Review of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Oh gawd Ano Hana... Ano Hana is one of those Anime that make you sad. So damn sad that after you are done watching it you look at your blank screen, try to process what just happened, jump into your bed, just to think about everything that occured in the course of the last night because you could not go to sleep, as the story was just so damn ...gripping. That's right, I watched Ano Hana in one go without actually planing it. People told me stuff like "get ready for the feels" or "tears will be shed" so I was prepared... Well so ithought. I won't have to go over the story so here my rating + thoughts:

Story:
Not going to summaries as it is against the guidelines.

Art:
Was really,really well fitting. I loved it and it was just wonderful to watch.

Sound:
I am listening to the OST "Last train home" right now as I like to listen to them while I am writing reviews. Every musical piece in Ano Hana was just perfect. Ending and Opening and all the OSTs that were made to fit for each character.

Character:
They were all individuals. What I mean by it is, that they seemed as if they were real, as if they would have really lived through all these struggles with their friend gone. That's something that not all Anime Characters do. You don't often find such real individuals that you can believe. This realness is something that Ano Hana is able to make the Viewers feel. And that's why it is so outstanding. You get emotionaly attached because you can belive in all these single events that take place because they seem so real.

Enjoyment:
Ano Hana was beautiful. The story, the characters, how they developed. I was completely gone after the Ending. That was something completely new to me. My emotions were playing roller-coaster that time and I did not know how to handle it. And all this was part of the enjoyment. It made me realize how I "connected" to this story. I certainly did enjoy it.

Overall:
As I said, it was an emotional roller-coaster. In a mere five hours I went from happieness to abysmal sadness up and down. It gripped me and did not let go until the very end.
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