Reviews

This story is beautiful. There has only been two other anime series to make me cry and those were Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Ao haru Ride, or Blue Spring Ride, and that was because I had watched the whole series in two days. The day after getting through finals week, being told my sister was suicidal and self destructive, my best friend's nephew coming home from his dad's house with all sorts of bruises, being dumped, and some chick threatening to beat me up after I got in the way of her hurting my friend who suffers from severe social anxiety. ANYWAYS, back to the anime; this story is beautiful. I had a difficult time with this one. I, being an artist and a poet, highly respect the metaphorical use of each character's abilities/ talents/ interests for the purpose of learning about yourself and those who are close to you. I have been through a lot. My trust has been betrayed so many times. I'm constantly being questioned about my lack of eye contact or my sensitivity to touch and sound. I see my self in almost every character here. I'm the part of Noe who believes so much in others because she don't know how to believe in herself. I am the mom who can't give her trust up. I am Hiromi, who felt misplaced in her own home, the one place she should feel safe and relaxed. I am Shinichiro, who doesn't know how to feel about those he loves or who he loves or even how he loves the people he loves. I see me in every aspect of this anime and that is the reason I love it so much. That and the soundtrack is everything.