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“19-year-old Kubota reunites with first love Masana at a club, seizing the chance to pursue her after her breakup.”
Nineteen
NINETEEN 19
6.18
9,654 rank · 5,674 viewers · 9 favorites
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
19-year-old Kubota reunites with first love Masana at a club, seizing the chance to pursue her after her breakup.
19-year-old Kubota is ready to find a girlfriend. The perfect chance arises when he meets Masana Fujisaka, his first love, in a club. She's just broken up with her longtime boyfriend and is surprised to run into Kubota, who sees that the perfect opportunity has just arisen.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 7 viewers settled on.
60%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 7
σ 2.14
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.14 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Apr 2008 → Oct 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Never has a story so petulant and juvenile been given such adult and mature artistic treatment. Visually speaking, this is probably one of the most inspired short OVAs I have ever seen - especially...”
- 10 “So to start, the plot is mostly an excuse to string a series of amazing music vidoes together. The musical selection in this OVA is the best thing about the whole production so the decision to go...”
- 7 “An OVA released in 1990, Nineteen seems to have slipped into the vast abyss of overlooked anime. Story Well, with it's story alone, I don't think that Nineteen will win over too many fans. It is...”
Verbosity
Short · 43%
Medium · 14%
Long · 43%
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- Format 1 × 42′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 42m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1990 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-2264 catalog