Wind Breaker

From an early age, Haruka Sakura was made an outcast due to his unconventional appearance and lack of social skills. However, the rough treatment turned him into a proficient fighter, which is now the only thing he prides himself on. Starting at Furin High School, where it is rumored that strength is valued over academics, Sakura has only one goal—taking the top spot.

Involved in a street brawl the day before his enrollment, Sakura happens to meet a group of his future schoolmates. Instead of the usual rejection, they fight alongside him, demonstrating that what the school actually cares about is protecting the town of Makochi from any harm—hence why the students call themselves "Bofurin." Surprised by the support and appreciation of the townspeople, Sakura has a hard time accepting their goodwill.

Though unfamiliar with kindness being shown to him, Sakura must learn to push past his discomfort when Bofurin is pitted against formidable enemies. After experiencing the feeling of acceptance, he finds himself fighting for the sake of others for the first time.

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Sakura, Haruka Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Suou, Hayato Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Umemiya, Hajime Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Sugishita, Kyoutarou Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Nirei, Akihiko Main

Chiba, Shouya Japanese

Hiiragi, Touma Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Tachibana, Kotoha Supporting

Hasegawa, Ikumi Japanese

Togame, Jou Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Kaji, Ren Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Kiryuu, Mitsuki Supporting

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Fukushima, Yuuichi Producer

Uryuu, Kyouko Producer

Yamazaki, Hiroaki Producer

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Apr 28, 2024

mintalade

Recommended

Preliminary (4/13 eps)

I'll be honest.
I thought this anime would be like Tokyo Revengers, with its delinquent theme. But where Tokyo Revengers lost me on the first episode, Wind Breaker had me reading the manga up to the latest chapters. So when I finally watched it, I was not disappointed.
This was a very faithful adaptation to the source material.
The voice castings for the characters are truly amazing, as most of them happened to be some of my all-time favourite voice actors.
The opening is spectacular! I have it on my playlist as Natori did not disappoint with his music.
The visuals are what you would expect from CloverWorks. ... The backgrounds are pretty neat, the character close-ups look amazing and the fight scenes look nice.
However, this does have some issues with characters and dialogue here and there, I've grown fond of the show.
While heavily flawed, Sakura is a great character as he learns more about something with every experience and fight.
In my opinion, this anime is about the power of friendship done right. You cannot rely on your strength alone in a brawl, or life in general.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 14, 2024

Ba-Cii10

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/13 eps)

It's Tokyo Revengers without the time travel plot and, more importantly, a very irritating main character (I mean, he's still irritating but not that much xD), so yes, a general shounen involving school hooligans fighting, is it better than TR? At first I thought so, but there was no specific plot after episode 6, ehh, it could have been better.....

📢The anime is about MC joining a school gang of typical heroes (the one who is always angry, the cool one or the cowardly one) and together with them he will defend the city from other one-dimensionally evil gangs, repeating over and over tired ... clichés about what "true strength" is " xD and yes... it's a standard, simple story that will consist of well-animated fights and stereotypically written characters, if that's enough for you, you can have fun.

At the beginning we are introduced to the characters and the school, and from the fourth episode a standard 1v1 fighting tournament begins,in every episode the same pattern, the opponent dominates --> Flashback --> the opponent loses, literally xD
In TR we had the plot that the ultra hopeless MC had to save his girlfriend using time travel and that was what the anime was about, in WB it was just random fights against the background of this one exceptionally good gang defending the city, boring.

At the beginning, this anime had the potential for a typical, banal story with an interesting main character, the first scene of the first episode announced that we would delve into the main character's psyche, his traumas and so on, eventually we got a banal character who is an archetype of tsundere, we keep repeating the same scenes all the time , MC after he helps someone and that person thanks him, starts shouting "I didn't do it for you" xD I'm complaining but it's not that bad, at least we see MC struggling with something but it could have been done a million times better, It's a pity, it could make up for the lack of a specific plot.

I complain about the "plot" and the MC, but overall you can enjoy this anime.

The rest of the characters, as I have already mentioned, are also general, but the stereotypical characters of some of them can be liked, after all, who doesn't like this seemingly calm boy who turns out to be a sadist or a nice and strong leader who becomes serious when necessary.
The plot is predictable and boring, but it's always nice to watch our good guys beat up these evil, self-righteous idiots and show them what it's like to be a victim.

You can complain about the world building, why gangs have exclusive schools and why the police don't do anything about it, in TR, from what I remember, schools taught normally and gangs operated outside it, here the world is empty and it seems that they exist in only these gangs and the people they defend or terrorize require a great deal of suspension of disbelief to derive pleasure from it.

To sum up:
-The plot is weak
-The characters are average
-Worldbuilding is bad

There remains only something that is the pillar of such an ordinary shounen... fights and they are done really well in this series in terms of animation, choreography and soundtrack.
It's a pity that the enemies are boring and unremarkable, and the main boss of the season is supposed to be a disabled, annoying kid xD
But as I wrote, beating up bad guys in this series is fun.

Turn off your brain and watch.....

Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐❌❌❌❌❌

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 23, 2024

Benedito29

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

Wind breaker it's basically an anime about teenagers who, through unity among themselves, defend the city they live in against all possible dangers, at all costs. Creating a type of "good gang", where they also enter into territorial conflict against other possible gangs due to ideological differences. This anime tried to do well in this plot, but failed miserably,despite being generic and having other points "weak"in your story ,like any other anime, there is also something good in it. I'll explain why.








History
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Much of the story I have already summarized previously, it is something very common to find in the anime industry, this type of plot is also not difficult to execute due to it not requiring a good level of depth in its story, with the joining of superficial characters and conflicts between gangs that can be justified by the simple fact that one group disagrees with another. I generalize this idea precisely because literally EVERY anime I've seen about gangs approaches this type of content in this way, some perform in a terrible way and others are average, mas seguem o mesmo fluxo.
The story focuses character Sakura(man, maybe the translator puts it as a woman hahaha, but it's a man) , who, due to the psychological pressure suffered during much of her life, tends not to trust any,who see that through the struggle, with an ambitious ideal, focuses on reaching the top of bofurin school. It is through this school (bofurin) that teenagers unite against the threats that may arise in the city and together, t try to face all these possible dangers. And that's it, what follows from then on in the plot is just fights and the appearance of generic gang anime characters...
It's a tiring story and tends to be ideal only for an audience of teenagers aged around 12 to 17, who like such Not necessarily, it's a bad thing, I just find it tiring, because this is common in all anime about gangs, it's like it's a copy of other anime. I think it's clear, right? What I meant; I just pointed it out here, because originality is something that doesn't exist in this anime, and this is something that is highly sought after by the public in any type of animation Japanese. 5/10









Characters

Now about the characters, as previously speculated, they are superficial, as when presenting personalities typical of any anime (and I'm not just referring to gang ones) they are tedious to the point of disturbing the experience, author uses the typical personalities of: "the angry one", "the self-centered one", "the one who lives happily", "the one who likes to fight (almost the entire cast is like that)", due to this, I couldn't take any of them seriously, and not even like anyone because of that. Due to the lack of building solid characters with lack of in introducing characters unique, become the main weak point of the anime.
is clear that the author showed no concern for originality or commitment to developing these characters, in most episodes it is tedious to follow his forgettable lines and actions.
Furthermore, the interactions between them do not help the plot either, without naturalness or with confusing lines,
resulting in a peak of boredom absolute during the episodes. Adding this to the generic plot and this superficiality, you can imagine why I wouldn't recommend this anime. 2/10








Animation/fights

In the midst of these two weaknesses mentioned before, there is only one salvation in the midst of this. I'm referring to the animation and fights choreographys.
Not only the fights but also the great animation, during the episodes, is perhaps the only good thing about this anime. Maybe it's the difference, because most gang fight animes have horrible animation, that is, with the failure of the narrative and poor execution of characters made by the author, the studio involved tries to save the anime with its clean animation and solid enough to last more than one episode, and that's a good thing. What proves my idea is pay attention to see the of the manga and compare it to the anime(a pontuação de ambos), it is clear that the studio involved saved the failure that would be this anime, through good animation and good performance in adapting in the fights.
That said, even with the studio showing this potential in adapting this anime, in its fights and with good animation, it is not enough to bring a pleasant experience, due to a lack of originality and material with a good, engaging story. It's because of the studio's good animation that perhaps audiences between 12 and 17 rated it well, or some who don't fit into that age group, just because it has good animation doesn't mean necessarily be good, the anime. 8/10








Soundtrack/sound/dubbing/scenario

The anime has an unremarkable soundtrack, the opening and ending are good, despite my dislike of the music, but that's something subjective.
The dubbing is average, the voices of most characters match their personalities and attitudes a little, some are strange but not all. The scenery is well done, the combination of colors matches the general ambiance of the anime, with city buildings well done and scene sequencing being is even good.
The good studio's performance is also clear in these aforementioned points, but I still see them as insufficient for the overall animation japanese experience. 5/10








Pleasure

It has animation that makes you want to watch and the fights are well executed, but the pleasure in watching this is momentary, because from the moment a conversation starts I feel uncomfortable. embarrassed enough to watch it interactions superficial between characters, there is not much desire to follow the episodes, But I keep watching hoping for a good outcome for this unfortunate plot, which appears to be written by a rebellious teenager from highschool.
The lack of creating something unique and with development, throughout the episodes becomes increasingly clear, with the characters' shallow ideologies of "I must protect the place I live", is something noble but at the same time not showing any pleasure in following these ideals of teenagers who think they are a typical "super hero" from a common shounen manga. It's all so superficial like saying you're going to live a fantasy, and it's tedious to the point that you just keep following it just for the fights and good animation , that's all, as it lacks an engaging plot, unfortunately. 3/10






I don't recommend this anime due to its lack of originality, mainly, but also due to the terrible characters that are presented. But if you're just looking for fights and good animation in an anime, go move forward, because here in this anime, it only has this as technical quality and that's all and nothing else.Now if you like something really engaging and developed with transparency through the unique way in which a plot about teenagers unfolds, don't watch this. Make no mistake, a well-rated anime at times , it only gets rated well because it has something good, and this in this case is the animation and fights. And nothing more than that.


|| sum of the scores I evaluated throughout the review (final/average grade): 4.6/10≈ ||

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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