Hanasaku Iroha Movie: Home Sweet Home

Ohana Matsumae has been working at Kissui Inn as a waitress for a while now. However, she realizes that she is starting to lose her desire to sparkle, having grown accustomed to the routines of her job. As this was a desire she had when she first moved to the inn, the realization bothers her. While having Yuina Wakura—Ohana's classmate, friend, and the daughter of rival Fukuya Inn's owner—under her as an apprentice, Ohana stumbles upon some old archives that mention her mother, Satsuki. Ohana does not know much about her mother, but these archives could shed some light on her past.

Besides learning more about her mother, it is business as usual at Kissui Inn—though with a couple of challenges to test Ohana and the staff of the inn.

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Apr 9, 2020

curisuchan

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Disclaimer this review will contain some spoiler from the original series, so if you haven't seen it yet go watch it first before reading this review.
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Jun 24, 2016

RealityRush

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I give this a bit of a higher rating as I consider it part and parcel to the Iroha story. It takes place roughly midway though the TV series in between story arcs and all the main cast are back. It's a fun, light-hearted, and still emotional take on Ohana that we all know and love (why else are you here otherwise!?) and certainly adds to the experience of the show. It also expands on the background of Ohana's mother and father and answers some questions left open by the show, growing previously underdeveloped characters a bit more. Anyone that was ...

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Nov 21, 2015

Zaku88

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This movie is a higher-production extension of the Hanasaku Iroha series. It is told in two time frames, one in the present as Ohana deals with daily life at Kissuisou and one in the past where Ohana's mother also dealt with growing up. As some have mentioned, this feels more like an OVA than a full on movie; there doesn't feel like enough going on to merit the movie title other than the improved production values. It expands upon one of the less-explained aspects of Ohana's past and helps her come to grips with the type of person that her mother is. If you've watched ... and liked the parent series, there's no reason to skip out on this bonus tale.

Animation:
The animation style is unchanged from that of the parent series. However, you can tell that edges have been sharpened and backgrounds and lighting have gotten a major overhaul. Characters are all drawn the same as in the main show though you get some additional characters in the mom's time frame. This is definitely still a P.A. Works production so expect great facial animations and expressions. There's a bit of light comic ecchi but nothing to warrant giving the series an ecchi tag.

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The movie doesn't have an OP but does end with (yuck) another nano.ripe ED. The BGMs are, like the parent show, minimalist and not terribly memorable.

The overly-cutesy Yuina gets a lot of screen time so Haruka Tomatsu fans shouldn't miss this one. However, honors go to Takako Honda whose experience shines as she amazingly voices Ohana's strict grandma, Ohana's mom in adult form, and Ohana's mom in teenage form.

Story:
While training Yuina, Ohana happens to find a log about the Inn's past. Inside are some journal-like recordings about her mother as a teenager. Thus the story tells her mother's tale as Ohana reads the log in her spare time. In addition to the historic backstory, a few issues come across at the inn including a power outage. It's a losely held together package that still comes across positively, especially considering it's not even an hour long.

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Ohana and her mother take central stage in this movie. Though the other girls all make appearances, some much longer than others, you won't get nearly as much character development as we got in the parent series; almost more like cameos at time. The major development in this movie is Ohana comparing herself to her mother when she was her age. That being said, this is a very girl-heavy movie with a lot of screaming, crying, and, well, lots of estrogen.

Value:
First and foremost this is for Hanasaku Iroha fans. This movie has very little exposition so knowledge of the parent show is required. The movie is valuable in helping Ohana realize that the mother she detested so much may not be as different from herself as she once thought. A high-production addition to a light and fun, albeit sometimes slow, series.

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