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“Mochizou must confess love to Tamako before leaving for Tokyo university.”
Tamako Love Story
たまこラブストーリー
7.91
878 rank · 425,376 viewers · 2,383 favorites
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Romance
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Synopsis
Mochizou must confess love to Tamako before leaving for Tokyo university.
As the seasons pass by, the end of Mochizou Ooji's third and final school year quickly approaches. He aims to study at a university in Tokyo, but at the cost of leaving behind his loved ones—including his beloved childhood crush, Tamako Kitashirakawa. Having no such plans for the future, Tamako will merely remain in town to work at her family's humble mochi shop. As the time for Mochizou's departure draws closer, the reserved young man must gather up the courage to confess his feelings to Tamako before it is too late—lest his love go unnoticed forever.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 73 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 73 viewers settled on.
92%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 1.78
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.78 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.6
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.03
Running avg · Apr 2014 → Aug 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Tamako Love Story is a light, colorful, and sweet film that truly shines through its flawless animation and direction. While the story and character development are somewhat limited, the movie...”
- 7 “This movie offers a refreshing and incredibly cute experience, featuring superb execution of a simple theme, high-quality Kyo-ani animation, and well-developed characters. There are no notable...”
- 7 “Felt super rushed and if there wasnt a Tamako market then I wouldve enjoyed this much more but the original series didint need this. It's great it had this but i couldnt feel attached to this movie...”
Verbosity
Short · 37%
Medium · 45%
Long · 18%
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- Format 1 × 83′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 23m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2014 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-8468 catalog
Produced by
- Pony Canyon Producer
- TBS Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor