Review of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

A heartrending piece that shows the magnanimity of human stupidity, self serving propensity and fickle friendship. The story revolves around Yadomi Jinta and his friend Honma Meiko, which is already dead and after years of dealing with guilt surrounding his friend's death he starts seeing her(Menma) around the house and hangs around him like a poltergeist. With his childhood friends the crew of "The Super Peace Busters", their quest starts to grant Menma's wish so she can rest in peace. It is quite a cliche plot, a tear-jerker but still enjoyable specially for a mature audience. Knowing the anime is created almost 8 years ago, the artis quite good for it's time. The details of the character's expressions and the right timing of stirring music tends to deliver the feelings very well. I really love the ending song tho it makes you feel really mushy.

The personalities of each character is relatable showing how corrupted ones intention could be. We've seen these types of people and knowing it makes you affected on how the story would unfold.

Overall the series is quite short, highly engaging, made me cry most of the time while reminiscing guilt, what ifs and what could've.

If you are dealing with a loss of a loved one, this is bad for you. If you are a masochist like me, this is highly recommended but I might never re-watch this again.

Ed cried = 28x
Ed smiled = 5x
Ed felt naughty = 1x