Highschool." It blew up this year with its anime adaptation from the original Webtoon. This was released much earlier than the anime on the "YD Online" YouTube channel. Now, on with the review.

Story-
This ONA doesn't really have a story, you have no clue what's going on, who these people who are fighting each other are, none ... of that. Then again, it's only 1 minute 43 seconds long so that can't be helped.

Art-
I actually prefer the art in this more than I do in the actual show. The fight scenes animation in the show is overall better, but this one just looks better to me.

Sound-
It's a pretty nice background song. The singer did a nice job, But the song just isn't for me.

Character-
Same with the story, there's no character development whatsoever. We don't know who this man in the hospital bed is, who this school girl training with a sword is, etc.

Enjoyment-
I did enjoy it quite a bit, I don't regret watching it at all. It was nothing extremely good, but I still liked it.

Overall-
Overall it did pretty well for a 1:43 ONA, and if you haven't, I recommend you go watch it!

NOTE: I will be referring to the series as Anohana throughout this review
I apologize if this review is poorly written, as this is my first review on a whole anime series. I'm going to keep it in basic review format. Also, this review will contain spoilers.
On the surface, Anohana seems like an average show about a group of friends, yet that is not the case.

Story-
Anohana is an anime about the ghost of a deceased girl from a group of childhood friends. The girl, Menma, drowned when they were all kids. After she died the friend group split up and went their separate ways, Jintan ... finds himself seeing Menma in his house. At first he thinks it's an illusion, but he soon realizes it's not. He tells his friends throughout the show yet they don't believe him at first. Eventually, they all join together again later in the show. Menma has a wish, but she forgot what it was. Jintan, and his group of childhood friends need to find out Menma's wish so that she can leave the world. They try different methods, to no avail. Throughout the story, we get time for the characters to grow on us, with many memorable scenes, (Like when Atsumu dressed up as Menma.) Eventually, they find out Menma's wish, which is to reunite the 'Super Peace Busters', and at the end of the show, the group says goodbye to Menma, and she vanishes. That's basically the gist of it. Overall, it's a very nice story and I find almost no flaws in the story-telling. That final scene was beautiful as well.

Art-
I'm going to keep this section of the review shorter, as there's not much to talk about here. The art is wonderful, nothing too special, but I'd say slightly above average.

Sound-
Again, I'm keeping this section of the review shorter. The sound is nice here, not much to talk about the sound though.

Character-
For this section, I'm going to review the characters on their own.
Jintan- Jintan is a very interesting character for somebody I thought was just an average boy at first. He refuses to go to school and locks himself in all day, he lives with regret and guilt everyday, and he's overall an interesting character.

Menma- Menma is also a very intriguing character, she's a dead girl who cares for everybody but herself. She likes Jintan, and jintan likes her, that's what's so tragic about it. Because she is dead, they'll never be together or have a happy ending.

Naruko-
She really loves hanging out with her old friends, but she also has new friends, which her personality and style doesn't match with them at all. Another interesting thing is that she likes Jintan in a romantic way, but Jintan who still loves Menma even though she's gone, doesn't realize that. She has also always been jealous of Menma. Overall a very interesting character with an interesting relationship with Jintan.

Tetsudou-
Jintan's best pal. He's just a really funny guy and really cheery, but can get really emotional when it comes down to it. He's the one who saw Menma floating in the water, and was terrified. He lives with guilt thinking that it's all his fault.

Atsumu-
Atsumu has always liked Menma since they were kids, yet she never seemed to notice it. He also seems to strongly dislike Jintan because he thinks he's making things up about seeing Menma as a ghost more than anyone. Very interesting character.

Chiriko-
I never really clicked with Chiriko, I just didn't like her as much asthe other characters. She's in love with Atsumu, but she doesn't tell him so it goes unnoticed for most of the show. There isn't a lot more to say about her.

Enjoyment-
I enjoyed this show quite a bit. I finished it in one night, and it tells the story very well in the span of 11 episodes. The ending had me really sad, too.

Overall-
Overall, it's a very solid show, and if you haven't yet, I recommend you watch it.

This is a music video I find to be particularly unique. I'm going to cut straight to the chase for this one. There is no real story, a lot of the music video is just random animations it seems. The animation for this music video is actually very unique. It's not the best, but it is still unique. The music in this video, however, is not my cup of tea, I don't like it much. This short has basically zero character development as well. As unique as it is, for some reason I didn't enjoy iy much. Overall, it's not bad, I just don't like ... it much.

After watching this, I'm never eating tomatoes again. poor, poor tomato.
This short follows a little girl, and her tomatoes that she's growing. One day, she kisses on of the tomatoes, where he turns red. He's ready for picking! But these tomatoes are different. They're alive! So then she picks the poor tomato, and he meets his demise as his tomato friends watch. The story is pretty average, as I just explained, the animation is actually pretty nice, sound is average, no real character development, I did actually enjoy it and felt bad for the tomato, overall it's a nice little story.

This music video is not bad. It's pretty unique with the black and white style. For the gist of this short, it features people during a war, and then at the end, they all join together. The story is good for its short length, as I pretty much just explained the story, I won't bother explaining it again. The art isn't bad, black and white cartoony style. The song isn't bad either, not my cup of tea, but not bad. Very little character development in this short, though. It's one of the things this lacks the most. I actually did enjoy it a bit, overall, ... it is not a bad music video.

This short is honestly not bad, to me, at least. Of course, that doesn't make up for the poor animation, lack of character development (or characters at all), and no story. Of course, it's hard to make such thing when something is so short. The story just isn't there, yet the art is very interesting to me. It transitions to the next scene in a very unique way, like morphing. The sound is pretty poor, there is no character development at all, as expected, and it actually wasn't laughably bad, I didn't mind watching it, and I don't regret watching it. I recommend that you ... watch it too, it's not very long, and it's pretty good for what it is.

This short is just a little commercial thing. Just a little music video animation thing. Im not too confident about this review, though, as there is not much to write about. This is basically just girls dancing and doing other shenanigans with music in the background. Not much more to say. There is no story, art is pretty nice, sound is also decent, no real character development, didn't enjoy it much, but it was ok. Overall it's not very good. I gave it a 2 for lack of story, and character development, but then again since it's so short they can't really add much.

This anime is horrendous.
I would joke about it, but its too terrible to even joke about.

Story-
Literally no story whatsoever. Just a weird lumpy dude dancing.

Art-
I do not like this. I do not like this at all.

Sound-
... Absolutely terrible. I can't even begin to describe. Not a fan of CGI, and this is a good reason why.

Character-
No character development at all. Not much you can do about it, though, since it is only 25 seconds long.

Enjoyment-
Was a little funny, still bad though.

Overall-
Overall, pretty garbage. Rushed this review because I don't enjoy reviewing it.

As somebody who has never watched any Gundam series at all, this was a pleasant surprise for me.

30th Gundam Perfect Mission is the Gundam 30th year anniversary 2-minute special. For it's short length, it's actually pretty good.

Story-
No real story, but you can tell that the mecha's are on a mission.

Art-
Amazing art, truly outstanding, especially for the time it was released.

... Sound-
Original sounds, nothing much to say about them.

Character-
No real character development in this short.

Enjoyment-
I love a good story, this short doesn't have that. but that's as expected for a 2-minute short.

Overall-
Overall, it did nicely for what it is.