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Why did we decide to call it a spoon? Does the breakfast club exist? Is this intro eye catching enough or should I just cut this grandiose intro crap everyone does go back to straight out harassment of the manga?

How on earth does this manga have a fanbase?

This manga is so, so terrible. I do not understand at all the high rating. Is...is this like a troll rating thing? If so, please tell me and restore some of my faith in humanity

Please.

but more than likely, and sadly, this doesn't appear to be a troll fanbase. People actually think this...this thing is good for some ... inexplicable reason

This mangaka has no concept of transitions - we are quite literally thrown from arc to arc without a care in the world. It got to the point where I actually thought I was missing pages or chapters.

Arcs are thrown into your face without any explanation, characters appear out of nowhere - there is no foreshadowing nor people actually lurking in the shadows; one moment you will be looking at a shrine, and on the next page you'll be in a cave with some random person for one panel, and thats the last you see of them for the chapter, so when they get hurled into your face again, it immediately jerks a "who the fuck is that?" response over and over.

And dear fuck, the deus ex machina.

Yeah, yeah, I know what you might be thinking - "OH TEE HEE DEUX EX MACHINE THATS THE NAME OF THAT GOD PERSON IN THE MANGA HES DOING IT ON PURPOSE!!!"

No. If the mangaka is doing this on purpose, hes a moron. If he's not, hes still a moron. There is absolutely no meaning whatsoever to the plot-deux-ex-machina. At all. It's not satire on other mangas, its not some game changing plot device abuse, its not the breakfast club, its just total shit.

This manga actually appears to only annoy the living fuck out of people with its inconsistencies. And I don't mean a kind of minor annoyance, like the inconsistency of a pudding. This level of inconsistency is like being hurled around in a plane that drops to ground level about 50 times from 10 thousand feet up in 1 minute.

That's not even possible.

At many points throughout the manga I felt that it would've been better if the characters did not speak. Not for dramatic effect, but just because all the characters are fucking morons and should keep their mouths shut the hell up. This is most prominent in the "transition" page we get every few chapters. Completely full of shit that makes no sense. It might seem like I'm being dismissive here - and that's because I am. This manga should simply have been dismissed from the editing office, but instead, we're here and I have to write this review to sate my massive why-the-fuck-who-the-fuck-where-the-fuck headache.

The sole redeeming point of this manga, aside from it having a yandere, is how the main character changed at the end of the series. He actually became a pretty cool guy, and made the last few chapters actually enjoyable.

Unfortunately that does not change the fact that this manga is shit. What I would compare this to is you being force fed shit, literally, for the majority of your life, but for the last few days, you get pudding. Just a normal pudding, ya know? But compared to the shit you've been fed, that pudding is god. It also helps that your tongue is probably numb from all the shit

I actually recommend you read SOME of this manga, especially if any of you are interested in writing. This manga will provide a perfect example of what not to do for transitions, storyline, and will make sure you thoroughly check your work for swiss cheese.

If you choose to read the entirety of this manga, please: remember what you've been fed for the majority of your life.

I cannot even fathom why people think this anime is even remotely watchable.

Oh wait, yes I can.

Throw in some symbolism and some vague concepts that take a few seconds to comprehend, and ta-da, according to almost everyone, you have a frigging masterpiece!

Are you kidding me?

This is literally what I see when I read positive reviews on this anime: "this is the best anime EVA (hur see what I did der), omg if u dont like it 5deep6u, yoiu just no understand the symbolism and the magic dat is the evangelion omg"

I understood the symbolism. I understood the ending. I am very sure that I am ... not the only one that understood it and absolutely hated it.

Oh wow, it had some symbolism? Oh wow, you had to think? It must be a masterpiece! AHAHAHAH NO.

This feels exactly like the positive reviews of school days: Oh wow it made you feel emotion? HOW UTTERLY FANTASTIC.

Sure, it had symbolism. Sure, you had to connect concepts. Does that change the fact that it was boring as hell to watch? Does that change the fact that the story sucked? Does that change the fact that we had to sit through the same finding-yourself-through-psychotic-mumbling over and over again? Does it change the fact that we essentially sat through the "endless 8" arc of The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi for 26 episodes?

The answer: No. No it does not.

And the 2deep4u ending? It is terrible. It is one of the most pathetic cop outs I've ever seen. The entirety of the anime could be summed up in that one episode were the last enemy appears, as he just conveniently and transparently explains absolutely everything through his pseudo-philosophical rantings. Yes, I understand that there were time constraints. But it doesn't change the fact that it was still terrible. It was a terrible end to a terrible anime.

This anime is literally only praised by people that are too enthralled in their mediocre ability to understand the simplest and most transparent of symbolism, which by the way, appears to be the only thing that they actually praise. If they praise something like character, I'm going to go ahead and say they are lying, because they character development, if you can even call it that, is the most ridiculously shallow thing I have ever witness. Makoto from school days developed more than Shinji, and Makoto is a piece of shit.

And you know what? I'm usually fine with transparent symbols. Unless the only thing the anime has is these transparent symbols and attempts to purport these symbols to greatness. Symbols were the sole virtue in this anime, but they were so overly used that the end result was just awful. I actually enjoyed the 5 minute cliched fantasy world at the last episode more than the entire anime. The rebuild movies exist for a reason, people! Even the original writer hated this version!

If you plan on wasting 26 20-minute episodes of your life, go ahead and watch this. If you want to pretend to be smart and connect shallow symbolism to a shallow and repetitive story, go ahead and watch this. If you want to pretend that over use of symbols makes an anime a masterpiece, go right ahead and waste 520 minutes of your life.

Otherwise, just stop.

Overall?
Ano Hana is the best anime i have seen to date, and is the main reason i got into watching anime. I was always hoping for another dose of ano hana in a new story, but i have yet to find an anime that can compete in Ano Hanas genre. Ano Hana is an extremely sweet story of friends gathering again, and their previous 'leader', jintan, overcoming his social phobia. Don't listen to haters, and watch this anime for yourself. My review focuses on the haters points and shows how utterly refutable they are and talks about what is good about this anime. There are ... different messages one can infer from this anime, some cheesy ones like not to take anything for granted, to deeper ones, like to seize the moment and live life to its fullest. I enjoyed this anime because of its innocence (uh...please ignore the 100% random few sec of fan service in the first episode) and love triangle type themes. These characters are all depressed and its easy to see why as you keep on watching. But, like in reality, they don't always show it. The portrayal of the characters was perfect, in my opinion; from the 'airhead' type innocence that is Menma to the dimwitted/pure Popo, each character is severely effected by the events that took place in their childhood, and each effect is at least implied, it won't take too much thinking too see how each character is effected. The effects seem superficial at first, but once you dig a little deeper, you can really get a sense of how these characters felt. This anime really let me feel the emotions of each character, and it was easy to imagine why they did something or how they felt at a specific moment. This anime took full advantage the fact that it was an anime, and lets you imagine how epic life would be with a sound track, and the innocent type art really falls into place in this anime, blending in with the characters and story line flawlessly.

Criticizing..the haters.
The hate this anime has been receiving is ridiculous, they mull over idiotic things that actually made the story better for me. If you want to watch, IMO, one of the saddest and sweetest anime ever, watch ano hana. if you hate romance/tragedy-drama, watch it anyways, maybe you'll come to your senses when exposed to this masterpiece. You really shouldn't expect heavy ecchi in this anime or any kind of hard core action crap. This anime would best be described as an intense burst of innocent love, though contradicting as it may sound.

Personal Criticism.
I found the ending slightly repetitive, not about what the did that entire last episode, but the writers couldve held back from ****SPOLIER*** using that "It's the kind of love when i want to marry you" line until the end, it wouldve had a greater impact. That was the only flaw i found in this anime, and this is considerably small. Even with this "flaw", i still crie-- uh, I was sad and amazed by this anime.Warning- I watched w/o break all 11 episodes right away, just captivated with this anime, so you should start watching in the middle of the day. Haters please read on to get your arguments whipped to pieces.
Yeah, whipped. Like whip cream. I'll frost your Ano Hana hating asses.*** Light story line spoliers may be up ahead***

General Storyline Haters Here!
This could have been presented without supernatural events but that wouldn't be as exciting now would it? It would've been dragged on longer and he would've never realized in certainty of her love for him. As he did know this, he was able to move on in his life and seek out new love instead of mulling over her and how she never found out about it. Without the supernatural element, this would've been another boringly surreal slice of life anime. Even with the amount of hate Ano Hana was receiving now, it is still ranked 21. Without supernatural elements, i wouldn't have rated this a 10, or even a 9. I would've likely categorized it with 5cm per second, which was good in it's own aspects, but definitely unable to compete with Ano Hana. Ano hana is actionless, yet it has supernatural factors. That puts it in a class of its own. There is honestly no anime that can compare to Ano Hana because Ano Hana is extremely unique in its story line. Cross game has this action theme to it, which obviously makes it a longer anime. You can't compare action to non action. Both have their own pros and cons. If you just LOVE action and can't get enough of it, try to be more open minded. Just because guns and knives don't go flying, doesn't mean you have to go " HUR DUR, HATE, HATE, HATE HATE *goes into Zero Chant beat*. "

"UNORIGINAL DESIGNS BLAH BLAH BLAH" HATERS HERE.
Hey, yeah. What colour is YOUR hair? You stay home all the time? Do you have a friend you were in love with die? Didn't fking think so. This characters are definitely original. If you just focus on the art, then i have to say how horrible your sense of...anything is. The characters are kind of soft looking, but remember- this anime is an INNOCENT romance. Every char with hourglass figures and bulked up builds- not as innocent... Show me an anime like Ano Hana, and ill show you my foot up your ass after i prove that your anime is almost NOTHING like Ano Hana. Take a second note- I'll be showing the foot-ass motion so you're gunna be in a HORRIBLE position, therefore, i suggest you think a bit before trying prove me wrong. Action is NOT comparable to nonaction like Ano Hana. Saved about 80% of you haters now didnt i? Better yet, just don't compare anime. They all have unique storylines and different characters. I just saved around 10% more now didnt i?
Obviously the remaining 10% are gunna be stupid. Hopefully you read my review on haters BELOW before you try to be even dumber.

Character Haters Here!
I have to say, when looking around at the hate, most is character centered. You all realize that she DIED while they were CHILDREN, right? If you remember the episode in which they were talking about how they felt it was their fault), and popo, who WATCHED HER DIE you would realize how heavy a burden it was on them. They all went through years thinking it was them that inadvertently caused the death of one of their most loved friends. You'd have to have a heart of stone to not carry that around with you. "Oh shit, i killed her D: *2 seconds later* Oh well, let's eat some candy :D." Awesome. Let me know when that type of story is out and ill jump off the CN Tower (yeah im Canadian, deal with it) and fly. Now, before some people say, "Yeah, EXACTLY. CHILDREN. They wouldn't be too sad for very long." Can i ask why the hell not? According to Freud and several other psychologists, childhood is the PRIMARY stages of psyche development. LEARN A BIT ABOUT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BEFORE TALKING ABOUT HOW UNREALISTIC SOMETHING IS. One argument " Instead of focusing on them, the show focuses on them and their relation to Menma, downplaying all of their own personal character in favor of them revolving around Menma." directly relates to this. I have to point out, their personal character was developed BECAUSE OF their relation to Menma. They wouldn't have developed the way they did if they were all friends and happy now would they? None of these characters remain the same. They all have a dark depressing side that effected them severely in their lives. If you watched this anime, and i mean really watched it instead of look for flaws the entire time just because you don't like lolis or something, you wouldn't be able to come up with any decent arguments in character development.

"TOO UNREALISTIC" HATERS HERE!
Ano Hana had realistic elements to it. The treatment of Jintan, and how the other friends drifted away and developed was very realistic in my point of view. Jintan was in love with her but he never told her. This resulted in him shutting him self off from the world in the supposed mind set of "I won't let the world tell me or effect me in anyway since i didn't get a chance to effect Menma".Anaru and Tsurumi suffered from a kind of inferiority complex. Both the objects of their affections like Menma better. They both developed in their own ways through there on interpretation of how to get closer to their loved ones. Popo SAW her DIE. He dropped out because of that! One of his best friends DIED right in front of him and he got screwed up because of that. I'd have to say thats pretty realistic. And Atsumu- well, typical 'cool' guy with a secret right? He loved his childhood friend, and she didn't like him, even though a lot of other girls would kill to be with him. Of course hes going to be obsessed with the one girl he couldn't get and wanted. Also please note- WHO LIKES COMPLETELY REALISTIC ANIME? Honestly. Thats like watching a BORING JERSEY SHORE; AND JS IS BAD ENOUGH. Can you imagine the horrors a BORING one will bring?! Anime is for watching unrealistic and uncommon events in our mundane lives. Which Ano Hana portays. Ano hana was good and still is good because it combined both the realistic and unrealistic, implying even our own lives could be as...EPIC... as these ones. *Super cheesy music HERE* All you have to do is put your all into life.

P.S. Get some tissues.
P.P.S. Not that i cried. It doesn't count if the tears don't hit your face.
P.P.P.S. What the hell does ps stand for anyways...
P.P.P.P.S. lol, pp. And if you rate this lower than 10, then you're a.... you're a filthy justin bieb**.