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This is easily one of the most heart touching Anime I've ever seen. It's beautifully done in every possible way. It starts of showing how a group of friends from their younger years drift apart after one of their friends died several years ago. The grief starts again when Jintan sees hallucinations of her, she starts talking to him as if shes really alive. The story is amazingly written, it touches everyone who has ever felt grief, jealousy or love. The artwork was outstandingly animated, the main "ghost" character Menma was unique and adorable. The other characters expressing individuality through their small splashes of personality ... in how they look.

Moving onto the sound, the soundtrack really got me. Especially the final episodes "Secret Base" song, I listened to it over and over and just remember the characters and what happened. The music really added to the feeling of knowing them like they were your best friends. The characters were far by some of the best I've seen. Their personalities perfectly clashed with each other, all of them expressing feelings in different ways. I'm positive at least one of the characters could be relate-able to you. My enjoyment for this Anime was immense, I cried, I laughed and I loved with each of the friends. It doesn't have enough popularity for what it is, It's a hidden gem, in fact I think I'd put it over Clannad in the way that it emotionally captures you. It takes but eleven PERFECT episodes to convey the feelings Anime like Clannad and Air had to convey in at least 20 episodes.

Please I ask you to take eleven episodes out of your day and just watch it non stop. Its amazing and I think has now become and Anime staple I shall return to watching again and again just to experience the desirable friendships and emotions between the characters.

Dengeki Daisy is one of the best, if not THE BEST, shoujo I've read. The Manga deals with love, death and plenty of comedy. Now this Manga may seem serious by what I've said so far, and at some points it really is. The story is unique in the almost perfected balance of romance & actual plot. It somehow manages to capture of few different audiences although obviously Romantic. The other relationships of the characters only add to the stories complexity.

The art for this Manga was in my opinion fantastic! The girl protagonist was very different and memorable, the details made her easy to ... spot amongst the generic Anime girls. The other characters also were very well drawn, my favorites being the male lead and girl. As the story follows the girl messaging "Daisy" and a 24yr old janitor whom they have secret mutual feelings for each other.

It's a very sweet way the creator has managed to work the age difference into the way that their traits work together. The characters are extremely lovable and you get attached to them, trust me! I truly loved this still ongoing Manga (So far in 2012 Sep) and await every chapter eagerly, desperate for a little more time with my favourite characters. Overall I'd recommend it greatly! Please even if you don't like Romance give it a go!

Someone had told me to watch this Anime as I was a fan of Horror. It was quite cheap in a store so I picked it up. I was hoping for a very interesting story with elements of horror, although I was curious as to how they planned to pack this into 4 episodes if I remember correctly. The story seemed good, different & interesting. The animation and art was old, but don't think I hated it because it was old. No, other older Anime have still managed to capture me with their art, however this one was quite basic, mediocre and overall boring. The ... sound effects and music didn't tend to vary, they just played the same boring sounds over and over again. Characters were okay, nothing terrible or great about them. They didn't have much back-story or personality or unique looks however. I barely got through the very short 4ep series and cringed at every dull event. Overall I would'nt recommend wasting your time.

I finished the Clannad series finally after many recommendations I took it up. It deserved all the hype I had heard about it. Especially After Story, at this point all the characters were thoroughly developed and unique. You really ended up caring for every character in this Anime, through the bad and good times. It had some of the most emotionally devastating scenes I've seen in a while. The music only added to how the Anime moved you, the art was beautiful. The story was built up so it kept you crying at every moment and I know that when I finished this Anime I ... felt as if I were leaving old friends. :3 If you haven't seen this already go watch the Clannad series!