Harukana Receive

In beach volleyball, there is no room for aces. To achieve victory, each player must find their one, irreplaceable partner that they can rely on in the court of sand. At least, that is what Haruka Oozora learns on her first day in Okinawa after moving in with her grandmother and her cousin Kanata Higa. While touring a nearby beach, Haruka stumbles upon some girls practicing beach volleyball and is quickly invited to join. This friendly practice game suddenly turns into a match when one of the girls, Narumi Tooi, notices Kanata approaching the court.

Although the two suffer a devastating defeat, Haruka finally realizes the reason for her cousin’s quiet and distant behavior. Kanata and Narumi used to be an exceptionally talented beach volleyball duo, until Kanata quit due to her short height causing problems for Narumi. Now, with the Junior Tournament just weeks away, Haruka must learn the intricacies of competitive beach volleyball and help Kanata overcome her crippling anxiety towards the sport that she once used to love.

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Oozora, Haruka

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Yuuki, Kana
Japanese

Higa, Kanata

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Miyashita, Saki
Japanese

Tooi, Narumi

Supporting

Shimabukuro, Miyuri
Japanese

Tachibana, Ayasa

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Itou, Kanae
Japanese

Thomas, Claire

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Tanezaki, Atsumi
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Thomas, Emily

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Suegara, Rie
Japanese

Thomas, Marissa

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Shouji, Umeka
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Ooshiro, Akari

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Kimura, Chisa
Japanese

Tanahara, Ai

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Kitou, Akari
Japanese

Sunagawa, Mai

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Koike, Riko
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Cook, Justin

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Ogata, Mitsuhiro

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Kobayashi, Hiroyuki

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Isogai, Noritomo

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Opening Theme

	1: "FLY two BLUE" by Haruka Oozora (CV: Kana Yuuki), Kanata Higa (CV: Saki Miyashita) (eps 3-6, 8-11)
	2: "Mae wo Muite! (前を向いて！)" by Akari Ooshiro (CV: Chisa Kimura) (eps 7)

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"Wish me luck!!!!" by Haruka Oozora (CV: Kana Yuuki), Kanata Higa (CV: Saki Miyashita), Claire Thomas (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki), Emily Thomas (CV: Rie Suegara) (eps 3-7, 9, 10, 12)

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Apr 20, 2023

beruud

Recommended

I have played Volleyball my whole life, and it was fun and sad to watch this series to its conclusion. Sad because I tore my rotator cuff so badly my arm would never swing again like it did. Watching the in and out of daily training and prep, the excitement of tournaments and the heat of battle, sweat dripping down your face waiting for the next serve.

Really enjoyed the inbetween with the characters, the comradery and fun they had, again very nostalgic for me. Pretty much spoiler free, but that last half of the last EP I am not going to lie. I cried. Reminded ...

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May 30, 2022

alecx1x

Mixed Feelings

|| Every episode is a beach episode || 10/10

And I would say "If your main character is going to wear the same outfit every episode, may as well have it be a swimsuit", but there's an entire episode dedicated to picking out a better fitting swimsuit to play beach volleyball, so well done in that regard C2C.

|| Story || 4/10

Harukana Receive's story is fairly simple. Cute girl moves to a new town far away from home and she finds a new hobby, beach volleyball. She meets friends and rivals along the way, and we get a decent tournament arc. However, there's not much to ... the plot apart from that in this season.

|| Art || 8/10

This is the first anime I've seen from C2C, and I was fairly impressed. There was some serious effort put into a lot of backgrounds, despite the majority of the anime taking place on a pale beach. They're able to manipulate the feeling of the scene through just the time of day. They make Okinawa look like a paradise, heavenly even. There are plenty of "gentleman-like" ecchi shots. The girls aren't bent over in un-natural sexual positions or anything weird. Just some humble, lewd camera angles.

|| Sound || 6/10

Nothing of interest to note here. The opening and ending are good, and the songs playing during match scenes enhance the intense atmosphere, but nothing particularly stands out in the OST.

|| Characters || 6/10

The design of the characters is great. They all have a unique look to them to make them stand out in their appearance. The voice acting is solid, cute girls got cute voices. The main problem stems from what I mentioned in the story section, the plot develops far too ahead of the characters. Without going into spoilers, there are significant elements of our 2 main characters that are introduced in the first few episodes of the series but aren't touched upon the rest of the season. I don't know how far the manga is and if a season 2 will delve deeper into the characters, but a lot of those emotions throughout the tournament are already passed, and they didn't care to express them during this season. With that being said, my hopes for a 2nd season to expand on what they brought up early on in season 1 are low. There's potential in some interesting characters here but the 2nd season has some notable improvements to make.

|| Enjoyment || 7/10

The things I noted in the review are really just practice for me in picking apart the plot elements of anime. I had a good time watching this show. I'd watch a season 2. I'd go as far as checking out whatever C2C comes out with in upcoming seasons.

|| Overall || 6/10

Averaging those scores out comes out to a 6. You get what you (do/don't) pay for i guess.

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Nov 20, 2023

Nightscape00

Not Recommended

I thought the show started off strong, but by the end I really thought it was subpar. I like the voice acting, graphics, and the music was fine. There was a coloration of some of the anime characters' eyes that I had not seen before. Can’t say if it was good or bad, just personal preference on how you like the eyes of anime characters drawn, but do give them points for at least trying to be original. I thought it was an interesting concept to not have any males aside from small children in the show, but dude to block out the face of ... Kanata’s deceased father while showing the mother is just messed up. I actually thought the show up to the end of the first tournament was quite good. Then the show just starts going downhill. Overall, I have three major complaints with the anime.

The first is that it is very long-winded and can be very slow - it was downright boring at times. There is very little character development in the show and it relies too heavily on flashbacks. They should have just spent the first three or four episodes using flashbacks but then left them alone for the rest of the show. They also pull that stunt where they will replay the last few minutes of the previous episode, like we didn’t just watch it. You can tell the writers and director were having a difficult time filling twelve episodes worth of story.

The second is the lack of character behavior diversity in the show. I noticed that pretty much every volleyball team had players that acted nearly the same. Each team has an outspoken hothead and a subdued coolheaded individual. Every team ends up feeling pretty much the same; characters feel just way too similar at times. Haruka, Claire, and Ayasa almost feel like the exact same character.

My third complaint is actually the development of Haruka, and Kanata to a lesser extent, in regards to volleyball ability. Basically, they are too good. You are telling me a rookie with one year under her belt and someone who had not been active in years, who only won one match in last year's tournament ends up defeating the defending champions and the second best team in Japan?! A team that has never stopped training and has a pro volleyball coach as a mother?! GET OUT OF HERE! I would be fine if it was a close match due to them training together, but Haruka and Kanata winning the tournament? That is too hard to swallow and breaks the immersion.

I really enjoy volleyball myself and had high hopes for this show as I really enjoy Japanese sports anime. However, with slow plot development, characters with little diversity in the way they behave, and Mary-Sue like characters that are somehow able to beat top athletes with a fraction of the time and training everyone else had put in, this is unfortunately one anime I cannot recommend.

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