Natsu-iro Kiseki

Throughout life, people come and go, eventually departing with a goodbye. For childhood friends Natsumi Aizawa, Yuka Hanaki, and Rinko Tamaki, they are confronted with this harsh reality when they are told their group's fourth member, Saki Mizukoshi, is moving away at the end of summer. With this news threatening their friendship, the four girls seek out a magic stone from local folklore—hoping to use its rumored wish-granting powers to keep them together. After following the steps of the supposed legend, they are surprised to discover that the magic is real.

While the summer's end looms over the horizon, Natsumi and the others use the stone to ensure they have no lingering regrets until the end. But regardless of what the future might bring, these four friends will never forget the colorful miracles they experience during what could be their final summer together.

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Hanaki, Yuka Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Tamaki, Rinko Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Mizukoshi, Saki Main

Takagaki, Ayahi Japanese

Aizawa, Natsumi Main

Kotobuki, Minako Japanese

Sano, Father Supporting

Taki, Satoshi Japanese

Okiyama, Koharu Supporting

Terasaki, Yuka Japanese

Sensei Supporting

Shouji, Yui Japanese

Fujii Supporting

Ohara, Takashi Japanese

Tenchou Supporting

Katsunuma, Kiyoshi Japanese

Okiyama, Chiharu Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Ooyama, Ryou Producer

Sakurai, Yuuka Producer

Satou, Hiroyuki Producer

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Jun 14, 2020

Agent_Redacted

Recommended

An anime about middle school girls playing the game of life as they make wishes that becomes true.

It's a very good Slice of Life if you're just in for the friendship and drama. There's also a little bit of Yuri bait but other than that the anime is just focused towards a group of girls doing their everyday life activities.

It's good. Very, very good. Terrifyingly realistic in a sense as well. This is highly recommended to people who are looking for a girls-only Slice of Life anime about friendship with a little bit of drama and a little bit of Yuri ( bait ... ).

10/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 10, 2018

MinhQuan_Luu

Recommended

Some people felt disappointed and said that Natsu-iro Kiseki wasted the potential from its premise: like, you have a wishes-granting rock but you don't use it to do 'amazing things', and the rock itself does not always work exactly like you have expected, either.

- Okay, so anime viewers, you haven't been bored by the trope "an interesting plot with an easy-to-use wishes-granting power", have you?

When I was a kid, I spent much time watching Doraemon (you know? it's one of the legendary manga/anime, The longest-beloved kid M/A) and I've got enough with that trope.

So I'm glad that Natsu-iro Kiseki didn't follow that old trope, instead ... the wishes-granting rock here seems more like a mature friend who provides the necessary helps for our four middle school girls to realize some precious things in life, and grow up themselves.

Another hightlight is that it doesn't feel like a surreal anime, the characters are extremely realistic. They don't need to show off their cuteness to make me love them.

Now you see the point. No wonder many reviewers give this show high scores with praises. You should read their reviews if you're still hesitating.

I am Vietnamese and not excellent at English so I couldn't write a long and detailed review. Sorry for that. =))

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 26, 2025

Cynthesia

Mixed Feelings

An ultimately middling slice of life comedy about a friend groups final summer vacation together. All in all there isn't much to separate this show from any other slice of life show. The main gimmick here is the introduction of the "big rock" which plays the role of the monkey paw, granting wishes which generally end up inconveniencing the group until the end of the episode. Aside from the first two episodes which are more directly connected, the rest of the runtime is perfectly fine episodic hijinks generally as a result of some misplaced wish placed on the rock.

The main cast is exactly what ... you'd expect from this kind of show. The standard group of four consisting of a tomboy, an extremely energetic idiot, an unexpressive slightly quirky girl, and someone pretty normal. Their dynamic works pretty well although doesn't overstep its bounds which ends up making their dynamic feel run of the mill. Natsuki and Saki have (the tomboy and normal girl) are the main duo whereas Yuka and Rin (idiot and quirky) mostly play the supporting role. In general Natsuki and Saki's relationship is pretty good, more so in the first quarter and last back quarter but there ends up being a lot of dead space in the middle which doesn't do much to sell the group's friendship. Rather than utilize organic chemistry to sell them as a group of childhood friends most of the time they relegate this job to flashbacks and reminiscing things they've done outside of the show.

More issues arise with the Big Rock, which grants wishes essentially at random. There is no consistency to how it operates and it's never explained or given any logic throughout the entire runtime. Originally it's introduced as something which grants wishes if four mutual parties all desire the exact same thing but this is refuted almost instantly as soon wishes are granted left and right regardless of the amount of people who ask or their proximity to the Big Rock. The girls don't question this either. Sometimes they follow in accordance to the rules they set initially but sometimes they just completely ignore them and it ends up working anyway. The Big Rock doesn't have to be some kind of grand mystery or anything, that would overpower the scale of this show, but the least they could have done is make its logic consistent.

Natsuiro Kiseki does do a few things right. The looming threat of Saki inevitably having to move away does a good job at subtly influencing the characters and eventually builds into a strong final quarter (although the final episode was a bit weak). In general though, it ends up being nothing more than a perfectly fine summertime slice of life show featuring a frustratingly inconsistent and ultimately inconsequential supernatural element. There's a pretty decent show in here but it ends up playing things too safe to stand out in the end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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