This review may contain mild spoilers.
🥉 7/10
A fateful encounter, a time enjoyed together, and a farewell. Value the time you have, spent wisely with people you care about, you will never know when will be the last day you have, so there will be no regrets, or at least, least regret as possible. Into the Forest of Fireflies' is a summer story that will melt your heart and shed your tears.
🎬 Story - 7/10
Interesting concept and unique yet too short and a bit hollow. However, the storytelling is good, reaching my standard, focusing on only two main characters, Gin and Hotaru, and their time spent together. Since the story itself is unique, the potential is realized, but it was not executed to its fullest. If this show was longer, more storytelling would probably give audiences more detail and more character aspects.
🎨 Animation - 7/10
Overall pretty standard art and animation, nothing outstanding, also nothing bugged me. The art is rather composed of less saturated colors, giving a vibe of the non-serious story, youth, and of course, summer, pretty well mood and tone building.
🔈 Sound - 5/10
Overall pretty plain soundtracks and I have to admit it that I dislike some of the soundtracks and theme song. They all may suit the theme of the anime, but they hurt my ears and messed with my mind.
🕶 Characters - 6/10
Averagely well-designed characters. Gin looks good, having white hair and wearing a mask, making him look non-human. To be honest, Hotaru looks incredibly bland, but that is what made her human-like, and luckily, this show contains only a few characters, so character confusion is not going to happen. Character development is shown in Hotaru. Emotions are shown in both Gin and Hotaru. Even with these strong points of characters, but as mentioned in the story section, they lack time showing audiences more of their aspects.
🎉 Enjoyment - 7/10
I enjoy how unique the story is, making me realized how fast the time, and how short the human lifespan is. The story somehow impressed me, but the wasted potential of the story reduced my enjoyment. Overall, it is still a good anime to watch.
📌 Recommendations
If you are looking for a unique short drama-romance story, then I recommend this anime. Enjoy!
