This anime is without a shadow of a doubt, the best nerve-wrecking, jaw-dropping and brain-tangling drama I have seen. And it gets more and more distressing towards the end. It's as if you were sitting on a ticking bomb waiting to explode. At first you think "cool I got plenty of time to defuse it" but after some time you realise that you're not gonna make it on time. You start getting worried, you run around and a few seconds before the explosion you shout in utter agony. That's basically what the viewer will feel like when watching Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.
The focus of our drama is an adorable (but sinister) love triangle, comprised of the three main characters - Narumi Takayuki, Hayase Mitsuki and Suzumiya Haruka (not to be confused with Suzumiya Haruhi, who's a totaly different character altogether). Basically, Narumi meets Haruka. Haruka falls in love with him and they get intimate. One day however, Narumi's beloved girlfriend is involved in a traffic accident and falls into a coma.
The real story begins from there. It follows the lifes of our main characters as the relationships between them change like leaves on wind. The viewers are captivated (I was at least) and want to know what happens next. Will Narumi and Haruka ever be together again? Will Narumi be faithful? Those are the kind of questions that everyone will have on their lips.
The anime presents us with a lot of touching moments and the drama is at times, unbearable. Therefore I do not recommend this to anyone with a depression because... you'll just end up even more depressed.
Sound and Art are pure brill, sad, depressive and melan-super-cholic. You should get some tissues because you'll be sobbing a lot throughout the series. Opening and ending is very good. I think I'll be getting the Kimi ga Nozomu Eien OST because it really impressed me.
I would have given this series a 10 BUT one thing is completely messed up. The ending. For god's sake, I don't know what it is with good dramas and slice of life animes but they always have a screwed up ending. Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is no exception. The ending will disappoint you so horrendously that you won't even believe it. I won't say what's in the ending, if it's happy or not (I'm not even sure which one it is actually, that's how badly they've screwed up) but all I'll say is that they should have done a different one.
I enjoyed it though. I like dramas to be honest, I like strong dramas and Kimi ga Nozomu Eien delivers. It's simply a story of how one person's accident can change lifes of so many other people.
This series gets 9 out of 10 from me. I encourage everyone without a depression to watch it.
