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“Unknown heartbreak leaves a person visibly anguished, with love presumed as the cause.”
Ai (ONA)
愛
2.69
14,986 rank · 4,991 viewers · 8 favorites
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Synopsis
Unknown heartbreak leaves a person visibly anguished, with love presumed as the cause.
The circumstances responsible for the person's pained expression remain unknown. However, it can be surmised that love is responsible for the anguish they feel.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
4.8
/10
What 11 viewers settled on.
44%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2
mode 1
σ 3.88
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.88 · split reception
The polarity gap
8.4 pts
Recommenders 9.8 · others 1.4
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Score over time
↑ 3.82
Running avg · Jan 2017 → Sep 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is the review of the best thing I have seen in ages. It is so great, that it is hard to describe. This ONA is best thing to ever exist, even better than oxygen itself. This masterpiece of a...”
- 9 “Ai (ona) is not supposed to be looked at as if it were an anime series or movie, but rather as one would look at a painting. It captures a raw emotion of desperation. As the character fades in and...”
- 10 “Story 10/10: It's clearly a story about struggling to find your true love. Epileptic Sasuke here is clearly confessing to the love of his life Naruto through webcam but is then overcome by his...”
Verbosity
Short · 73%
Medium · 9%
Long · 18%
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A Ona Production
- Format 7 sec eps × min
- Aired Aug 2012 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-10947 catalog