This Review may contain spoilers…
Viewer discretion is advised.
What constitutes true love? The answer is simple. Working towards understanding one another and growing closer to each other through the process. Hal is not your typical romance show, but instead, strays from the norm by bringing touching on the post-romance theme, which seems to be taboo in anime nowadays.
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Story & Setting:
The story holds in the near future, japan. Which now Robotic technology and actual Robots roam the country.
To put it simply… A girl named "Kurumi" has lost her beloved “Hal” in a plane explosion. Now she’s in a trauma, which is really hard to wake up from. She can’t sleep, eat, drink or even get out of her room. So her grandfather asked their Android “QO1” to help him to replace her beloved Hal, by asking his friend “a Genius professor” who made a robotic surgery on QO1 to make him look like “Hal” and make him feel like a human also. All of this has been done to make her wake up from her depression.
Verdict: 8/10
The story was very good, but it needed a little more kick, ya know?
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Characters:
This will be really quick.
Simply put, the characters lacked depths, and even names! Yes most of the supporting characters don’t have names.
The Main Characters Lacked, at a point that it’s annoying!
You tell me I’m exaggerating? Then tell me that, an unexplained flashback is to you? Yes, I thought so.
Verdict: 7/10
The characters are likable but still, no depths means no becoming the character, which let’s you get bored easily.
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Soundtrack:
Most of the soundtracks were beautiful, they fit the atmosphere of the movie perfectly, they were memorable, and made me want to download their OST.
Verdict: 8/10
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Animation:
OH MY GOD! The animation is just beautiful! Stunning! Gorgeous! Marvelous! Exquisite! They really have done a really good job in the arts department. Kudos for them.
Verdict: 9/10
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The anime is very good! But the lack of character depth again can be revoking.
