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“𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗: 𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜.” A story that was once about winter, and one day, was about a story of summer. The story is about Mafuyu Sato and Uenoyama Ritsuka. Though, focused on them, you get a variety of characters, including Haruki and Akihiko. A story filled with flying colors, and flying personalities, a story filled with emotion, and because of that, you get pulled within the story. Story: 10 The story is simple, too simple to be exact. The story is relatable, emotional, heart wrenching and heart warming. A story about 4 dudes trying to have a band, its simple yet thats whatso great about it, the fact that its simple is the reason why you get so much variety within in it. A type of story where the world isn’t big, but instead a small world that revolves around a group, and because of that, you get variety and emotions.

Its flying with different varieties, to the point it actually feels like they really are alive, even though there are only very few characters in this show, especially if you compare it to other Slice of Life anime with alot of characters.

There are flaws, truly but, its not exactly the type of flaw that ruined the whole show. In all honesty, I have nothing to dislike about the story, because its simple with enjoyment.

Art: 9

Though the art is still fantastic, they did their best with the CGI, they really did. Its not the type of CGI that is an eyesore, its the type of CGI that you will get used to and will not mind it. Its not bad, it’s actually good, especially if you want the playing of instruments to be accurate.

The staff, did a great job on replicating Natsuki Kizu’s brilliant, detailed and eyegasm artstyle. Background wise, it was pretty, breath taking. Character designs, were basically on point but less detailed ( ofc it was, its animation and a series to top it all off ) But it was still great.

The only problem I really did have was, the animation quality went down a bit for the few last episodes but I really don’t mind, it really didn’t bother me. In my opinion the art and animation was truly fantastic.

Sound: 10

Was there a need to talk about this part?!

Lets talk about the theme songs. The Opening was powerful and had the meaning, it goes along and beyond with the story. Meanwhile the ending was soft, yet very fitting. Featuring the voice actor of Mafuyu Sato, the one who sang the ED, certainly did a great job and it truly fits the anime, both ed and op wise.

The soundtrack, I loved it, I truly loved the soundtrack of this anime, expected from a music anime at that. Im waiting for the release of the soundtrack and to wish I can hear it as I want to.

And for most of all, the music itself. People at first, didn’t like Mafuyu’s first singing, I, didn’t dislike it. In fact, I loved it. I loved that the staff put that part so detailed to convince us, that its the type of person who had “potential”. Not a character who is a genius from the exact start, but a character who is talented but has not yet bloomed, a character with “potential”. The session was brilliant, catchy, and had the modern and retro vibe which I definitely LOVED.

But most and foremost, the final performance, had me shaking. It gave me shivers, it made me stop moving, it gave me chills. I was speechless, it was powerful, to the point I didn’t even know how to react. A performance, never expected, simply listening to it, gives me nothing but chills and it was truly powerful.

The one that should be given praise the most is of course the voice actors. The voices were unique and it fits the characters. Especially Mafuyu’s VA after the final performance. The VA’s truly did a great performance.

Character: 10

In this story, it relatively has a small cast of characters, yet its full of variety. I love this aspect of the story.

The characters are phenomenal and is truly alive. I would like to point out, that I, felt the characters. It touched me and it felt like it was real. They were reasonable, they were relatable, the characters were alive. They weren’t written in a way, that would make you think “expected of this character” or anything like that. The way they act, they say, the way they were written makes you really think “they were human.” And I truly loved that part.

The characters had emotions that were reasonable and understandable, and some may even relate to the characters. They weren’t hard to understand, because they were reasonable and felt human, and thats what makes this series so great.

The way the characters were written is truly brilliant, I would give every praise that it deserves. They were in fact r e a l l y h u m a n

Enjoyment: 10

I enjoyed this, to the core. As a manga reader, I had my expectations low, as I thought, it was not going to do Kizu Natsuki’s masterpiece justice. But it did, it made me laugh, emotional and speechless. In the end I was left empty, as I usually would feel after watching a good anime, the empty feeling wanting more. I truly did enjoy this anime.

Overall: 10

I am thankful, truly THANKFUL, that this was created and did the manga justice. I truly recommend this to anyone who is not only looking for “yaoi” or “boys love”. I would recommend this to anyone who likes very human characters, music and romance. Especially to people who is looking for something to relate to.

This series made me think... “Ah, life really is not bad as it may seem.”

I truly enjoyed this, and I hope for more

Thank you for reading this review ( my first in fact, sorry if its bad )