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| I found it to be quite derivative |
| It was a nice anime, last 2 episodes very cool, but otherwise pretty slow, and nothing special. 6/10 |
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| I really wanted to love this series. I had been hearing about it since the dawn of 2011 and I won't deny it has good qualities but my god. Why does this series focus so much on the love pentagon of these teenagers. Like it'd maybe be cool if it was a triangle at most but it involved 5/6 and Poppo is so left out and dealing with the most conflicting thing of them all aside from Jinta. Like fuck. They're all dealing with the jealously and love of another when there are other ways to cope with death. I only slightly cried in episode 1 and 11 but every time a character broke down I was like "I should be crying now right?" But these characters are so fucking hard to get attached to. I'll also add that the events of 10 should've been pushed up to like 7/8 and we had more time to spend with the 5. It was Menma story but I'm suppose to feel for these other characters and their plight and I'm like WELL HOW? Also the romance being not developed bothers me, and I know it's not a romance story but for it to focus half the run time on it, like dang. Anyways. Good ride. Maybe 16 year old me would've bawled her eyes out but I'm too old for this. |
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| cried hard while reading the manga, cried harder with this episode. Menma <3 |
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Cookie-ChanSB said: I literally never cried from a series like I cried today. It was so sad I called my mom and said "It's not fair!! but it is and it's happy but I don't wanna!!!!" and she proised me we will write another ending together. I was a TOTAL crybaby Me too, I have not had such a good anime cry since Kimi no na wa. This was a really good show. |
| TT_____________________________TT SPECTACULAR ENDING For an anime that wasn't out of the ordinary, it was VERY WELL executed. I can see why it's up there in rankings. I'm so glad I watched this and it def has good rewatch value :') Satisfying how Menma could convey her feelings to everyone and receive their responses in return. I love how her handwriting went from neat to wobbly in her little notes-- poor sweetheart was trying SO HARD <3333333 Q~Q She even mustered the strength to carve the wooden panel up top of the secret base TT^TT das mah strong bby guh Menmaaaaaaa <3 she was absolutely adorable crying in the end 9/10 bravo |
| definitely teared up and had feels, but overall, the anime kind of had me irritated at how simple it was to prove her existence and the overall character yukiatsu was. 7.5 would be appropiate, but ill go for a 7 for the sake of mals scale. |
| So Menma died from the result of a meeting where she wanted to get Jinta to cry... talk about an overachiever. That was a good laugh all around. It's almost the funniest anime of 2011, but Mirai Nikki came out in 2011 too so it had stiff competition. Can't say it didn't try though, so it gets a solid 4/10 as well. |
| "I love you. It's the kind of love that makes me want to be your wife" For me, that was the more emotional part. I wish we had seen not of Menma's accident although I think, in the end, it's not important; on the other hand we finally saw Poppo's scar. As expected, he had the most shocking trauma although I'm not sure why he felt guilty, since it wasn't his fault. TK8878 said: Man, lmaoooo.So Menma died from the result of a meeting where she wanted to get Jinta to cry... talk about an overachiever. |
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| Damn this was the fourth anime that shed tears in my eyes. It is deserving of a top spot on my heart. |
| After so many years of having this on my Plan to Watch i decided to watch it,since i had nothing to do,honestly i kinda liked the setting and the story is good has a good message, Anjou is a waifu material,She is my fav character, but aside from that i think this anime was kinda overrated, As for the movie i expected a closed ending with both the 5 characters (and the "2 couples" if we can call them that) but nah its an opening ending and mostly recap aside from maybe 30ish minutes of "new" stuff, anyway kinda sad for the ending cuse was "meh" but ill give it an 8/10 both movie and anime, both the 2 girls are beautifu tho. PS: Meiko was annoying. |
iTzKenzoOct 17, 2019 12:11 PM
| Yep, I cried... as to be expected. The ending was more emotional than I had initally anticipated.. I think the way they send her off was beautiful!! There were some things that irritated me through out this Anime, 1. Menma's presence (Could have been shown to the others way earlier that she was there). 2. Yukiatsu's character... No other word than I hate that guy. Nevertheless, really great Anime.. 9/10 |
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| How people tend to completely be oblivious to the lack of coherence and plausibility of a show, especially this one, concerns me. Nothing from ep2 to 8 matters except minimal character dev because it revolves around the fact Jintan has to prove to his group Menma exists, the resolution being "LOOK SHE CAN PHYSICALLY INFLUENCE THE WORLD" so he could have just ask her to lift an object before their eyes and it would have been solved at ep2 or 3 to actually let place for proper romances and less bullshit misunderstanding and cringeworthy moments. (I'm looking at you alpha male crossdresser psycho) Having 10 characters crying per ep does not help your climax because after the 86th time of the loli crying it has become vapid. The same goes for the tsundere who has a less affecting cry than the one she got 4 eps ago, and for the based fat guy he got 10 minutes ago. Yukiatsu is an obnoxious egoistic wannabe-hero Bakugotype crazy borderline retard, when he cry I just see a travesty with serious mental disorder, he sniffs the fake hair of his DEAD CHILDHOOD FRIEND, also he friendzones the megane girl who his best girl, even if she's also stupid and dead pan, and under-developped. Should have been a 18 to 22 eps serie to get you more attached to this cast or completely change it for a more realistic one because they all seem to have troubles communicating basic things and suffer from trauma, sometimes, because most of the time they're just annoyingly depressed for nothing. Is not Madoka, Clannad, Toradora, Haruhi who wants. |
| I can't believe Jintan didn't get a single apology the entire show, even though the others constantly acted like cunts. Christ. |
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| Even if I expected sth maudlin at the end, and wasn't much moved though entire show, I still shed a tear seeing these letters. The show wasn't bad, and I've watched it easily but: James-LastOmnic said: How people tend to completely be oblivious to the lack of coherence and plausibility of a show, especially this one, concerns me. Nothing from ep2 to 8 matters except minimal character dev because it revolves around the fact Jintan has to prove to his group Menma exists, the resolution being "LOOK SHE CAN PHYSICALLY INFLUENCE THE WORLD" so he could have just ask her to lift an object before their eyes and it would have been solved at ep2 or 3 to actually let place for proper romances and less bullshit misunderstanding and cringeworthy moments. (I'm looking at you alpha male crossdresser psycho) Having 10 characters crying per ep does not help your climax because after the 86th time of the loli crying it has become vapid. The same goes for the tsundere who has a less affecting cry than the one she got 4 eps ago, and for the based fat guy he got 10 minutes ago. Yukiatsu is an obnoxious egoistic wannabe-hero Bakugotype crazy borderline retard, when he cry I just see a travesty with serious mental disorder, he sniffs the fake hair of his DEAD CHILDHOOD FRIEND, also he friendzones the megane girl who his best girl, even if she's also stupid and dead pan, and under-developped. Should have been a 18 to 22 eps serie to get you more attached to this cast or completely change it for a more realistic one because they all seem to have troubles communicating basic things and suffer from trauma, sometimes, because most of the time they're just annoyingly depressed for nothing. Is not Madoka, Clannad, Toradora, Haruhi who wants. ...but it's hard to disagree with it ^ |
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| moving on.... thats what this is all about. |
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| This was the closest I've ever been to crying watching an anime... Now that I think about it, the last time I felt this way was during the final episode of Angel Beats. I guess I don't do well with these 'moving on' stories, huh? Anyway, I enjoyed this show quite a bit. It will be a strong 8/10 from me. C: |
Paczek-12Mar 15, 2020 3:19 AM
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| That was really a satisfying watch. I am glad that I finally watched it after it has been on my planned to watch list for as long as I can remember. I was hesitant to pick it up because I have bad experience with Shoujo anime in general, but this time I was impressed. I am surprised that "You have to eyelashes" did not make it to the the famous anime memes scene. That's a classic. |
ferix08 said: The worst thing about this anime is that it was without fail, creepy! Menma, who basically represents a child, is sexualised repeatedly throughout the anime, though more so at the beginning when we are still getting the ropes of the characters and the story-line. I could not contain my shock when in one of the first episodes, Jintan is implied to faint because she had been accidentally rubbing his genitals. At this point I seriously almost decided to dropped the anime because it clashed so hard against my ethics (and it should clash against anyone's!). ^^ I agree. They also sexualized anaru so much… The constant oversexualization PLUS the creepiness of two dudes being in love with a dead child is really too much for me to ignore lol. Also, a lot of things just didn’t make sense. As so many have pointed out, there was really no reason for them to have dragged out the middle part when menma could have so easily proven her existence. Also, I think the last episode was FAR too dragged out! They went overboard with the crying, and I kept expecting for menma to finally leave but they kept finding ways to keep the episode going (like they made everyone able to see her at the last minute?? Feels like a cop out). that being said, have to commend the anime for packing in so much into just 11 episodes. The character development is also really nice (although the foundations are shaky at best). Animation is good, music is good — I’m thinking a 7. |
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| one of the few animes that actually made me emotional |
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| I liked the ending a lot. It wasn't a mind blowing ending but it did leave me satisfied. I watched this anime with good expectations and it exceeded them. Beautiful. Menma finally went to heaven... |
| I really did feel conflicted watching this, but not in the emotional way. I mean as in I don't know if I liked this show or not. At times it felt like the show was beating myself over the head with certain points (like how the fact that they're all changed but not really and how Yukiatsu cannot stop being such an asshole or whatever, stuff like that) and some of the later episodes made me enjoy it slightly ironically. This episode was a bit better though and I'm surprised that my guess of Menma's wish being the title was completely wrong. Not sure if I was satisfied about the actual wish though. It was certainly a gutpunch to see Jinta not being able to see Menma once he reached their hideout, but the effect kinda nulled itself when Menma decided to make it a hide n seek instead of telling him that she was right there and when the whole group eventually got to see her. Sure, the whole group finally being able to see her was a bit touching, but during the whole hide n seek thing I was literally screaming at the screen "WRITE IN THE DIARY WHAT ARE YOU DOING" when Menma was waiting inside the hut. I really don't know why she decided to drag this out to some hide n seek thing or why Jinta wasn't able to see her and yet the whole group got to see her eventually or all of this—it's probably just cuz this was an obvious attempt of a more dramatic ending to bring out people's tears. Aaagh look I dunno. 5/10 4/10 sorry guys. edit: i thought about my rating more and realized that i actually had more fun watching frickin Beyond the Boundary over this show... yeah gonna lower my rating... sorry guys i just couldnt stop remembering the frustrating plothole and writing and stuff in this show after i finished watching. Pokémon reference in ep 2 was cool tho. |
Fario-PJul 5, 2020 2:34 PM
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| The best part of this show was the ending, very touching and emotional... The rest was fine, I guess. I thought it would be great cause I liked a lot of the first episode, but the others weren't that great as I expected. I felt really awkward sometimes, felt too forced how they carried all the grief and how they dealt with the whole situation, especially the crossdresser boy (WTF?!). Anyway, the ending and the new haircut of Chiriko saved the show. |
| I neither agree nor disagree, on the contrary. |
| This was a great show! You really didn't want her to go just like they did. Started getting emotional in episode 10 cause I thought this was it, but the last episode where they're all finally together once again did me in lol, never cried so much over any show/movie. |
| Yeah, it was sad, I cried a couple of times, especially the final episode. After hearing about this anime being the saddest anime ever over the years, I am just a touch underwhelmed, guess that's what hype does. Something like "A Place Further Than The Universe" where I didn't know much about it going into it, was a lot more emotional for instance. They sure stretched out how far they could take this anime though, quite a bit of plot convenience thrown in there, things could have been handled much easier and quicker lol.... 8/10. |
| Ummm...what to say. Didnt like it that much. 6/10 I dont know why but it didnt make me that much emotional even in the last episode. But its not like i watched it for these stuff. I just wanted to see how does the realtionship between Naruko and Jinta turns out in the end since i read some spoilers beforehand. Well, they implied in the end that they will get together at some point. So yeah, its fine i guess... Seriously though. This game looks much more interesting than than this series 😂 |
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| Wow! That ending yoinked all the heartstrings it has been pulling throughout the series right out! The moment the gang read their notes opened the flood gates; what a great story of coming to terms with the past and completion! 10 out of 10! |
| "The will to live is stronger than anything else" |
| Great anime, I enjoyed every episode. I did kind of find it annoying how in the first episodes Jinta didn't try to prove Menma's existence, but seeing him grow as a person by stepping outside his comfort zones made up for it in a way. The last scene with the ED playing was beautiful. |
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