Review of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Ano Hana is a journey. I have rarely cried in anime, but something written with such a delicate and raw material such as the death of a child, when done with all that respect and consideration, it reaches the heart. Ano Hana is such a story, we get to see how all the characters have survived through the death of their friend hiding emotions that shamed them and clearly having died themselves. The story was divided between all the six friends in a way that you could come to understand all of them well enough. The last episode wraps things up in a way thatis realistic and will leave you bawling with a smile on your face. Therefore both story and character development where given the attention that required to make this anime a masterpiece.

The soundtrack played a vital part, the ending especially was used in the right moments and leftyou with a sense of wanting more. The sound played with the audience emotions and the voice actors gave their all. I watched the series in Italian and i think they did a splendid job, the japanese cast was also well suited, as I happened to watch two episodes in the original language since I couldn't find them in italian.

Overall this anime is not to be passed and I truly enjoyed every episode, ever getting bored. I look forward to watching the movie in Menma's point of view.