Review of Tsukigakirei

"No Matter How Far We're Apart, My Feelings For You Won't Change" I LOVE THIS. I REALLY DO [STORY (8)] Wow. Just wow. Let me warn you. If you like the type of romance like Oregairu or that kind of stuff with Fan service, many jokes, harem, you should never watch this. Or if you a fan of cheap and mainstream romance anime with "too handsome" boy or "too pretty girl" and with some kind of cheap jokes, cringe tsundere, pervert jokes, attractive dialog, this IS NOT FOR YOU. This anime is a very rare type of romance. VERY RARE. There are no elements as I didmention before. Just about 2 people. Their bond with each other. Their feelings. Just that. And that makes this anime special. Just seeing they chatted each other through LINE already fascinating. This is a very realistic show. Communications through awkward silence. Man.. This just so good. You won't know if you're not watching. There were few flaws, like the timeline. Sometimes they have a time skip in one episode without telling us that it is a time skip. But I think that's all. The pacing was so good, it doesn't have a high pacing like Horimiya. This is different. Slow and sweet. And one more big plus, they delivered the story with a such poethic style. I can't describe it well enough.

[ART (6)]
Here's the biggest problem with this show. The art wasn't good. Especially the character design. Sometimes Azumi looked a little fat, sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes he looked tall, sometimes he doesn't. What's so unfortunate was the best art they have was in the ending song. Nothing special about the art. It wasn't good, but also wasn't that bad.

[SOUND (8)]
The soundtrack man... The op and ed.. Those 2 songs really sets up the tone for the story, especially the ed. The lyrics was so so beautiful. Even reading the lyrics only, my eyes got teared up. And the music for the whole show was good. I was actually gonna give it 7/10 for sound. But considering the op and ed was really good and the voice acting deliveres their job with no major mistake, 8/10 is the right number,

[CHARACTER (8)]
Originally, I gave this 7/10 because I don't really like a show with minor role for supporting role. But the exploration for both Mizuno and Azumi was very good. That's what makes the "I love you" hits really hard, cause the development of each character, the development for their relations was just amazing. Even Azumi's dad has a good characterization, also his mom as well. The show really focusing on both main character. In some way it's a good thing, but in other way it's a bad thing. It could've been better if they increase the role for supporting like Chinatsu. It could made the story wider and larger. But I don't mind with what we got. And also, the character for Mizuno and Azumi weren't mainstream like romance anime usually have. And that's a booster for the show as well.

[ENJOYMENT (8)]
As a not-fan of romance anime, I really love this. The show filled with so much sweet moments. Made me smile so often, made me cry cause it was too sweet. I really glad there were no any cheap jokes, pervert thing, etc. There were not many jokes which was good. The tone, the pacing, the plot. This right here, probably my favorite romance. It was just so beautiful and sweet. It made me depressed knowing the fact I'm an adult now and I don't think I will ever get this sweet relation. And it's not restoring my faith in love, but in a good way. God I wanna be young again, put me back in middle school and I promise I will seek for a good and sweet romance