*Spoilers* yes, spoilers.
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Statelight, Producers of Fairy Tail, Hellsing Ultimate and Log Horizon. Then you've even got Starchild Studios, Producers of Toradora! A highley rated romance anime.
Mix together good ratings, and good romance you've got yourself white album 2.
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There was a problem brewing, the bullshit, lies and cliché’s of anime have been used all up. Everyone turned their heads and said fuck it; we'll wait till we've got some more.
Statelight, and Starchild Studios ran up to this accumulation of Truth, grabbed a handful and made a run for it. This handful they had randomly grabbed from this pile needed a name to go by. They gave it the alias, White Album 2.
At first glance though, it’s just as another screw up- visual novel adaption. It’s cast away as another Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito fuck up of an anime, simply made for fan-service and Mountain dew sipping, 50 year old children living in their parents basements and surviving on dog food.
Yet, White Album 2 is the opposite.
The truth hurts. Whether your girlfriend is cheating on you, you've lost a close one or just the man down the street has just written "Truth" On his penis again, everyone has different ways of taking, solving, and living through the problem. It's because of this that White Album 2 brings to us a new "Type" of anime. Though it has been done before, I'm not sure (correct me if I’m wrong) it's been done this well. What I’m talking about is the sheer amount of reality there is in this anime. It's so real, I even answered one of the characters questions because I got mixed up between real life and this anime, and believed it was directed at me. That's why; at the end of the anime I shed man tears. (Not to be confused with regular tears). The anime shows the “Truth” of romance. It’s not all pretty; it’s not all flowers it’s not all birds and doves, and it’s not Pink Blossom. Love is painful.
This anime has everything that a romance, slice of life and music anime needs. An interesting love trio, a realistic an entertaining plotline and good music. This show wasn’t your typical slice of life “K-ON, Fill them up so much you can fill a canyon filler” anime, it was plot, development and enjoyment. In fact, it was so unflawed I could use this anime as a shield and sit through an entire episode of mars of destruction, though I might have had to skip the opening and ending (lets not get crazy here, I still have a good 80 years ahead of me).
The anime really touched upon some pretty deep subjects such as Trust and Responsibility, showing how a deeper connection is needed, and more communication is also needed for a relationship to take place. For instance, the main character had no idea that the Touma was interested in him. Touma, the typical “Tsundere” type of character. her personality made all advances impossible for Kitahara, leading to a sad ending where they both knew they initially loved each other, but their personalities got in front of that.
So, in conclusion there are two ways you can go about watching this anime.
1. The most typical way, watch it and enjoy it throughout.
2. Watch it, and learn from it.
I took the second rout; I’ve learned two main things:
1. Communication is the most important thing in any relationship; Friendship or Dating.
2. The Truth hurts.
And some scores for those who wanted some:
Character: 10
Art: 9
Sound: 10
Enjoyment: 8
Story: 8
Overall: 9
Hate music and wondering whether to go for the watch or not? Well lets put it this way. It’s better than the god-awful attempt of a love story some call Twilight, so it’s worth a shot.
