Kimi no Iru Machi

Ive watched this anime far back when it aired but today I decided to unleash my thoughts in this review here firstly the anime was a pile of trash and I am going to explain why:

The way they portrayed everything was so negative and sappy that I didnt know wether to cry or laugh, it was like watching those soap operas on TV .. It felt so rushed and half assed.. In one moment you have Haruto giving up and going home with his ass between his legs and then he has this sudden realization and starts running towards , guess who, EBA to spout ... some random shit from her house door, only to see in the window a peeking Eba with a regretfull face.. This repeated imense times troughout the anime and the Manga too.

But I guess its just Seo Kouji godly writing making the highlights again.. In case you dont know this men was the one who created Suzuka wich guess what its like Kimi no iru Machi all over again, only the characters are slightly different.. Apparently Suzuka and KNIM are even from the same freaking story line.. Fucking amazing.. Its like Seo is making fun of its audience wiggling his troll dick around like a madman

But in this case its not entirely Seo´s fault.. The studio who adapted KNIM was GONZO .. One of the worst studios out there right next to Deen and Pierrot (Imo) .. And has I said above the anime was very rushed and you want to know why!? Because shrinking a 270 chapter Manga into a 12 episode anime (NOTE: EACH EPISODE HAS HARDLY 18 MIN) is fucking stupid.. An anime that had the potential to have atleast 26 episodes and then they could release 2 OVA with the aftermath to close it in a soothing way, but its Gonzo so we shouldn´t expect much.

Even so its not like the Source material was good.. The story of KNIM is very infamous for its twists and forced drama.. The characters arent necessary bland and motivationless, actually quite opposite however they are so hateable for their stupid ass decisions and "the power of bad writting" behind that you end up like Umm what the hell? .. Midway trough Haruto forms a rivalry with a guy in the verge of dying only to accomplish his goals leaving the viewers thinking .. WOW what an asshole..

Like seriously the way that this anime takes itself is so laughable on the insight that anyone with a brain would bash it.. And despite all this I was definitely surprised that I managed to end the series, more so that I was actually entertained and fell in love with it in a weird way.. It was non-sensical and just teen drama at its best.. #BLAME SEO

Has it ever happened to you? Sitting down to write something but you can't really seem to organize your thoughts? I have no clue whatsoever as to how to approach this one.. This anime to me is as strange as the vast universe we live in and i certainly don't mean that in a good way, as you may have gathered by my rating.

At first i thought there was something wrong with my neuron system, maybe my brain's wiring wasn't allowing me to enjoy this piece of art in a way that would.....Touch my soul or me strings or some other slang romance enthusiasts like ... to use every other sentence. So i went to the hospital and had a doctor check me...The results were terrifying...I was in the terminal stages of bullshit intolerance and i've been told that this is an incurable disease but it won't affect my day to day interactions with people or animals for that matter.

I left the hospital devastated, i had no fags, no money to buy some and i had parked my car 2 blocks away from the damn hospital. So as i was walking i tried to come in terms with this new disease of mine, tried to embrace it..So i thought to myself that all is not lost, i shall beat this fucker in the ass and be a normal kid again..I came back home, poured a drink and went to google, my old pal who knows everything about everyone, and suggested i should try a shock therapy..That sounded dangerous and to be honest i like a bit of danger. I'm not what you'd call and andrenaline junkie but i quite fancy the idea of chemicals causing my reptilian brain to go berserk.

Of course this being a shock therapy wasn't a piece of cake..More like a piece of concrete falling from a 3 story building and hitting you on the head leaving you for absolutely dead.

And this is where A Town Where You Live comes in...From the very first episode it attacks your senses like aids attacks your immune system and if you don't know what aids does to you, why don't ya ask Freddie Mercury how that went? Well you can't cause he's dead but anyway.

And the first wave of attack comes in the form of animation..From the very first seconds the animation was like a night out at Vegas with a tablet full of acid. You are still able to see things but you see in waves of blurriness and with no sense of real focus...And of course hallucinations are a nice touch as well. What i want to say is that the animation is close to atrocious and weirdly colored and blurry and it gave me eyes herpes. The characters themselves are well drawn don't get me wrong but everything else is not good, at the very best it's basic. I'm not sure if it was a copy issue or anything of that sort but it seemed wayward to me.

The second wave comes in the form of the characters and the story hitting you in turns for maximum impact, maximum amounts of vomit and massive internal injuries. The story goes like this, once upon a time there was a boy named Haruto and lived with his parents in the countryside..One fateful day a girl named Yuzuki came to live with them..No it's not like that you idiots get your mind out of the gutter..She was the daughter of a friend of Haruto's father or something like that..Anyway Haruto is plain and simple an annoying twat. He treats her like crap and for no obvious reason other than him being an asshole. Sure one can make the case that Yuzu is a klutz and a helpless case who can't do anything on her own, from walking in a straight line to breathing without the help of a special committee. So Haru has to help her with everything..Keyword here being "help"...Simply put he is one of those guys who go after broken people so he can fix them in the hopes of them not leaving him.....So one thing leads to another and they ended up together? I'm still not sure on the details but that's what happens..She then leaves for Tokyo and after some time of long distance relationshiping she found someone else.

Is anyone here surprised? Nope? Well hear this and be amazed at the idiocy that this anime has to offer...Haru being a creep and a stalker among other things decided to MOVE TO TOKYO to find her...Got that?

From that point on some insanily stupid stuff happen and Haru jumps from girl to girl while always being in love with Yuzu and still being an obnoxious fuck with no moral restriction whatsoever.......Other characters you say? Well yeah silly there are other characters..His hot sister being one and Yuzu's redhead hot sister as well..Oh yeah there was another one who went by the name of Kazama and he, He was a damn likable character. He was an aquaintance of Haru's sister and they became friends..And guess what? They killed him off...But before they did that they had to make him the 3rd wheel and the one Yuzu dated while in Tokyo.

So animation that can kill life organisms 2 galaxies away, a story made possible by an angry teenager on drugs and characters that are as believable and relatable as Spongebob..Music and VA was....There..

Now i know this review wasn't as long or as full of details as you'd expect but i simply cannot put every single thing that is wrong with this anime cause the servers of the internet would explode..Do you want that? But then again i'll give this anime the pro of being at least a bit realistic..I mean people are shit and they do shitty things and they use each other to get what they want and they fuck you in the proccess..That's an unwritten rule of human relations. On that front it did well, mind you that's not saying much since most times it ditches realism for downright idiocy but at least it tried and i'm a nice guy!

I can't and won't reccomend this to anyone, even to people that i hate with a burning passion. But then again there are people out there with little to no sense so don't blame me, blame the world we live in and the society like everyone seems to do these days.

This is a review for Kimi no Iru Machi, the TV series that ran in 2013. Before that, 2 episodes called Tasogare Kousaten (Twilight Intersection) were released. Two OVA came after this in 2014. If you want to watch all of them, I suggest starting with Tasogare Kousaten, then this, then the 2 OVAs. Tasogare Kousanten comes a bit before this in the story, and the 2 OVAs adapt chapters that were released later on.

Before I start, I would like to mention that this is another review of Kimi no Iru Machi from a manga reader. Actually, I wonder if anyone DIDN'T read the manga ... before the anime. It feels like a lot of people read the manga, heard about the anime and told their friends not to watch it afterwards.

It is by far my lowest rated anime on MAL, and there is a reason for that. This anime feels lackluster. It fails in all categories to deliver a minimum of what is expected from an anime to make in enjoyable.

Let's start with the story, for which I gave it a 5. The only redeeming thing about the story is that it stays the same as the source material. What is wrong about it? First, we skip all of Hiroshima to skip straight to Tokyo. You heard right, we skip a third of the manga and 90% of character development and go straight to the second part of the manga. Some of the chapters from Hiroshima were shown as flashback, but not nearly enough to understand why the events in this series are unfolding. There's also the fact that this anime wanted to cover the most chapters possible, so makes for a very rushed story with essential scenes left behind. The ending also felt incomplete, as there are a lot of things that are left unresolved in the manga at this point.

The art is a 6. It was actually an 8 until Episode 12. The characters looks from the manga are well adapted, but the animation is weird. The opening is one of the parts where it looks the weirdest, and it's the only part you have to watch 12 times. The center part of the animation is usually nice, but anything that's a bit peripheral to it or in the background looks horribly rushed. The still frames are beautiful, and the ending does a nice job of blending in the author's drawings with some photography in the background. One of the finer points that bothered me were when the characters' mouths stopped moving for some unexplained reason during random scenes, and black and white still frames that started showing up during the last few episodes, a lot of them in episode 12.

The sound deserves a measly 3. The music felt really out of place in this. The OP and ED are terrible and fail to set the right mood, if any, for the anime. The voice acting for Haruto was nice, with a thick accent and an unpolished vocabulary, it gave a vibe similar to an "redneck" only a bit softer. The other VA had nothing special, and were lacking a lot of emotion during key scenes. It felt like watching two animated dolls talk to each other.

As for the characters, I won't drag on it. It gets a 4 mostly because of the shortcomings of the story. The fact that they skip straight to Tokyo does not allow for any development that would have been necessary to understand the characters' decision and motivations. Some of the characters, like Asukara, are briefly introduced then swept aside. Same goes for Akari and Kanzaki, that were more present during Hiroshima. Also, a certain key character that has a key role in the anime has not appeared, and it's a shame because it explains a lot of things between Haruto and Asuka. Introducing it would probably not have given it enough time to make it to a conclusion within 12 episodes, so I can understand its absence.

The last criteria is enjoyment, which got a 3. I feel like this is really brought down by the fact that I expected an anime that would be as enjoyable as its source material, which it was not. It is not the first time that I watched an anime based on a manga I already read, but it's the first time I am so disappointed with it. I usually like romantic stuff, both comedy and drama, but what I got here was useless drama and akward scenes.

Overall it deserves a 4. It is an anime adaptation, but it's most certainly not a good one. It does have some novelty elements but it is far outhweighed by the overall lack of quality. If you read the manga, you don't need to watch this, and you'll be happier if you don't. If you haven't but like seinen, romance and drama, pick up the manga instead.

I'm not sure why, but here I am, writing a review for an anime I really hate. Lets go through it one by one, mybe some ppl out there like it...i don't.


Story:
The story is way to rushed. There are huge timeskips, with character-ralations changing quite drastically without any explanation, so that in and of itself is a huge minus in my book.

A strange undying love is used to justify toxic relationships....big minus

Character conflict isn't resolved, the opposing character either gets killed of, or just magically changes for the better (looking at you little sister)

... THERE IS NO KATHARSIS.
Like, that's not necesarily bad, but... with show's like this it's the only redeeming feature. Imagine school-days but the MC survives....f*ckin BS.


Art:
Good Lord...what happened in Episode 2 at the End? I have NEVER seen an anime with a voice-acting performance so out of sync with the animatin. NEVER. The rest is ok, but nothing spectacular.

Sound:
As we call it in german: Schnulzig. It's cheesy af. Opening and Ending are catchy af thou, so that is nice. Also it's a lovy-dovy series, so it does what it should. Props.

Characters:
Bland, no development, rushed.
I like that they included (some) dialects, which was nice. Though that point could have been stressed a lot more.
Apart from that nothing sticks out, except the toxicity of Eva and her little Sister. As well as the weird mix of decisiveness (moves to tokyo for his love) and indecisiveness (just gives up on her for half the show) of the MC.

Enjoyment:
I literally suffered through this. The story dragged on, the art wasn't good enough to be enjoyed...I was really bored.

Overall:
Don't watch it. Just watch school days, it's better.
Or watch 5cm a second, if you want a "realistic depiction of love".

This show is hot sh*t, fight me

Spoilers at the end. I'll make this short and straight to the point. I despise this anime. I only like two characters in it and one of them was supporting. The ending was beyond the realm of dreadful. They should just rename this to "School Days 2." Yes, the ending was that bad. The MC is about as interesting and as smart as the many craps I took while watching this. Oh, also, about 3 episodes are SOLELY flashbacks. I found myself skipping over them too, because they held no relevance to the plot. While they gave an idea as to the relationship between the ... MC and his female dog of a crush, they also served no purpose and could easily have been cut out without confusing the watcher. It has good art, but that's all. It's a waste of time to even fully review this garbage. Save yourself a few hours and don't watch this wreck of an anime.

(SPOILERS) [+Large Your Lie In April spoiler]

Oh, by the way. Did I mention how the MC's new best friend stole the MC's girlfriend from him unknowingly, and that the MC challenged said best friend to get her back? Yeah, also, best friend is dying and has surgery so that they can try to have an "even" playing field, but guess what? They pull a your lie in April and the surgery fails. You know what they do after that? Timeskip. Oh, and he suddenly forgot his original crush and dates the MUCH more likeable character, only for original crush to come back and ruin everything. Long story short, he breaks up with the perfect girl he had for Ms. "I broke up with you for a guy after hearing he was dying but now that he's dead i love you again"
(END OF SPOILERS)

Seriously. I despise this. I'm not even going to give each category a rating, you can just look at these and assume what i would say.

Story: 2
Art: 7
Sound: 4
Character: 1
Enjoyment: 2 (For Asuka.)
Overall: 2

Kimi no Iru Machi has a pretty cliché plot, the one that had been used many times before, and still, this anime manages to make it look even worse. The MAL information is missing two very important things the genre Ecchi and the theme Harem, so just to warn you it is full of that.

There is only one thing that I personally, in a completely subjective way, is Asuka, She was cute and nothing else. Now talking about the dislikes there are in abundance starting with the plot. It was a pretty basic guy running after a girl that he loved in childhood, nothing new ... there. The progression of the plot was slow and the characters were shallow. The story had many turns from a love story to a harem and then going ntr at some points not only that but it manages to add a time jump too. The things that I hated the most were unnecessary thigh and panty shots that pop up after each minute and made no contribution to the situation at all.

The anime made the worst plot turn into a downright abomination by making it not only a very basic love triangle but also kept adding new girls as the story progressed. The whole writing that went into the anime was pretty cheap, like they didn't even try to make an average story but just wrote whatever popped up first in their mind. Character development was laughable and whatever little development they made was heavily dependent on them going out with a new character and coming back to the old memories and it repeated a lot.

The guy is shown as a nice guy so he doesn't want to hurt any of the girls and starts his ntr harem that is the point where many of the watchers feel compelled to drop it. The story had no constant theme it fluctuated a lot from love story to love triangle then to a harem and lastly to ntr. The camera angles were absolutely unnecessary, showing panties while the characters are talking about a serious topic is not something that adds any value, and showing the thighs of each girl more than twenty times is also just to keep the audience only for ecchi and not for the plot of the anime.

Also, the anime follows all the basic Romance arcs like boring fireworks just to make memories and repeatedly uses them for bad character development. The rain when there is a sad scene gives the audience a bad cinematic and finally the breakup and they made it even worse in this anime. I still am baffled why the anime is rated this high while being nothing but a mixture of the worst thing.

This is the worst piece of art I have watched to date. It is an absolute abomination on planet Earth, I would never recommend such badly written and directed anime to anyone.

I honestly love the Author of the manga it all started when i watched Suzuka when it got to the end i decided to read the manga to you know get a feel of how it really ends and it was amazing I read Fuuka the squeal it was great. Then i saw this and instead of reading the manga i decided to watch the anime i was extremely disipointed i was bored, confused and discontented from the character. Why BECAUSE THEY START THE ANIME OVER 100 CHAPTERS IN TO THE STORY! Why would you think that it was a good idea to skip the ... most important development to your characters that sets up the part you adapted and i dont care that it has an OVA you shouldn't have to watch the OVA to get a little more clarification to what the hell is going i have never been so insulted by an adaptation that i didn't even frigging read. I can enjoy Tokyo Ghoul root A I like Chunnibyo demo ga shita season 2 but this just pisses me of i will probally hate this less when i read the manga but that shouldn't be a necessity

#6

This anime has made me angry is so many ways. Its like the most depressing thing ever, and there is absolutely no sympathy towards the main character. There was not a single instance where the main character didn’t feel like a complete dick. Just because you want or miss something, doesn’t mean that you need it. I can’t help but feel bad for a certain character. The ending and decisions made throughout the show are so disappointing and inhuman to be honest. The story is poopoo, and the characters are all whiny babies. Boo hoo that things didn’t go the way they seemed like they ... should’ve. Everything about this anime just reeks. Even my internet didn’t want me to watch it.

Horrible decisions masked by depressing outcomes makes this anime close to unbearable.
2/10

Kimi no Iru Machi. Where to start with this one... Well, for one, I did NOT enjoy this anime. I'm usually quick to drop series that I'm not into that much, but I wanted to try giving it more time to interest me. So, did this series interest me? Yes, in a way, it did. I wanted to know if the story goes further downhill or if it gets any better along the way.

For me personally it just got worse. I suppose that if I tried really hard, I could find some moments where the story had gotten little better for a moment here ... and there or a character made a smart decision for once, but if you look at the bigger picture (like this anime overall), those little things are so insignificant, they‘re not even worth mentioning.

This anime tries to take a more realistic approach to relationships and love, and while I think it’s worth praising for that, I just can’t help but feel that it fails miserably.

To quickly go over the aspects of the anime:

Story: It had some potential, the idea wasn’t bad, though I feel the approach and execution of it was.

Art: Not the best I’ve seen, but not bad either. No complaints here.

Sound: The soundtrack was probably my favorite part of the show. The OP song stood out the most to me.

Character: Only 1 or 2 of the characters were at least ‘ok’ to me. Plus, the story didn’t favor them at all and they ended up… Well I can’t say, because I don’t want to spoil anything if you DO decide to watch this series.

Enjoyment: Can’t say that I completely despised watching this anime (wouldn’t have managed to finish it if I did), but I definitely can’t say that I had a good time watching this either.

Overall: Kimi no Iru Machi tried to do something different, but unfortunately, it failed. I would not recommend watching this anime.

This show was so frustrating to watch and I disliked some of the characters and the choices they made so strongly that I felt compelled to write my first review on here. This is really just a rant so, sorry if it sucks ig

Quick Explanation of characters that I mention in case anyone cares:

Haruto - Main character, used to date Yuzuki in middle school but then they broke up when she moved back to Tokyo. He then moves to Tokyo in high school to continue pursuing her.
Yuzuki - Haruto's ex-girlfriend for most of the show (they get back together because of course they do)
Asuka - ... One of Haruto's friends that he makes at his new high school in Tokyo. They start dating once they enter college.
Rin - Yuzuki's younger sister.

Some of the decisions that Haruto makes are absolutely ridiculous and upsetting to watch. I mean, the first decision that he makes is moving all the way to Tokyo from Hiroshima in order to find out how the girl he USED TO date "really feels" about him. Very creepy behavior.

Also, definitely don't watch this if you dislike it when "lack of communication" is used as a major plot point because it happens OFTEN, especially in the last half of the show. Look, I get that it can be used in an interesting way, but there are times when Haruto DOES NOT tell his new girlfriend things ON PURPOSE. And then he gets surprised when it blows up in his face!! Wow!!!!

This could just be me but I think Rin was just the worst character. Her only purpose in the show was to stir up drama between Haruto, Asuka, and Yuzuki. And it was very irritating. Sometimes, shows can have purposefully antagonistic characters who do stir up drama or cause chaos in an entertaining or interesting way, but Rin just kind of sucked. It wasn't enjoyable to watch when she causes unnecessary drama that Haruto only makes worse by not telling Asuka the truth.

The only thing I really liked was the opening. It was nice, but that might've just been in comparison to the rest of the show not being very good.

Hoo boy, is this anime not very good. First off I have to say, these last few months I have watched many many romance anime to fill the deep black void in my heart and let me tell you, this anime just straight up isn't good.

Imagine, a man falls in love with a mysterious girl from Tokyo that stayed with him, then all of a sudden, after their love finally reached a peak and they shared their feelings for one another, she up and leaves. So, whats the reasonable thing to do? Follow her from hundreds of kilometres away obviously! Well guess what, that sucks, ... she has another boyfriend that she cheated on him with, and hes your best friend! So he decides to challenge his dying friend for a fight to win over his girlfriend.

He dies from a failed surgery and he stops talking to her for some reason. Last time they meet up before a 2 year hiatus was to give an ex boyfriend her boyfriends dying present to him. Next thing you know, he dates an extremely sweet, innocent, naive, adorable girl, just when he thinks he gets over the girl from Tokyo, she appears again. They go to a group date, they talk a lot and reminisce about old times, all the while his girlfriend has no idea that this is happening. So, a few months pass and his girlfriend wants to go on a trip, but oh no, her grandmas back is messed up so she has to go see her. While she does that, she decides that he should go back to his hometown, with said ex girlfriend, to check on his family.

A bunch of shit happens, reminiscence of old times, hanging out with friends and having a chuckle. Your ex wants to go to the festival with you, little do you know, she has an ulterior motive. Youre watching fireworks while she confesses her love to you, you reciprocate that love and embrace. Now, you actively cheats on your own sweet, innocent girlfriend, who prior, confided in you about her best friends death and you were the only one who could offer it. She fell in love with, always trusted you with everything and wanted to give you the world. But instead, you opted for childish, unrequited, and wrong love, abandoning your girlfriend, mixed up in her own feelings depressed because she still loves you.

This anime was mediocre, bordering on terrible, the story is very very mediocre and just down right sad. It's supposed to be a happy ending about "oh, love will always win, no matter how far apart you are or what happens" but no, a lot of people got hurt. The girlfriend never deserved anything that happened to her and just wanted to give him happiness, lowkey pissed me off because she was willing to give him the world. Anyway, thats the end of my rant, not very good, not awful but not good.

This is easily one of the worst series(both anime and manga) I've ever partaken in.

It basically just fawns over the idea of recklessly chasing after something that you know is wrong and hurts everyone around you. It hints an idea that the moral of the story is about maturing past poor decisions and making the right choice in life... only for the story to fall into contrivances just to keep the god-chosen girl as the winner no matter the circumstances.

The manga is not just double as guilty of this as the anime, but it's 3-4 times as guilty. It's an absolute dumpster fire of plot ... contrivances.

You'd think that this was based on a bad visual novel because of how bad the story is. But in fact there are objectively many "bad" visual novels with much better adaptions. I'd go so far as to say there are bad visual novels better than the manga in general simply from their basic idea and the ability to enjoy how cheesy or bad they are.

This series is just... a dumpster fire about the childish fantasy that "Everything works out in the end". Even "Moe" anime's can get the basic premise of how life works and people grow as individuals, but this anime refuses that concept and tries to give an instance where being a complete jackass works out through bad writing.

Don't touch it. Just... don't. Not even the manga because it's much worse in every aspect except character development, which exponentially makes everything else worse as a result.

NOTE: If there’s source material I am unfamiliar with it and cannot be bothered to check.When I read the synopsis, I was expecting something with a little more mystery or dynamic. What I got was my third most loathed thing in anime, inexplicable poor decision making. So I’m into the idea of a guy and a girl falling in love and she vanishes on him as swiftly as she came into his life, and him following her to Tokyo. But…
Long story short my issue with this series is it doesn't explore the psychology of the characters. Why are they making these decisions that sane people ... wouldn't? Not once is a satisfactory answer given for their behavior. “Well the power of love conquers all.” Actually it's depicted here as selfish and​ mean. I could forgive that if they explained why.
[spoiler]
Haruto and Yuzuki love each other and there's an obstacle. But once the obstacle is gone they don't get together. And then, 1 - 2 years later the second they see each other again their feelings are rekindled. So, which is it Haruto? Drop everything and chase the girl you love or understand the reasons you two can't be together? The same goes for Yuzuki just in reverse. When they can be together, they're not. And they only pursue each other when they shouldn't. And they do this with no regard for any other person's feelings when they’re involved. It's just tedious to watch.
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The art, music and voice acting are par for the genre and era. Honestly I can recommend it for those who love melodrama and tales of unrequited love. But I would recommend any other romance anime I've seen over this one.

Romance genres are very difficult to find, and at that, the small category you find will be 99% love triangle based animes that all are similar in turnouts. However, this anime attempts to step out of the boundaries and try a lot of different stuff, where at times two seem in love or there's a love pentagon. Not that this is a bad idea, it's just the cluster of emotions and how much the show tries to tackle at once causes it to be detrimental to my enjoyment.

I have not read the manga, and I am going into this review, not with the mindset of ... "the manga is better and the show fucked up" but that the show is just not worth your time and has no polarizing or memorable moments at all.

Starting off with

Story: 2

The show starts off with a boy leaving his small city, heading for the big city chasing a girl who left. The show is asking for a rather sublime and bittersweet reaction when reacting to the twists and turns taken that are taken. Going into detail later in the character portion, you can honestly take characters (Yuzuki's sister) and turn their part of the story into just a normal backstory explained for around 5-10 seconds however it's mainly to have more time due to the creator trying to pull off too much in a show that shouldn't be that complex. Although there being intriguing parts, there is so much unnecessary fanservice, characters, plot points and in general, the whole show is irrelevant and doesn't contribute to a larger picture and is rather contradicting at times with the main message it's trying to portray. Which leads me to give it a score of 2.

Art: 3

Nothing special. Lighting doesn't go with the characters and doesn't look clean most of the time. The writer favors more people with blue and brown hair and choosing a generic main character to lead the atrocious story. You can easily find characters from other shows that look identical to the ones in this show with low uninfluential and lazy art style with making the characters distinct and stand out.

Sound: 1
This is probably the worst sound/music in anime I've heard. OP and ED are ok, not that bad, but the TIMING in the show
example, say a joke, have a lil funny bright song play
sad, play a sad song

BUT THE SHOW DOESNT THINK HEY MAYBE ITS A GOOD IDEA TO THROW MUSIC IN TO FIT THE MOOD, WHICH LEAVES ALL OF THE INTEGRAL SEENS LACKLUSTER IMPORTANCE. YOU SEE A CHARACTER CRYING OR FIND OUT SOMETHING PLOT TURNING HAVE GOOD SOUND AND HAVE COMMON SENSE, DON'T JUST DO NOTHING.

Which leads me to my Characters: 2

Honestly, like I said before the show is just a gigantic clusterfuck of emotions that the writer does not know how to portray properly and give characters roles. The emotions felt at times and the way the show just crams everything into one sole character is confusing at points and leads to misleading turnouts in a lot of plot points in the show. Other than the characters being annoying bland every possible thing you can hate in a character. Which leads me to my score of 2

Enjoyment: 3

I'm a heartthrob for lovey-dovey scenes in any romance, and that's generally what is keeping the show from being a failure at romance in general with being super frustrating at points. It's just disappointing in general and tries too hard to be different and have head-turning moments when they don't have a clue what to do after or handle moments correctly.

Therefore, due to the horrific story, generic and saturated trash called art, truly terrible story, bland n uninteresting characters, and little to no enjoyment from this show I leave without a single feeling on my tongue with how bittersweet this show was;

Leaving my overall score at a 2

This is the worst “”romance”” anime I’ve ever watched. If you want some NTR bs this is the show.

The main girl was the worst character, but all of them were soooo terrible. I wonder what’s the conclusion of the author finishing this anime. All of the characters didn’t choose to be truthful to their feelings or for the other’s. They were taking every decision possible to keep themselves miserable and the others too.

It didn’t make any sense till the very end.
The anime direction was so confusing, some situations just ends abruptly other stuff start out of nowhere.

If you can please don’t watch this LOL!

"Kimi no Iru Machi is arguably the most pointless romance anime ever created. With characters engaging in cringe-worthy theatrics to the protagonist making some inexplicably foolish decisions, all culminating to an exasperating narrative.

The anime kicks off with a useless and utterly tedious arc featuring Haruto and his friend Kazama vying for Eba's affection. However, the conflict lacks any substance whatsoever, as Eba's inclinations are very much evident, and much of the episodes consist of recapping her relationship with the main character. This type of dramatic tension could have been either intensified or discarded altogether. Alternatively, dedicating episodes to Kazama's character development with a different girl ... or Eba herself could have made him more likeable and attachable for the viewers, given his rapid and almost comical disappearance.

The MC's declaration of "war" earlier in the series is cringe-inducing, reminding me of low-quality late-night teen romances on channels like Star Movies. There is a recurrence of this issue, considering most of the dialogue was seemingly written by a 16 year old wattpad fanfic writer.

Moving on to the protagonist, his demeanor fluctuates between a love guru and a heartless bastard, creating an odd amalgamation of character tropes that feels out of place. The show fails to capitalize on his positive traits beyond the generic "nice guy A" archetype. A pseudo-harem forms around him as well, and he ultimately comes across as a cheap self-insert for the writer or viewers.

The vast majority of this anime feels forced, manufactured, and unrealistic. Plot points develop abruptly without easing the viewers into it, resulting in a messy and amateurishly written narrative.

The last episode particularly is directed so poorly, I suspect maybe the studio ran out of budget. This is evident with how awkwardly this show is directed in the first place. It feels like there's a theme or an art to its direction, but looking deeper you see a half-hearted attempt to adapt a mediocre manga churned out with a fairly low budget and no passion whatsoever.

Overall, Kimi no Iru Machi lacks redeeming qualities, with unresolved characters, inconsistent direction, occasional subpar animation, and forgettable storytelling. The subsequent two-episode OVA has some merits and is relatively decent, but the 12-episode series falls short, highlighting the inferiority of shounen romance compared to its contemporaries. There are numerous great shounen romance shows, but Kimi no Iru Machi most certainly isn't one of them.

So, where to begin with, after a good dose of sleep and reflection about Kimi no Iru Machi (A town where you live), I’ve been able to flush this huge dissatisfaction of mine. So today, I’ve decided to write a review of Kimi no Iru Machi, which through my opinion, deserves criticism for its overall entity.

Let’s have a review:
It’s plot is said to be portrayed as drama and romance, however ,this is not it! Yes it depicts slice of life; however, this one is rather characterized as tragic romance. Here, the plot is a retrospective one whereby it moves from the present ... to the past from time to time, yet it gives no time for the viewer to adapt to this gigantic melancholic scenario. Kimi no Iru Machi, is a typical love story where the main character Haruto Kirishima principally has a crush on a girl Kanzaki Nanami but at the same time spends most of his time with his childhood friend Eba Yuzuki whom he disliked at first. As the anime progresses those two friends developed in terms of relationship but broke up as Eba Yuzuki went back to the city of Tokyo. Haruto sets on a quest to find her in Tokyo but meets with new acquaintances. There is more than this. Personally, this anime deserves a 5 for its story line whereby I could not find any such happiness in the atmosphere surrounding the main characters. This anime fails to develop primarily due to its 12 episodes show.

Aesthetically speaking, the anime is directed with a high sense of realism. The characters are drawn with a touch of realism so does the background. There is nothing spectacular about this anime as its effect give a sense of uneasiness, coldness and fluster the viewer with frustration. Nevertheless, one positive point is that, the production has been able to demonstrate, though slightly, the difference of atmosphere of the countryside and the city. Kimi no Iru Machi deserves a 5.5 for its well drawn characters and atmosphere; however this rating does not go beyond that.

Furthermore, this anime does not propel the viewer to something deep and enjoyable through its music. As for me, I skipped the Opening song as well as its ending while watching this anime progression because I was crammed with frustration.

Finally it comes to the characters. I despise both Haruto Kirishima and Eba Yuzuki for their irresponsible attitude towards each other as well for other characters of the anime. Besides, for it only 12 episodes show, it gives no time for the viewer to create a bond with any specific character except for one, namely Asuka Mishima. As for Rin Eba, another likeable character from my opinion, deserves an A+ for the way she treats Haruto.

Well, well, my opinion may be bias by personal experience however I dislike this character for his irresponsible attitude towards his ex girlfriend Eba Yuzuki and Asuka Mimishima. There is nothing spectacular with this typical guy whose main concern is about mundane things. He acts impulsively and never measures the weight of his acts. What I dislike the most is that he find hopes in the end of the anime, though one may be happy for him, this character lacks maturity in decision making and acts like a spoil teenage guy.

Eba Yuzuki, is the main protagonist, also characterized as a typical girl that has nothing extra ordinary but it still through her charm and beauty makes people attracted to her. However, personally, I dislike her because of her helplessness of making the right decision. Though being a joyous character, she acts like nothing matters and complicates everything. Both Yuzuki and Haruto make this anime frustrating to watch as they dull the atmosphere which from my point of view creates sadness but yet they reject what other characters think of them. Finally those two do not fit each other because I could not find happiness in the end and again they fail to arouse the sympathy of the viewer. For me the characters(especially Haruto and Yuzuki) merit a 5 except for Asuka Mishima and Rin Eba who gladly meet my expectation and so are given a rating of 8.

Hmmmm, by reading this, you might already note my level of enjoyment, Kimi no Iru Machi has only generated the negative sides of my thoughts. My heart ached while watching this anime and has spoiled my entire day. Maybe for that I’ll give it a 5 because it has been able to leave a scar in my memory. Nevertheless, nevertheless, in overall, I’ll give this anime a 4 out of hatred.

One of my club members, Jason, recommended me to watch this and so I did this past week. This is such a weird show because, on, the one hand, it is really, really, really, really, bad, but on the other, it is hard to stop watching.

Well, at least that's what he said.

It was hard for me to get invested in any of the characters, aside from maybe the main character's female friend (not the main girl). But honestly even then, I just didn't care. It's so easy to note care.

If there's one thing I can say, it's that this show is easily better than most ... shows like it. As utterly stupid as its premise is, the writing is FINE. That honestly saves this show from being completely annoying and offensive, and leads to a few actual emotional scenes.

Still, would not recommend. There's probably better shows out there for the kind of people that'd be interested in this one.

I honestly have no idea why people can give a good rating to this transparent pile of badly written garbage. Most of the characters aren't particularly likable, if you even get to know anything about them really.

The story revolves around a guy who loves a girl at school but does nothing for years, new girl comes along from Tokyo, he falls madly in love. She leaves at the drop of a hat, so he runs off to Tokyo. If someone isn't going o react to years to someone they love at school, they are not going to run off ... this way for someone they just spent a few months with.

The show gets trashier with see-through manipulation by the sister Rin, the ex conveniently showing up as his new best friends girlfriend as if to promote some form of conflict in the story, just for that to be written off soon after, and for her to disappear again for a year and a half.

The minute she comes back into his life, he is telling lies to his girlfriend who barely seems that, as he has hardly anything good to say about her, and they are not doing anything sexual, much together, bar her eating his cooking and living next door..

The story just seemed so predictable, and you could just see through the manipulation and movements, as if he just wanted to be caught, or he was stupid as we all know long term if someone keeps running off, they will not stick around.

The lines, the actions just seemed horrible as if someone had meshed something together with little thought due to an anime being canceled and just had no real representation with the character, his actions, or how his family was not even bothered by him leaving.

It just seemed like a trash show, for trash people. Most of us have been indecisive, but the level of blankdom and excuses hit every tropey style anime that pulls the same sort of tricks, there felt nothing much original and reminded me of the MC in schooldays flitting between two girls.

For a romance, it didn't feel like one, as was nothing to hold them together or reason why anyone would really want the other..