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

Kiryuu, Mitsuki Supporting

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Fukushima, Yuuichi Producer

Uryuu, Kyouko Producer

Yamazaki, Hiroaki Producer

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May 23, 2024

Draker89

Recommended

Preliminary (8/13 eps)

Sleeper anime of the spring. Windbreaker is a solid 8 of 10. It does a great job of doing what it seeks out to do. A bunch of extremely well animated fight scenes with more character depth than I was expecting.

The good

Contender for the best action sequences I've come across.If you want to watch a show with great action that's Shonen without the magic this show is right up your alley.

The Meh

The fight sequences are 10/10 the story drags the show down to an 8/10. It may have cleared the bar for animation and fight sequences but it hit exactly where it meant ... to story and dialogue wise. The plot is generic by Shonen standards, lone wolf brawler wants to become the strongest. Learns how to be part of a pack. It does a good job with the idea, it's nothing groundbreaking storywise.

Don't bother with Windbreaker if:

An anime about teenagers brawling everywhere with no adults, or any form of authority outside of might makes right existing doesn't sound like your thing. There is more depth than I was expecting, not enough to help it be more than what it set out to be.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 22, 2024

Kazazki64

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/13 eps)

Very predictable plot here which is fine but the characters are just so basic and so cringey being delinquents or helpful delinquents! Please for the love of god if your going to do this formula make it more gritty and violent, anyone who knows and seen the delinquent kids in any fucking area of the world know they are usually terrible or have done terrible things and terrible things happen to those who fight like this. Please add death, broken bones, ligaments torn, eyesight loss, police even wrongdoings or rightdoings to the formula. They need to stop glamourizing this stupid shit please lol.

Fights, especially ... with usually bad people do not end well, and I am tired of anime like this dumbing it down to a child level. Animation and visual appeal though are amazing I do love how they are drawn but that doesn't give this anime a pass. Now if you do like the child's perspective of delinquents or it doesn't matter to you then the anime will be atleast a 7 for you probably. And that is okay, just my gripe with this genre especially when the tone is seeming like the characters actually take themselves seriously. I feel like if you want to do this delinquent genre and be pg/pg13 at least make it super fantasy like where they have powers and better comedy.

Once again this show is unbiased for those not caring about plot tone and character's personality tropes most likely a 7 or higher and 3 or 4 for those who do.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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May 7, 2024

Jonathan695

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/13 eps)

Never done a review but i feel like this needed one.
This anime is good if all you care about is animation, otherwise if you’re looking for character depth or good writing go look for something else because it’s not here. The characters are so bland they can be described as “the funny one”, “the angry one” and that’s when you know you haven’t done well in your writing.
The plot is nonexistent, very predictable down to it could be a kids show, which seems like it is looking at the other reviews regarding this as a good anime. so if you’re looking for that, again ... go look somewhere else

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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