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| This was a pretty nice anime. Komiya was my favourite character for sure! Some of the plot execution bothered me though. For all the use of texting that they do, they always seem to stop short of what they really want to say. For instance, Mio not replying for a month and causing Izumi to question her feelings, when it all could’ve been resolved by a reply the next day. Also, the whole suspense of not knowing what university they were both attending could’ve been resolved with a simple text from Mio in their group chain saying she changed her first choice. I get that the story wanted to leave viewers waiting for their climactic scene at the end, but it lacked realism and seemed a bit contrived. Also, the way Mio did things with the “I’ll wait until I pass my entrance exam until I confess” seems like an awfully roundabout way of going about things. This anime loves misunderstandings between characters, but it seems like such an easy fix if the characters just say what’s on their mind to begin with, or better yet just text it to one another to avoid misunderstandings. One lingering question I had was why Mio’s friend Mayu hated Morikawa, but I guess it wasn’t important enough for the plot. Still it was enjoyable to watch. I liked how they handled Morikawa and Soma’s story. |
herricklukJun 12, 2020 12:22 AM
| I liked the ending. The show was really relaxing to watch in the first half but once Natsume starts to consider her feelings for Izumi and changed her first choice it created a tension and made a reason for me to continue watching because the other couple is pretty much done earlier. But from there is where it gets better imo. Its a refreshing romance slice of life where I dont see any of the character being insensitive. Natsume gets it pretty fast that Izumi liked her and she considered it. 8/10 I assume the score is that low because it started pretty slow and there are shippers who lost their shit throughout. |
| Just finished this anime, I'm glad that ended with a happy vibes, everyone in some way ended with a good future waiting for them. |
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| Noooo that scene with Ena was pretty sad :/ but at least Eita ended up with Mio at the very end, quite excepted and predictable end but I guess it fits the story |
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| Man ... this anime is pretty good. I already know that Komiya will be rejected by Eita, and I feel bad for her. I love the ending! |
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| This anime turned out just lovely. I wasn't so sure of it in the first few episodes but the farther I got into it, the more I liked it. The last few episodes were particularly touching. With the uncertainty of life after graduation causing anxiety for the characters, I am glad they made it through. I felt some melancholy undertones, but I think that just comes from the feeling of graduation and the uncertainty of what comes next. It was surprisingly realistic. I'm glad they finally confessed at the end, but I can't believe they made we wait all the way until the ending though (>_<) |
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| The ending is not that bad and was expected from the start, but Ena deserves better :c But at least her loyal club members might end up at the same university |
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| I need season two, or maybe a good movie. 9/10 |
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| The anime isn't deep and shallow 06/10 |
| Old fart, here. I liked this anime. Not great, animation is really on low level side, but enjoyed the subdued atmosphere, the tone-down colors, the matter-of-fact voice acting, the minimum resort to cheap drama (even though it was still a bit too much). I think most people misunderstand Natsume, that's why she gets so little love. I personally liked her character, a once lively person (as seen in the flashbacks from middle school) who slowly faded because of too much dedication on work and nurtured a one-way love as an excuse to avoid involving in relationships with boys. We don't see it in the anime, but it's quite likely that she gave a lot of thought about her exchange with Eita at the sanctuary: not only she realized then that indeed she had been fixed in this posture for years, of having too much work and an unrequited love, but that it blinded her from the fact that Eita had been loving her the whole time. She properly recollected many things about him after that and with subsequent events shown in the series, fell in love, probably truly this time. I liked Eita too. Quite an interesting character with probably some autistic elements. The others are fine too, although I felt less drawn to them. Maybe not a show which will appeal to people who are great fans of romance anime, but worth a try. |
rvdboomMay 12, 2022 4:00 AM
turbotalpas said: I hate how in these romance animes they always pick the worst girl and leave the better characters to suffer. You know, the "worst" or "better" girl is an entirely subjective matter. Fortunately, actually. That means every fellow has his chance to find "his best girl". |
| Happy this had a mostly happy ending. Pretty nice little story. Really happy the two mains got together finally! Felt really really bad for Ena.. :'( Why the hell did she even need to be included in this as a love interest?! It was clear from the start that MC had feelings for only one person. It was pointless! But given the state of modern romance or even stories with romance in them.. We have to take what we can get and here we got a mostly happy ending. It's sad though when sideshow romances in non-romance series offer a much better chance at an actual romance/happy ending.. or even/at least one that doesn't make you stop questioning the reasons for japan's baby gloom. (god i hate modern "realism", edge and tragedy fads) RobertBobert said: Eh, the miracle did not happen and we have another generic end with the illusion of intrigue. It's a pity. I hope that I will ever see anime, where the third character is not introduced just to suffer and create a non-existent weight to the central couple. So SO much this! I'm so very sick of the "2nd" girl trope. Especially,... ESPECIALLY when they have true feelings for the MC.. All for a pointless drama trope that wasn't even really used or needed here! Poor Ena.. t_t I couldn't even watch that ending... and I was on team Mio from the beginning! Also that 'slice of life' shit really showing it's head with the Morikawa/Haruto ending. ugh ibraheem234 said: oooh nice ending to think I thought Eita will never meet with her again...I am glad it was not open ended Dear god yes! I hate the so-called "open ending" even more than a sad one almost! To me, it's no different than an unfinished work. I didn't spend my time getting into a story just to fanfic the GD ending! So pretentious and lazy. |
James_xenoJun 14, 2022 12:08 AM
| Lmao.. They show us chemt***** at end, at the most important episode OMG 🤣🤣🤣 Well.. medetashi medetashi ~ 🥱 Have a potential to be 9/10, but 8/10 is enough They in the same univ by fate maybe? Even if fate choose them to be together, I personally choose the other girl (Komiya).. Would be better if Eita n Komiya end up together by mistake lol 😅👍 But they make it on a mainstream and safe route . . |
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| I'm out of words on how to describe how I'm feeling right now, just having finished watching the last episode. I'll probably define it as a good feeling, a feeling that something good has come to an end, I feel a mixture of happiness and sadness, sad that this has ended and happy that Natsume and Eita finally confessed and their wonderful love life and college life begins now. This was a wonderful finale, all the loose ends tied, nothing left unresolved, that's what I loved the most despite this being an anime original. I hate open-endings with all my heart. Natsume's speech was pretty good but not good enough to make me cry. I still vividly remember the graduation speech scene from Sakurasou na pet na kanojo, I'm not kidding I cried buckets during that scene, that was too good. It's always the fucking "demo" during the confession answer, "It made me happy that you confessed to me" BUT "i'm sorry" that stings man. I wasn't rooting for either Natsume or Komiya so Komiya getting rejected felt bad man. They even showed her crying like that, that was ugly crying man, you only cry like that when you are seriously hurt and it didn't help much. Well gotta accept that, we all knew from the start there's going to be at least one broken heart at the end. That was a beautiful way to end the episode, the conversation between Soma and Morikawa, showing a little bit of their new life, showing a little bit of what happened to others, that was nice. The way they ended it with Natsume and Eita meeting each other and the first words Eita spoke to Natsume were "I like you" was just the perfect way to end this series and I absolutely loved it. This anime did a very very good job on creating the atmospheres, you literally get sucked in it. There wasn't a single dull moment in this anime. The way the last scene played out was just beautiful, taking a step back then going forward then the episode name rolls out. Loved it. I also liked how the first episode was titled, "On your marks!" and final epsiode was titled, "Get Set, Go!" This was such a great anime. Fully worth my Sunday, I spent my whole Sunday watching this and it was worth every minute of it. The best part is I'm feeling satisfied after the ending which is rare these days considering there aren't many animes that give you a satisfaction after they end. This definitely didn't feel like 12 episodes at all. Every episode seemed to last way more than just 20 minutes, it's not like it was boring that's why it felt long but IDK every episode seemed too long, maybe it was the pacing? This was on the same level as animes like Ao Haru Ride or Orange in my opinion, all these were kinda similar I think. 9/10 overall. I think I'm gonna remember this anime for a long time. Them: "Why did you suddenly decide to start binging a new anime on Sunday when you still haven't completed the 3 animes you started to binge a week ago?" Me: Just Because! |
TsutanaiFuunAug 7, 2022 9:01 AM
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| What a mess. It's been forever since I've felt disappointed at an anime I finished watching. Maybe I didn't watch it correctly or didn't pay attention? The character's aren't the best but the plot could've made up for it, but it didn't, at least for me. The designs are average and Eita is pretty generic. It had potential and I loved the atmosphere and mature tone the anime had, but it was an unorganized mess that expects me to fill in the puzzle pieces myself. It leaved so much room for my interpretation instead of going in a solid direction. What even happened with the ending? They couldn't even specify, just left off with a confession. I want a good fleshed out ending that leaves me inspired and satisfied, not an open ended one like this. If they ended up in different colleges after working so hard to be together, that's just such a sad tragedy... if they talked about changing colleges to go together, and decided to pick Eita's recommended college, then great job, their romantic life begins... either way I want to see which option happens, not imagine it. |
PriinceYukiSep 13, 2022 3:27 PM
  ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Don't try and get me to cook I can take care of anything else but not that ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ |
| YESSS, THEY CONFESSED AT THE END!! Just wow, this last episode really was something. I'll just say it now, the ending was very good and bittersweet, but I wanted the last part to be a little longer, or happen sooner. I liked Komiya as a character a lot. She liked Eita but she also knew what he really wants instead of being stubborn and annoying and that's why I like her. This love triangle really wasn't something that dramatic and annoying. I'm happy to see Morikawa and Souma still talking and even Yoriko. Somewhat sad that they can't go out as a group again. Also is that Nakajima at the end?!? I would feel bad if Eita never got to talk with him again so this would be perfect. It was a somewhat sweet ending, getting everyone in, even Komiya, but I wish the ending showed us the group talking on LINE or going out again during the summer. But as long as all of them still keep in touch with each other, I'm satisfied. Now I probably go against a lot of people since I didn't want Komiya to win and it really didn't feel that predictable to me. During Eita's rejection, up until he left the room, I really did think Eita would end up with Komiya, I thought he would accept her confession in a more indirect way than just saying "Yes, I like you". Natsume was the older friend, while Komiya just came out of nowhere in the last month and didn't build that much history with Eita. Even if Natsume didn't like him back then, they were still good friends since even her sister knew him.The chemistry between them was different because Natsume was always his crush, whereas he never felt something for Komiya and they weren't even friends at first, she kept following him for the photo so it wasn't as hard to talk to her and Komiya's personality is also something that adds to that. Throughout this episode, even after Komiya's rejection, I kept moving in my seat because I really feared the confession would never come or be a bad cliffhanger but I'm SO HAPPY IT HAPPENED!! I was so sad when they didn't meet that day and then the next scene took place a month after, with those 2 never talking to each other which seemed somewhat unrealistic but right after, Natsume told him to look behind which took Eita by surprise since he thought Natsume went to that other school and then they were face to face, Eita directly going for the confession to which Natsume replied with the same confession. I really loved this since it filled that hole I had in my heart, but what I did not like was how late it happened and how it ended right when they moved closer to each other. I would have really liked if it happened on the day of the graduation after Eita hit the home run and at least show us how they kissed or hugged, BUT all's well that ends well. We got to see them confessing and I'm happy. Again, very good ending for me, just wish they confessed during the graduation. Overall a great romance show, the characters were great, OST was amazing, especially the opening and the animation looked nice. |
Alex_TheForestSep 24, 2022 5:09 PM
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones! |
| over all this was really good though again i felt really bad for best girl komiya but also again we all knew what was gonna happen from the start and it rarely happens when things goes the other way but regardless of that it was still a great series and i ended up enjoying it a lot though will say i wish we could have gotten some college years but yeah again great series |
| "one step at a time" |
| Always sad seeing people cry when their love failed, like what happened to Komiya, and seeing her made a yearbook especially for Eita just made it more sad. I personally like the conclusion, but would like to see more of the after story because it would be interesting. |
perfectionFound said: I liked this review. I have watched close to 100 romances and Just Because! is an easy top 10 It's different in a good way. You should post it as a review too. Thanks, appreciated. :-) It's less a review than random thoughts though. Probably too short and incomplete to post as a review. |
| Pretty bad ngl If we knew more about mio I would of cared more. All she cared about were her exams that's all I know about her. Interactions with the MC were minimal. This was a completely odd show. Maybe in the end it was a good thing these two got together. They both have no personality. Eita is deadpan and so is Mio. 4/10. Pretty bad. Maybe if this was a TV drama it would be better. |
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| Loved it, the sense of nostalgia was so strong watching this. Mio’s speech summed it up nicely, all these moments in our youth, the relationships, the ups & downs, they shape you & help you grow. I loved Komiya too & was rooting for her. But you can’t force feelings. She’s such a great girl tho. I really loved Hazuki & Haruto’s relationship. Find you a man that would always yell at the top of his lungs over his happiness of you…….. |
 ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again you were there and everyone else was there — the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ |
| Below average romcom with the usual assortment of convenient misunderstandings and timings to prop up a weak plot between the MC and FMC. |
| Ending is as expected. But I like Komiya more for Izumi! |
| Fuck Natsume, she had her chance. Izumi definitely should've gotten over her and settled for Komiya, but she was way too good for him anyway so she lucked out in my eyes. Anyways, I really liked this show. Just a simple, no-frills, teenage love drama. 9 trumpets at dawn /10 |
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