As someone who picked this up on a whim with no idea what I was getting in to, I have to say I’m very pleasantly surprised. The romantic premise is quite fresh, but what really made these first few episodes great was the setting. It made me feel a deep sense of nostalgia for a place I’ve never been.

I really need to reread these early parts cause I don’t remember all of those hints and revelations being thrown around as quickly and as plainly as they are here (this isn’t a critique, I genuinely forgot a lot from these chapters).

I promise I won’t be comparing the show with manga every time (I really enjoy it as its own thing!) but man, I do think they dropped the ball with some of the missing scenes this time. We lost on some fun character interactions and pretty important developments/hints for characters, setting and the mystery itself.
I really hope they’ll come back to some of that stuff as few of the omissions hurt the show in my opinion.

Alright, rant over.

Another pretty episode and one with my girl Xiaohei too boot! I love her, especially in this voiced and animated version.
I forgot to mention it last week but I was surprised they decided to go with a wholly separate VA for Kujirai B. It makes the distinction between the two even stronger than it felt (for me) in the manga form. I wonder if this is a deliberate choice suggested by the author or something the studio came up with.
Either way, I don’t mind one bit.

It’s been a while since I watched an ongoing series so it’s nice to start with something I enjoy.

That sure was a way to start an episode of anime.