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| I thought the JST air time was 8:30PM and was still waiting until I noticed the episode was already out. Darn xD Anyway, I'm liking the adaptation so far. Enchanting start and the art is beautiful and they captured Kakeru's smile really well. I loved the manga and I most probably will love this series all over again. Can't really comment on the plot or speculations of what Naho will do since I already know what happens. kalinime said: Can anyone explain to me why the fuck she did not read the entire letter the first chance she got? "Oh, Kakeru hasn't shown up to school for two weeks now, maybe I should check to see if the letter has anything to say about this" - just want kind of insane plot induced stupidity is this? Please tell me if it just keeps going like this, where you have to turn off your brain in service of feels..... There are some subtle differences in the anime when compared to the manga, When she first reads the letter in class, She reads the first entry and passes it of as a prank. After going home she proceeds to compare her current diary entry to the one in the letter and after realizing that they are similar she stops reading the letter again stating that she's scared that this truly might be about the future and if so she doesn't want to know what happens. She only opens the letter again after 2 weeks where she learns about the ball game. If such stuff bothers you, I think it'd be a good idea to follow the anime and manga in parallel or just read the manga. straggy said: The main girl is already annoying. I hate these passive characters that get like "I don't want to cause trouble for others!" and then end up causing trouble for everyone cause they're too stupid to know they're supposed to actually speak up when things are wrong. Ugh. I don't get why she fell in love with Kakeru, anyway... She barely knows him. Does she just have a huge foot fetish and touching her heel blisters makes her fall for you? Though the thing that bothers me most about this is the end scene... She's married with a child. Why would you try to change your life and talk about how you regret everything you've done when you've already settled down with a family? It's too late for that now. If she really regretted everything this much, she'd have done something about it before now and not ended up just forsaking the people she's supposed to love and be there for. Take some goddamn responsibility; you're a mother now. It's more along the lines of her future self wanting the 16 year old Naho to take charge and speak up when something's wrong. She regrets the fact that she wasn't able to do that and eventually regretted it even more since Kakeru died. So technically your issue of taking responsibility is exactly what they try to solve. |
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| It's a shame they couldn't get OnoD and Ryouhei Kimura to voice Hiroto and Kakeru but oh well, at least we've got KanaHana Judging from what I've read of the mango I think they did a pretty good job adapting the first chapter |
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| duuuuuuuuuuuuuude i'm so happy this episode came out a day early i love the art and the voices for each character i'm over the moon ^^ |
| I dunno what you guys think of the anime or the manga or the rest of characters but please don't say anything mean about **Suwa**. Bring on the feels train. I am ready for take 2! |
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| Beatiful episode, the art and the music are awesome. I haven't read the manga but with only one episode I know I'm gonna end crying like a little girl |
| I was waiting for an anime adaptation, so I didn't spoil myself with the manga ... ... and this is AMAZING ! I hope this will be one of the best SoL, backgrounds are absolutly magic (we saw some of them for less than 1 second), HanaKana *o* and the plot seems to be fine |
| Besides the weird ass faces some of these characters seem to be sporting, I liked the episode quite a bit. It has an interesting theme and good cast list so far. And man, Naho's friends befriending Kakeru just like that. We need more people in the world like that. Looking forward to what the rest of the series has to offer. |
Satoshi_Rentaro said: I'm just hoping this doesn't build up to be an epic story and then end up in a total trainwreck. Extremely low chance because it's a rather short manga with 22 chapters. It will fit in well within a one cour (12/13 episodes) adaptation. Try to enjoy it with an expectation of what to be expected from a shoujo manga adaptation. It's a good shoujo manga so don't go expecting a Steins;Gate since it has Sci-Fi tagged to it. This anime will be enjoyable for people who like any three of the following: - Romance - Friendship - School - Drama - Shoujo The balance is pretty good so even if one, say for example, doesn't like 2 categories out of the above 5, they'll still enjoy it. May not be pleasant for those who take shipping a bit too far and judges a story entirely based on their shipping and rate them based on whether their ship sails or sinks. |
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| beautiful... but i bet it's gonna end bad ._. i don't know if i wanna watch it xD |
| ... This episode left me stunned. For the most part nothing special really happened and we simply got the slice of life anime with a little twist in the form of that letter. But truly this letter gives the whole series this special nostalgia feeling which is the first great thing out of many. The whole tone of the episode is so calming and enjoyable. The characters are standard but they are likeable as well but most importantly, the whole series has beautiful animation, soundtrack, character designs and those backgrounds!!!! Those backgrounds are incredible. Great show so far. Not something I will be hyped about during the season but I will definitely enjoy it to the fullest. It's good thing I didn't pick up manga seeing how greatly this adaptation is. |
| Gotta say that the first chapter was adapted pretty well. I loved it. The visuals are quite pleasant to see, and the animation is decent. Lovely music as well. I can't wait to see what this adaptation will bring. I've been excited to watch this ever since finishing the manga. I hope Hagita will be just as funny as in the manga ;P. So far, so good. |
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| The art style for me was hit and miss and I really didn't like the OP. I didn't give the ending a chance to be honest but next week I will. Honestly i'm disappointed so far because this was the series I was most looking forward to along with ReLIFE and Servamp. |
| FEELZ inbound. That was beautiful |
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| Nice episode but I wonder will it go with these future letters, I hope this is not another "use time travel to make everything right" like it seemed from the first episode. |
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Trashy-Pixels said: The art style for me was hit and miss and I really didn't like the OP. I didn't give the ending a chance to be honest but next week I will. Honestly i'm disappointed so far because this was the series I was most looking forward to .[/s] Same here. I don't know why but the episode felt so forced. I haven't read the manga so I can't compare the two but I have watched the live-action movie and honestly, so far I liked the movie better. Of course, this was only the first episode and it might turn out bettter but at the moment I am a little disappointed. The art was .. ok I guess? Not a fan of the pointy teeth to be honest and I felt like it wasn't smooth at times? At least something was bothering me regarding the art. All in all it was an ok-episode. I was quite bored while watching. I think the voices fit the characters. I hope it will get better in the next episode :) |
Shiroharu said: Trashy-Pixels said: The art style for me was hit and miss and I really didn't like the OP. I didn't give the ending a chance to be honest but next week I will. Honestly i'm disappointed so far because this was the series I was most looking forward to .[/s] Same here. I don't know why but the episode felt so forced. I haven't read the manga so I can't compare the two but I have watched the live-action movie and honestly, so far I liked the movie better. Of course, this was only the first episode and it might turn out bettter but at the moment I am a little disappointed. The art was .. ok I guess? Not a fan of the pointy teeth to be honest and I felt like it wasn't smooth at times? At least something was bothering me regarding the art. All in all it was an ok-episode. I was quite bored while watching. I think the voices fit the characters. I hope it will get better in the next episode :) i think if you'd both had read the manga you'd like this show much more. i watched the live action and it was really disappointing imo but so far the anime is really accurate so pls give it a chance ~ |
| I'm going to like this so much ! I can feel it ! c: Everything was really beautiful, the art, the backgrounds, the music...The episode felt slow, but calm too~ I'm preparing myself for the many feels to come ;w; That little baby tho' c: |
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| Nice, the first episode kept the overall atmosphere from the manga! It was also extremely faithful to the original source. |
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| I like the first episode, the animation of background and characters are well done. The BGM set the drama atmosphere and I felt it good same goes to the OP and ED. The characters are seems likeable, so I'm hoping for good developments. I haven't read the manga but the adaptation looks promising. So far a plain and beautiful episode and this is surely a feels trip. |
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| the OP was cool the ED too and the premise is nice so i guess Kakeru is dead or something and she wants to prevent that |
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| AMAZING JUST LIKE THE MANGA |
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| I wonder how Kakeru dies. I think his death will be unavoidable coz she would've been trying to save him instead of just doing this back-to-the-past letter to relieve her regrets. Great first episode. Hope to see more promising episodes in the weeks to come. |
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| FEEELZ Incoming. Interesting first ep. |
| hanakana majitenshi I think kakeru is sick?? pretty interesting story |
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GosuGian said: Spoiling? All I've seen is episode 1.....Ragna92 said: So from my understanding there are two timelines. If she saves Kakeru in this timeline would it make any difference in the future timeline.... I have a feeling no matter what she does things will end up the same. Stop spoiling wtf |
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| Read the manga a while ago and can't remember much about this series,but gave the manga a 7/10 so this'll likely turn out to be good as well. |
| Anime-only viewer. Good introduction, still have to know better the cast but it seems a lovely one, they look like really close friends and Kakeru looks like he will be able to join without troubles. I wonder what will happen, and what are Naho's regrets... So far this seems really good, so I'll keep watching. About the art style... is this really a Shoujo? it gave me a Josei vibe, and the plot feels "mature" too as in a Josei, though... maybe I'm just not used to modern shoujous, but classic-style ones... |
It's in Matsumoto, I've actually lived there for 6 months. Japanese call it countryside indeed, but to be honest, the city itself is really big and has some nice shopping malls :) I can't wait to watch this episode~ It's gonna be so nostalgic |
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| Time travel here as well? For the love of god, when will this shitty gimmick STOP? I can only hope this Anime just continues being a simple SoL and NOT have bs time travel stupidity in it. Could anyone who's read the Manga tell me if the time travel is a main plot device or not? Like, does it get touched upon a lot? |
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ri-chan8144 said: Naho looks like Futaba, Kakeru looks like Kou and Azu looks like the girl in Death Parade. The Orange manga came out before Ao Haru Ride's manga thoughh... so Futaba looks like Naho and Kou looks like Kakeru. |
| Ahhh yes. Running and messing around with my friends. It remind me of the youth I never got, hahahaha *sob* Is it me or the ending of the episode (speculation) Seem to have some interesting romance, between this and ReLife (which is already over, FML). There is also Rewrite which I haven't got the chance to watch yet. Could be a good season for romance (which clearly lacked last season). |
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| Not sure what to think of it i like the pacing but somehow i could not get into it. Maybe it was the characters or the setting or maybe things will get more interesting later on for now i guess i will be waiting for next week. |
| Wow... That was so... meh. It's like an edgy version of orange. I remember having a lot more fun reading the first chapter. They took a lot of these situations too seriously... And Naho's lack of monologue makes her as dull as a brick. |
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| Their facial expressions looked weird sometimes and the dialogues when all of them were together seemed a bit forced animated but this was a good episode overall. HanaKana as Naho was better than I expected. And that ED song always got me. |
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| Argh... I want to watch the whole thing but I don't think I'm ready for an emotional rollercoaster. Anyway was really great for a first episode, they really did a good job capturing the mood of the story. |
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