By far the biggest surprise of the past season was Natsuiro Kiseki. I mean, it looked like an unoffensive series about four girl who live together, like a Tamayura light or something. The end result being so damn good though… I did not expect that. Natsuiro Kiseki turned out to be completely different from Tamayura. And even better.
So, this series is about this very sadistic rocks that takes the wishes of a bunch of teenaged girls and grants them in a way that troubles all of them. It’s pretty much a writer’s excuse to throw all sorts of wacky situations at the lead cast, like making them invisible or getting the literally stuck at each other. What makes this show so good is how well it makes use of this.
All of the rocks diabolical plans force the characters to develop, grow closer together, face things they have been avoiding, all sorts of stuff lfike that. It’s also a great way to flesh them out and makes for some really varied episodes in which there is always something interesting happening. This transforms a show that could have been just another group of stereotypical girls to a heart-warming full fledged character study with well rounded characters.
There are two main weaknesses with this series. The first is that it’s obviously forced: the characters are always put into the situations most convenient for their development. In this context, I didn’t really mind that though. No, the biggest flaw of this series that I can find is that it can be a bit overacted at times. The characters themselves are easy to create drama, and while they act very subtle on some occasions, on others they just try to hard. But heck, this was incredibly heart-warming in any case and a very enjoyable series from start to finish regardless.
| Storytelling: | 9/10 – A versatile series and uses its own plot devices wonderfully for the points it wants to make. |
| Characters: | 9/10 – Well developed characters who are continually challenged and forced into coming to terms with their issues. |
| Production-Values: | 8/10 – Sunrise solid animation and production values. |
| Setting: | 8/10 – Juts based on one summer holiday and some local folklore. Works well though. |
Suggestions:
– Hana-Saku Iroha
– Sasami Mahou Shoujo Club
– Windy Tales
Subarasi!!!!!!
I thought that the biggest flaw is characters… which are really hard to like? I can’t really explain it, but it’s ironic that the four are really a group in real life…
Which of the four main girls is your favorite?
This is the first ‘four girls do stuff’ anime that I’ve liked.
It’s interesting that the actual fans of that genre generally disliked it.
hahaha…Anca i know rite…..been looking at other website review of the series most of the general fan of this genre disliked it….for me kinda like it a lot….