Review of We Were There

At first you would think this was a typical sweet high school love drama but it has a strong touch of the genre “Slice of life” that gave more of the realistic side of love life which was interesting enough if you’re bored with the typical love story. After all, life is not a fairy tale. It is more unfair and cruel that’s why it is called reality. Falling in love for the first time, the female lead thought that things would be as sweet as she imagined it would be. Founding out the sad and dark past of her new love, Nanami struggled to understandMotoharu’s situation at the same time accepting his past. This just showed how strongly the past influences the present of two people in love. And as if Motoharu’s dead ex-girlfriend story wasn’t enough, Nanami also has to deal with Motoharu’s past with his ex-girlfriend sister. To add it up, Motoharu had a hard time accepting his past and so his present almost didn’t work. Men can really be a lot work when it comes to their pasts especially if it’s about another girl. Anyways, Nanami and Motoharu still managed to make the relationship worked. You will have that romantic feeling from their sweet moments and cool dialogues which was the strong point of the series. You will absolutely be swayed by the dialogues because it has the sincerity from a real person’s feelings. What’s great about the story was that it showed the more realistic side of love life. But then again some people watch animes so that even for a short time they can walk away from the cruelty of reality. As much as possible they want to rest their minds and experience a little bit of fairy tale. Though I would say the ending was too much of a cliffhanger which was irritating because endings are very important for any type of stories. Everybody wants an appropriate ending in their lives. It doesn’t have to be perfect or so nice but at least a proper closure. Too bad, if it wasn’t for the ending this series would’ve been one of the best because the series was beautifully made for the most important parts.