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| I was going to drop this anime somewhere around the 4th-5th episode, I'm glad I decided to keep my patience a bit and watched the rest in one go today. Insipid romance and friendship aside, I liked the scene where Yuito tried to help little Hitomi connected to her mother from separating black river she drew for herself. It finally answered why Hitomi could only see the world in black and white and unable to use her magic to her real potential. She, as Yuito did with his drawing, has unknowingly put a limit on what she could do. I think that was the main message for this whole show which got delivered compellingly by the end so it wasn't bad... I was also touched by the metaphorical story of penguin & co. too. That childish summary was way impressive to me than what actually happened during the middle of the show though, geez. |
| Watching this was a mistake. |
IlyessKhalifa said: Watching this was a mistake. Haha! How unfortunate of you. It's easier to find disappointment in something. I'm more envious of people who enjoy this anime. It means they are more perceptive to good things in it and can appreciate it in the way that I can't. |
| Wait wait wait, why is she visiting a grave ? they had 17years, so after 60years mean they have 76... that's not old enough to die of something else than a disease! (with magic & co that seem quite stupid) So he died just for the sake of not having the "oh no you're old while I'm young" meeting ? For the anime I would say... meh. Yeah it's beautiful as always but it's still lacking something. And this ending... of course she's not meeting any of them since it would be too horrifying to see all of them old. And the "happy ending" with the children of the others is too short, that's just a cameo at this point! |
TitadouDec 29, 2018 4:38 AM
| I felt I have to post, after all. All in all, I haven't had such anime in quite a long time. One that is so nice to my heart, moreover, I am currently depressed when I started the anime, I watched it to the end, and it really changed my perception. This is an anime that can change someone's heart, just like how the love can make you see colors. The animation quality never drops, the voice acting, music, and story is nice, Hitomi's growth in the show is really evident. Personal view, I would like to marry her (after the time travel version) because of it. While I found that I can't cry in the last episode, it is still a satisfying ending. Not like I don't want to, I somehow on the edge but just can't seem to cry it out. I was a bit disappointed on this episode, but after reflecting on it, it actually is much much better than expected. Thinking back, the albums, that book, the scene where the gray room is destroyed, and color ensued... Its pace is slow, awfully slow, but, a huge BUT, I personally think it IS better than that of Violet Evergarden, which all considered, is the only one comparable to this, being an original anime with exceptable animation quality. To be honest, strangely, I rate this one higher than Buta Yarou, despite that one having better middle part. But the ending finished the show. A huge 10/10 for me. I enjoyed the ride, hopefully PA Works could do one like this next year. A very nice gift to end the season... REALLY, THANKS PA WORKS!! -kirin- said: IlyessKhalifa said: Watching this was a mistake. Haha! How unfortunate of you. It's easier to find disappointment in something. I'm more envious of people who enjoy this anime. It means they are more perceptive to good things in it and can appreciate it in the way that I can't. Now, now, I found a lot to enjoy in this show, graphic is one thing, but the true enjoyment of this show is, to let the story flow over you, embrace it, enjoy the ride, and it will all flow. Its why I cried back in 11th, that scene and the song... Oh btw, it seems this show is looking for happy ending, since the song played in the end is the much more energetic OP. Ps : - I'm sorry for the wall of text - Child Hitomi is cute af (I'm not a pedophile) |
CrallyLystiaDec 29, 2018 4:55 AM
| Life isn't as fun and easy as anime. Watch anime to bring that fun!! |
| This was the best possible ending that this show could end and I'm happy that it ended this way, personally. I did tear up a few times during the episode, from Hitomi's goodbye to the others of the Magic Photography Arts Club as well as reminiscing about her friends when she read the Penguin book, written by Yuito as the characters were based on Hitomi's friends. I also had to look at Hitomi's two friends in her current time during the epilogue and just like others mentioned, they do look like the grandchild of KurumiXChigusa and AsagiXShou alright. =) Overall, this show has been a great ride. It did have that Glasslip feel at the start, but this show proved to be MUCH better than that disappointment four years ago. It's also the first time, correct me if I'm wrong, that P.A. Works had three different shows airing in the same year, with Uma Musume in the Spring, Sirius The Jaeger in the Summer and Iroduku in the Autumn season. Between the three, Iroduku is the best visually-looking. The colours and the detailing was P.A. Works in their prime and I really loved it. The writing was the main flaw of the show, though. Despite the great start, it did have that rather unfortunate hiccup with Shou confessing to Hitomi that made things awkward, but episode 11 onwards proved to be the comeback that this show needed. 8/10 is my final score for this already slightly underrated show. =) |
| Lol. and Yuito is dead and she went to see his grave ! Ha ha ha. what a great ending ! (sarcasm). It's the time travel version of truck-kun I guess :) Thanks a lot for that. I didn't connect the dot at first. At least there's a nice closure for the side characters. I lost my time with this anime. Visually great but story and direction "weren't my cup of tea" to say the least. |
| It was a good anime but the ending wa so... typical, 8/10 tho. |
| This was such a perfect ending to a wonderful show. Everything was done right. I was partly in tears myself watching it too. I wish that Hitomi could have stayed with the friends she'd made, but she wasn't meant to live in that era. All in all, this was an anime about learning to love yourself, moving on, finding the strength to allow yourself to be happy. It's one of my favourite shows of this season definitely. |
| I liked how Grandmother Kohaku's magic would not let Hitomi come back until she and Yuito honestly expressed their feelings. Hitomi needed that to really complete her growth. Great art, excellent story, good characters. I am glad that I watched this show. |
| The sword that takes life gives life |
| What a beautiful ending, I wasn't expecting to be moved like this. Their goodbye was beautiful, and poignant. I'm glad that Hitomi unconsciously interfered with the magic so that she could be alone with Yuito, and he could be honest in their parting. He would have regretted that moment for the rest of his life if this didn't happen. I loved to see Kohaku married with the magic bookstore/library guy, I knew my senses were right when I shipped them. lol I mean, I think it was him. And that book's story, being Hitomi's own history with the time she shared with her precious friends was so beautiful that I can't, I was tearing up like her. I don't know how to feel about not seeing the others in the future, but I think it was for the best, this time capsule was a great idea. That's Yuito's grave, right? I guess that with him and the others gone Hitomi will be able to hold in her heart all of those moments as she moves on with her life, with renewed hope and new found strength. I was going to rate this as "fine" because most episodes were lackluster at best, but this ending felt so complete, and satisfying that I can only rate this as "good." I should follow that Penguin's example, and go see for myself just how many colors this world has to offer, I was almost forgetting it myself. |
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| the ending was great! I'm pretty sure the grave was of Yuito's.... |
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eb2 said: I wish we could know what happened to all the other club members. Also i did a review on it and would appreciate any sort of feedback :) https://myanimelist.net/myreviews.php?seriesid=37497&go=write im hoping for and OVA about them |
| This last episode was beautiful, I really liked what they did with the picture book story and the scene where Yuito finally help Hitomi see colors. Unfortunately the rest of the show didn't manage to enchant me as much, the first few episodes were good but I fell like everything from ep 5 to 11 went over my head. I didn't connect with the characters enough I think But still a good show overall, I just expected much more from it. |
| Eh, I wish I liked this more, but it was just pretty bland for me. I'd be more interested in Kurumi/Chigusa's ship. At least it was pretty and it had some cool scenes. meh/10 = 5/10. |
| Getting stuck in the gap of time in which you can only escape with the power of love. What's this, Final Fantasy 8? Joke asides, this anime just proves the point that you can have all the technical talent in the world, but if your characters are uninteresting, you still get a meh show. To describe the characters in 3 words: bland, boring, and unmemorable. The group dynamic is as dull as dirt, and the chemistry between each pair is almost nonexistent. I can't even imagine how boring their relationship would be when they start dating each other. 5/10 |
JustMonakaDec 29, 2018 12:25 PM
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| I really liked the premise of this story when i saw the first episode, but then all the hopes i had for it began shattering bit by bit as the episodes went by. I enjoyed how original and artistic the ways they used to show yuito and hitomi's emotions were, but other than that i feel a lot disappointed. Hitomi's character suffered from being too boring outside of the "i dont see colors" which was the thing that ironically made me like her in the first two episodes or something, but then they just didnt do anything new to make me like the character aside from her falling for Yuito ?? and other small/forgetable things which were already predictable.. plus almost all the characters were lacking depth. Sure, they only had 13 episodes to flesh them out and i must admit Chigusa while even having the least screen time was likable, Kurumi was also okay and Kohaku was the best character but thats not saying much. Asagi and Shou were only there for wasting time with descnecessary and not original at all drama, and all of it was pretty predictable too (heck, when he helped out Hitomi in episode 2 when she was alone on the street already made me go like "he's gonna fall for her"). Lastly, Yuito was another wasted potential. Sure we got to know he had insecurities but just because he said it, we didnt actually got to see any intresting reason to explain how and why he had those. How about showing some of his backstory to make us understand it a little? No? Okay. They had a interesting idea, but executed it very poorly. This episode just shows it even more, all the speech the characters made felt lame because of the way and time it was done, plus, the anime didnt do a good job making me care about more than half of them. Yes, they did leave great messages for Hitomi but it felt like every other dialogue you see in almost every story, nothing new. And why did they show Hitomi at a graveyard near the end? Was it her mother? Yuito? Another character we know? Who knows??? And i guess we'll never know. My money's on Yuito actually, because they didnt have the balls to show them grown up with families since it would be another layer of sadness.. lmao. Yeah it was a vague ending, and that's not a bad thing, but its absolutely not what i was expecting or wanted from the show. I know there are people who thought it was a good story but honestly this is my opinion and i just wanted to let it out somewhere. I would give it a 4 but because of the beautiful art they used from time to time i'll give it a 5 more like 4.5, i dont even know. |
ayumiisDec 29, 2018 1:03 PM
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| A great show and great ending indeed. Even though Hitomi and Yuito didn't end up together it wasn't sad or a tragic ending. It had a rather strange warm feeling to it. That soundtrack in between was nice. Another favourite show of this season. |
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 with his gold fish still in future...I feel Yuito is alive... |
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| Another thing that I noticed about this show is how it handled the thorny issue of time travel-it didn't use any machines, just a kind of low key magic. The characters were very likeable and well developed, Hitomi came out much better at the end than she started out. Kohaku was a blast. Still I think one more episode to bring closure to some loose ends would be a good idea. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
| Great finale, honestly it surpassed my expectations, i loved that ending, simplement wonderful! The farewell from group, one by one was trully a beautifull moment, was also sad and touched me a lot, i almost teared up with that amount of feels! The moment between Hitome and Aoi inside Hitomi's magic was beautiful aswell, they told why they turned especial to each other and they finally confessed to each other, and it was the trigger to return back colors to Hitomi, and the transiction between black/white and color was really well made! The reencounter between Grandmother Kohaku and Hitomi, was another wonderfull moment, it also touched me, was a lot of sentimental as well, glad to see that Hitomi got totally a "diferent person" with that travel, Kohaku did her best, as Grandmother and as young Kohaku! I am glad that Kohaku had memories from past, and was really emotional to hear the book's history, with Aoi drowings, and the album with photos from that memories asweel, and after sending Hitomi to past she can finally share that memories! I loved to see Hitomi talking to Asagi&Shou and Kurumi&Chigusa granddaughters, glad that they ended up together, i am proud from Asagi! Proud for Hitomi had followed Shou adnice to join in Photography and Arts club in her time! Seems the guy from library is Hitomi's grandfather, and i am happy to see that! Overall, i loved that anime and will miss that awesome group of characters, i am completely satisfied with that art and characters, a wonderfull anime that surpassed my expectations and i will never forget! Solid 9/10 |
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| Pretty good ending, Hitomi got her colours back permanently but its a shame that all that extra romance stuff wasn't tidied up (sorry if that sounded a little confusing) |
bread is yummy |
| The anime looks great, has an good story and characters. The first 7 episodes i was in love wit this anime but after that i felt it got weaker idk mabey it's just me. They did the finale very good. 8/10 |
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| Having some followup with the gang in an OVA shipped with the BDs would be nice..... |
| "Genki is Life, Genki is Love" |
| It was a really good show, for me it's a 7,5/10, but i have the feeling this should've worked better as a well-written 2 1/2 hr movie rather than 13 ep series. (Yuito should've kissed Hitomi) |
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| An emotional and strong finale that left me emotional as well. Aside from the beautiful visuals and music, I thoroughly enjoyed this show from start to end. Following Hitomi's growth as a person was one filled with many different emotions. So sad to see this go. 10/10. P.A. Works always hits the right notes for me. Really looking forward to their next work, whatever it may be! |
ReverberateDec 29, 2018 6:45 PM
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| I love drama anime done right. Jewel of the season. I watched in one go. Probably helped me to enjoy so much. 8/10 |
| Okay lets say this story is quite hmm.. reasonable... i have seen these plots through years and somehow, irozuku isnt on the good ones. They cooulndt just cease all Hitomi interactions with the gang when she's in the future(well it's an insult to her), id rather know about what happened with them than notice Kohaku's husband was the guy from the library lol. I wished it wouldnt turn in this way. At least, Kohaku could talk about what are their whereabouts or whatever,it's pity ;[ Alluring visuals, but founds in cliches we'd see every year and not to mention again about whats missing to end up as a hella good final episode. |
fallingfromskyDec 29, 2018 9:47 PM
| Pretty conclusive ending overall. Gotta say, the last few episodes of this anime were the best and the only part that stood out to me. The pacing was just too slow and boring but in the end, all loose ties were wrapped up and even some teasers were thrown in (Hitomi possibly visiting Yuito's grave and her two new friends being her friends' children/grandchildren) |
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| It ended the way I wanted it to end. 8/10. Tho imo the romance between Hitomi and Yuito felt a bit forced, I wasn't really feeling it. |
Nanika ga Okashii |
| After being disappointed by Sakura Quest and Kuromukuro, I did not have any expectation when watching this, but it turned out this anime became my one of most favorite PA Works anime! I'm just a bit disappointed why they don't show if the friends are still alive or not. |
Daniel_Naumov said: LeonLanford said: After being disappointed by Sakura Quest and Kuromukuro, I did not have any expectation when watching this, but it turned out this anime became my one of most favorite PA Works anime! I'm just a bit disappointed why they don't show if the friends are still alive or not. Yuito is not. And many people felt like this series was a personal insult to them. One of you must be in the wrong... and considering the choice of words and strong language the other side used, I'd rather you were in the right. While it's implied Yuito was already dead, the anime did not explicitly state it. The ending was a bit rushed, they should've spent at least 30 secs to show the old friends. |
Daniel_Naumov said: LeonLanford said: While it's implied Yuito was already dead, the anime did not explicitly state it. The ending was a bit rushed, they should've spent at least 30 secs to show the old friends. Considering the grave the girl was visiting, it could only belong to Yuito, as he was the one to impact her the most. All friends have big impact on her, you can't just visit one friend and don't visit other. Anyway I don't care who's in the grave |
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