Review of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Writing a review as I sit in a hospital bed.... DEDICATION! This anime struck a sour cord for me when it finally clicked in the first episode what the setting was all about, because at that point it hit far too close to home for me, and if you must ask, yes one of my childhood friends died when I was in year 6(Last year of elementary school), only really difference is I'm pretty sure none of us can see her. So please be aware that there might be bias in this review, but I think my reason is justified. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Nam-. Nopefuck that. Ano Hana or The Flower We Saw That Day by the English translation is about loss at a young age and how that effects people later in life, specifically the Super Peace Busters! a former collection of some no-longer-really close friends, with our main view of the story coming from the eyes of Jintan (Only nicknames shall be used in this review) an almost prefect depiction of shut-in gamer, almost never venturing outside and when he must leave his den he does so with a disguise.

Next in the second focal character Menma an awfully cheery little thing who loves her ramen with egg mixed in and is almost inseparable from Jintan, more would be said but that enter's spoiler territory. Next on the block is my personal favorite character Poppo he is just one of those guys that everyone needs in their lives, the funny, energetic if occasionally loud dude that you meet at parties, again not much else to say without cross the line.

Fourth to the plate is Anaru who I'll say is the most deliqual of everyone, hanging around (in the words of the anime) "Crotch loose girls", there's something between her and Jintan but I'm not telling.

The fifth and sixth members of the former Super Peace Busters! I can some up in two words each for Yukiatsu, tranny and cunt (sorry but he is, at least at the start, and Tsuruko, bitch and bitch. These opinion will change over the anime but first impression are what i remember people by.

The art is really fluid when it wants to be and there are moments when my brain clicked "Well that looks pretty." The sound is par I only give it a 10 because the piano came in when it was needed.

The thing that I noticed when I finished Ano Hana, apart from the standard fact that I was crying, was that it just did in 11 episode what other shows fall to do in 26, I think that feat speaks for itself.

Goodbye my brethren, see you in the next one.