A beautiful love story, & one that reminds us that true love, though hard to find & harder to hold onto, really can happen .

Its pedigree was undeniable, with the minds behind the successful Onegai franchise (writer Kuroda Yousuke, producer Ogura Mitsutoshi) teaming up with director of AnoHana and Toradora (Nagai Tatsuyuki) to craft the perfect romance.


Ano Natsu is one of the most adroitly executed romantic comedies I’ve seen in a long time. In our five lovers (with a little help from the amazing Remon-sempai, ufufu~), we were treated to a love chain that seemed to have no good solution. As many of us said time and time again, there were five of them, so somebody was going to be heartbroken…and yet that didn’t happen, not really. Sure, not everyone’s love was fulfilled, with Girl C (Kanna) coming up particularly short, but there wasn’t really a Bad End for anybody. How did Kuroda-sensei and the others paint themself into such a tight corner, and then so deftly climb their way out? Because this wasn’t just a love story. It was a friendship story, and a growing up story, and a learning story, and a losing story, and a story of our characters staying true to themselves, so that they can continue to live their lives with few regrets. Some characters lost their loves, but all gained something in return, and were better for the experience. Wow. Wow.

Greatest show ever.

A heavy drama focused on very flawed and well-portrayed people. You may hate the characters in this adaption, but that's only because of how realistically portrayed they are. Humans have flaws, and makes mistakes. This anime is not afraid to show that and presents a story that is easily one of the best romance shows of 2013.