Finished watching Anohana (What I think of it)

Finally after eleven long weeks, Ano Hana or Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai has finished at my anime club, and the last episode did deliver in making my react in the way I hoped it would..... It made me cry. I had heard from other people who had seen it before that it had this effect on some people, and I'm glad it made me react this way.

Good point; This is a beautiful yet simple looking anime, with fitting music and a story that pulls at your heart strings at the right moments as well as it being relatable, even if it isn't 100% you could still feel for each character as he or she went through their ordeal.

Bad points; Although the story was bitter-sweet and I did enjoy it, I felt it was a tad bit rushed, maybe another few episodes would have allowed a better back story for some of the characters I felt pushed to the back when it's show they could have had a bigger role. Even the ones who the show did focus around, I did feel like one of them had his back story but on hold until the very last episode.

Although the main characters are teenagers, this feels more aimed at adults who have lived their life a little and are able to look back and see if which character they could relate to more with their past selves.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes a sad but happy ending story with highly relatable characters.

Rating;
Story - 7/10
Characters - 8/10
Music - 9/10
Pacing - 8/10
Style - 9/10

Overall - 8/10

 

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But yeah. Ano Hana hit me in ways that only a few anime ever have.
It's normally anime by KEY like Clannad, Angel Beats etc that hit me in such a way, but Ano Hana came pretty darn close to the extreme.
Either way, it was an anime I certainly loved and always will.
When the music from it comes on my Ipod when it's on Shuffle, I always get that twinge of emotion back, every single time. XD