Sakura Tsuushin

A Keio University (one of the top three colleges in Japan) exam candidate, Touma Inaba, is interupted when a cute young girl, Urara Kasuga, arrives at his hotel room door. She later turns out to be his cousin who he barely remembers from his childhood. Urara, who had felt something special for him (an other-than-cousinly-love), invites Touma to live with her since he has no place to stay other than the hotel room. Before taking the test, Touma meets Meiko Yotsuba, a beautiful, sophisticated woman also trying to get into Keio. Meiko gets into Keio but Touma does not, due to a cold Urara had given him shortly before. Although he did not make it, he pretends he does to earn the respect of Meiko. Touma is caught up in a love triangle with Urara and Meiko, while struggling to keep Meiko believing he's really a Keio student and still be there for Urara at the same time.

(Source: ANN)

Kasuga, Urara Main

Hikami, Kyouko Japanese

Inaba, Touma Main

Madono, Mitsuaki Japanese

Yotsuba, Mieko Supporting

Hyoudou, Mako Japanese

Akimoto, Kouji Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki Japanese

Natsuki, Koumi Supporting

Kasahara, Rumi Japanese

Mashuu, Tatsuhiko Supporting

Yasui, Kunihiko Japanese

Campbell, Charles Producer, ADR Director

Okajima, Kunitoshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Suzuki, Toshimasa Episode Director, Storyboard

Komura, Toshiaki Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

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Apr 5, 2025

Ken_Kaneki7

Recommended

I just finished watching Sakura Diaries on a whim after "Strange Love" thinking it was going to be another sexy girls anime.

Instead I found of the most hearttouching and funny romance anime ever!!!! It was soo much more for just 12 episodes!! So real for university students! I could feel the pain of the MC Tonma Inaba! 😭 His desire for the most gorgeous girl ever and the burden of entrance exams...

I literally watched the first 10 episodes in one night...

The animation was so good, the expressions of the hot girls were gorgeous especially Mieko, who is maybe the most GORGEOUS, breathtakingly beautiful ... and sexy anime girl I've ever seen, and drama is so gripping! The tender moments of the cast with their friends against the heartrendingly, mellow japanese soap opera background music of the time was so touching....

FINAL EPISODE full disclosure: (Spoliers)
Now I need the Meiko and Tonma romance rekindling scene... there MUST be a season 2!! Please it cant end like this!! 11:14 that talk of Mashu and Meiko about both being drawn to Tonma was so touching... 15:20 Meiko's monologue over the phone about what she loves about Tonma was beautiful. I sincerely hope Meiko and Tonma reunite. It was a beautiful story so far in any case. The little moments when talking to their friends and Tonma searching for love and success was so beautiful with the music.... Please there has to be more!!! 😭😭😭 2:58am - 3:18am, 6.4.2025

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 17, 2018

DesolatePsyche

Mixed Feelings

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
Story had actually got quite fairly enjoyable development. I did hate the story/thematic itself though. Which I ought to mention more under "characters" section. To be honest, I cannot remember much of this Anime as some time has passed since I watched this a.k.a didn't review with fresh memories. But I do know I started skipping at some point, I was intrigued with the development but really hated characters there for various reasons. The way it was wrapped up was also quite unsatisfying.

✦Art & Sound
For it's time ... I think it had good enough style to it. Fanservice was as well good enough looking.

Music & OST I think had some good tracks, but mostly I didn't notice them or was not impressed.

✦Character
Main guy - fell in love with a chick who was quite a loose c**t and player. Probably even a gold digger.
That same chick also pissed me quite off. Playing with feelings and then playing the "I'm hurt card" then wants to change stuff thus does various bollocks and things get wrapped up in a moronic way.
Now another girl, the "main girl" who fell in love with main guy, even though after meeting each other again, main guy doesn't even remember her. Anyhow.. girl attempts to console or in generally make the guy look at him with innocence card whilst being lewd. Meaning that the was she reveals herself and teases the guy constantly in the most annoying possible ways. Like the first re-encounter was basically her being a call-girl. Then it just goes on, main guy looks at another woman, main girl still tries to get attention or is hurt when guy is even more into another woman.

I could rant even further, but I can't as some things would be spoilers. So my point is, I found characters absolutely horrific annoyance. Pissed me off in various aspect and even the main girl who really bad and was actually quite innocent. The way she attempted was just infuriating. Point here, characters had some development, which was good party. But characters as characters themselves, were just absolutely something I could not enjoy.

✦Enjoyment & Overall
Only reason I actually finished this Anime (even though I did fast forwards at some point) is because It had intriguing development. Everything else I did not enjoy.

So yeah, overall, fair enough Anime. Probably if you like such characters or not get annoyed to an extent I did, they you will quite likely enjoy this Anime more than me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 30, 2024

Seky

Not Recommended

This anime/manga is not a romance anime, it is a hentai
The protagonist is poop, he is a bad person. The topic discussed is pedophilia, the insect, abuse, attempted rape and infidelity.


The male lead is one of the worst I've ever seen.
The animation is good for the time it came out, but the story becomes murkier in the manga and the male protagonist is the bad guy of the story, he is an unscrupulous pervert.

MANGA SPOILER ALERT

The girl is in love with her cousin whom she has only seen once in her entire life. And she becomes submissive and forgives him for all the horrible ... things that the male protagonist has done to her like when he tried to rape her. Later they become a couple and have sex all the time which causes her to get pregnant and lose her baby. She recovers from a tumor and the protagonist gets run over. The protagonist is unfaithful to his cousin/girlfriend with any girl he meets. Each new chapter of the manga is of the male protagonist having sex with a girl he just met. His cousin/girlfriend finds out about this. and they break up and don't see each other for 4 years. After that time they meet again and in the place where they drew the rabbit and the raccoon when they were children it now says written that they are going to get married. end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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