Beatles music aside, check some of the other reviews. You'll see that this is a very polarizing anime. Love. Hate. Not much in between. That's life.
But that's the point being made in Sing Yesterday. In life, we don't always know where we are going. We don't always make the right decisions. We don't know how the story ends or even understand the plot. So we muddle through making the best decisions we can. Sometimes they're based on the heart. Sometimes the mind. But they always seem right at the time.
I generalize because I try to keep my reviews as spoiler-free as possible. The general feel for this anime is confusion. That scares some people. I found myself at times shaking my fist at the screen cursing both Rikuo and Shinako for their choices. I cursed Ruo for being the way he is and I cursed Haru for not thinking she deserved better. Why can they not see what they're doing? But in the end, that's what kept me coming back week after week. How badly were they gonna eff things up this time?
If your anime is all about swords and magic and fantasy creatures, this is an anime you will despise. It's real. It's emotions. It's about how people can see the world around them and not make sense of it. That makes perfect sense to me.
