Review of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

I wasn’t sure how I felt about this anime at first. I saw this for the first time in HS had to be around 2015 or so. I think the first time I saw this it was rated at a 7 on MyAnimeList. The story for Ano Hi Mita was pretty good one thing I did not really care for was the back stories. I felt like it kind of ruined the pacing in present day. I know that the back story was needed to describe what’s going on with the characters, but I thought it was a little boring to be honest. Truth betold though I was never one for backstories or fillers so this is definitely a biased opinion. IF you’re looking for a tearjerker though I will a thousand percent say watch Ano Hi Mita. This anime jerked me and I had no intentions of my tears being jerked.

The Art was amazing I love anime with this style of Art and even more the background soundtrack was nice hearing the insects, classroom chatter, and just filler sounds in general. I feel like some anime forget about this aspect and these sounds really capture the mood more in depth. Favorite character was definitely Tetsudou, I loved the carefreeness and the quick acceptance he took with the whole situation. The rewatch value is pretty decent. I normally never like rewatching things, but I would rewatch this every couple of years or so. Especially if I’m just looking for something quick to put on.

Overall this anime was a cool starter pack. For anybody who has a significant other who isn’t to deeply into anime, but will watch with you on occasion I probably wouldn’t recommend. Mainly because some scenes can come off a little lolicon ish.

No disrespect to the people who put this anime together at all though just a hobby for me. I know how it is to create things and havent it judged harshly just got to keep creating for the love of the craft.

Story: 6
Art:8
OST: 7
Characters: 6
Rewatch Value: 6

Overall Score: 6.6

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