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Ouran High School Host Club STAR DRIVER Steins;Gate Suzumiya Haruhi Sword Art Online true tears Categories Anime News Best of Anime Blast From The Past Final Impressions First Impressions Manga Miscellaneous My Way or the Anime OVA/Movie Podcast PV Random Musings Retrospective Look Season Preview Season Schedule Series Introduction Snapshots Soundtrack Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. – 07 »« Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Boku- tachi wa Mada Shiranai. – 05 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. – 06 Filed under Anohana, First Impressions by Kiiragi | 129 Comments (Wasurete Wasurenaide) “Forget It, Don’t Forget” When I was still going from K-12, after a summer break, the weeks before school started would make me feel like a man. I would think, “this year’s going to be different,” because I was somehow much cooler than I was three months ago. Then first day arrives, and I go through exactly what Jinta does. I’m in control, nobody can faze me, and I strut across school feeling like a boss. Year after year, the results are the same. The feelings go away after a couple days, maybe even hours, and I’m back to lamenting my lack of awesome. So, rather than Jinta getting any attention, he’s met with Anjou’s new-found rumors of being your local japanese highschool prostitute, presumably spread by her so-called friends. I did not see this coming (though I probably should have). However, the “friends” seem to show utter sympathy for her, and there the highschool evils are left hanging for another time I suppose. Adrenaline was definitely coursing through my veins wanting to yell out in front of the class myself if I were there, but Jinta’s the man in succeeding my wishes and doing it anyway. He just… kind of fumbled a bit too much there. I figured there’d be some major love love points raised for the tsundere, but it turned out to be short lived. Will their love ever kindle before the series is over? It must have been years since anyone visited Menma’s house, and although they were short scenes, it said something about Menma’s mother. Other than unintentionally becoming the reason for Menma to cry again, her melancholic expression towards Jinta was a reminder that even though everyone feels they are at some fault for Menma’s death, the public somehow pins it all on Jinta. For Menma’s mother, I don’t think it’s hate, but more of lingering doubt. She wants to believe that he didn’t do it, but can’t help but scratch at the belief that it just may be possible Jinta’s the “killer.” Or maybe that was just a sad face in general. Bah. While the show mainly focuses on the group, I hope Menma’s parents eventually get the peace they need. Incidentally, while there are tons of ideas for what Menma’s wish is, I kind of want to be ignorant and keep it somewhat a surprise, even though the important thing is for it to have an ultimate meaning. It’s a weird thought having Menma as a kid come up with a wish that has some deep truths to it several years later, but I guess she wouldn’t have come back as a ghost if it weren’t meaningful. Obtaining the diary is definitely a step closer to the truth, but if she was as lazy as I was in committing to diaries, there might not be an entry on that day. Then again, Tsuruko realizing that the meeting at the hut was all Menma’s idea surely increases the possibility. Also, I’m still not sure if Tsuruko likes Yukiatsu or not. How she came off to those two girls could be interpreted both ways. But lol at Yukiatsu making a casual joke about himself in public. Perverts running around. Hah. Dude’s got an awesome sense of humor. I’ve noticed Jinta’s having a bit of trouble with what he thinks and what he does. What he narrates seems perfectly clear, and it’s obvious he’s avoiding the pain that still resides within, but his emotions still get the better of him, stagnating the development between himself and Menma. It’s getting a bit old by now, but it fits his NEET-like nature, reverting back to what’s comfortable whenever he finds trouble. Even so, the episode ends on a bright note. The nosebleed confusion was a clever take on the classical joke of getting them as a metaphor for a turn on. I found it particularly funny because nosebleeds don’t typically have a place in “serious” anime nor are they considered realistic, yet Anjou believes it as if it were an every day occurence. I believe there are even editorial articles written on the possibility of such a thing. Answer’s no by the way. First spread of Anohana! Preview Tweet 9 0 May 20, 2011 at 6:27 am 129 comments » May 20, 2011 at 6:35 amPaultassium link 2 BEST ANIME THIS SEASON!! May 20, 2011 at 7:04 amRichard link 0 Yeah, this show it’s on a whole new tier by itself. It’s not even fair. May 20, 2011 at 8:36 amSee Key link 0 More like most overrated show this season or really most overreated since DBZ. And for the record I’ve watched every episode except this one. Each episode was pretty bad except episode 5 which I have to admit was pretty awesome and made all the 4 bad episodes worth it. But really, half the cast are just written really horrible for a show that tries to be realistic, and it’s not helping that two of those flawed characters are the most important (Jinta and Menma). May 20, 2011 at 9:54 amRichard link 1 I simply disagree on both your points. DBZ was not overrated, it was awesome. May 20, 2011 at 10:41 amAlec link 0 @ Richard: I’ve no idea s to what the hell you’re talking about! the story is great, & they DEVELOP every characters in every episode. Anohana will problably just one of those typical animes — like what you’re used to — if they ONLY focused on 2 characters: Menma & Jinta. Why the hatin’, man? just simply drop it if it doesn’t suit your taste May 20, 2011 at 10:44 amAlec link 0 sorry I meant that for See-Key, not you Richard… My bad. Now, if there’s only some way to delete my 2nd post -_- May 20, 2011 at 12:27 pmRicalloo link 0 Yeah, I’m with Richard on both. This is Probably the best anime this season… and DBZ was awesome. Of course I started watching anime in the 90s when DBZ was still new to Westerners… so maybe just nostalgia lingering. May 20, 2011 at 1:34 pmren link 1 @ See Key This show’s flaw is the same as Toradora!’s flaw (unsurprising, because it’s done by the same people): I really don’t give a shit about the two main characters. The rest are really awesome, but the main two… they’re a step up from Taiga and Ryuuichi, but that is currently not saying very much. Even so, I still stamp this show with best of the season because it’s really well-executed. May 20, 2011 at 1:39 pmxcswmboy link 0 DBZ was only overrated AFTER they brought it to the States and dubbed it and cut out a bunch of stuff. DBZ is a classic awesomeness like the One Piece of the past. @See-Key: If you don’t consider the cast of AnoHana to be realistic, then what would you consider realistic. EVERY other anime has horribly unrealistic characters as compared to AnoHana. Humans are chaotic and contradictory and emotional and horribly stupid at times, and I think AnoHana portrays that in a very raw style. May 20, 2011 at 5:35 pmSee Key link 0 Wow… This is hilarious. Here I was talking about how this show is overrated, and not even half a day since then you guys nearly filled the page trying to defend it. Seriously, you know something’s overrated when people are so edgey about protecting it’s “greatness”. I never said that this anime is horrible BTW, just that it’s (in my opinion of course) far less as great as people make it and that it definately has some major flaws. As for what I don’t like about it, honestly there are lots of reasons really. Too much in fact for someone lazy like me to write, so I’ll just summerize; I think everything about Popo and Jinta’s character is written horribley. Menma, while basically realistic for her position as a child-like ghost is just annoying I guess.