Knowing that her shy best friend Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on Takayuki Narumi, Mitsuki Hayase befriends the boy to facilitate her friend's love. As the three become friends, Haruka confesses her love to Takayuki, who accepts her feelings because he does not want to hurt her. But as Haruka and Takayuki become closer, Takayuki and Mitsuki realize their feelings for one another.
Then tragedy strikes, and things are never again the same.
What will happen because of the choices made in the wake of this tragedy?
Description by: DokiDokiChan
High School. The place where it all usually starts. Friendships, Rivalries, Love and the like.
But, haven't you ever wondered what happens after they leave school behind?
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien starts out as a somewhat typical School Life anime, replete with the matching students and simple love angle and such, but then it masterfully twists the story into a chain of events that will rival any existing real-time drama out there. It depicts the harsh reality of Love and Regret, and goes beyond the usual fairy tale ending of most School Life Romances. The story focuses on 3 people, a boy and two girls, and how they deal with their situation from their high school days up to the present. A simple plotline, yet its twists is what sets it apart from all other romance anime out there.
The Characters are well-defined. This meaning they're set as real people, with no evident stereotypes prevalent in most animes. (e.g. the pretty boy, the uber-beautiful girl etc.) Although at first glance the characters may seem to fall under a specific stereotype, as the story progresses, they reveal themselves in a new light, making them seem more human than most. Almost all of the side characters are important in some way. (The two waitresses are an exception.. Somewhat .. :D) Definitely one of the more finer points of the anime.
Rating:
I'm not really an artist, so I can only criticize an anime's based on my preferences. For me, the art was
okay. Not that it needs to be computer generated or such, but that an anime that relies heavily on its story for its
plot doesn't necessarily need lots of flashy art in order to appeal to the audience :) I like the fact that they
didn't overdetail the characters, the surroundings etc.
Simple and Clean. :)
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The sound, if you're an anime-lover with varied taste for music, and who enjoys flair in the musical score, then
this anime is satisfactory at its best. The various BG songs hit the emo factor where it counts, and the use of the
piano in its OSTs, specifically the ending, is heartbreaking -_- Most notable among the songs would be Rumbling Hearts which is the 2nd ending song, and Kimi
ga nozumu Eien which is the last ED. Both of these songs fit their respective scenes in terms of feeling. The
style/rhythm is not exceptional, but it does give a nice feel to the story. :)
I wouldn't want to spoil the anime by enumerating all the good scenes, so I'll leave that to the viewers
:)
Rating:
The beauty of the arrangement of its events is that the story makes you guess what has happened, instead of serving it
up straight. It presents the details, slowly, one at a time, so as to make you anticipate the next time another detail
is presented. Occaisionally this style makes you fell like shouting, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS PIECE OF
S***?!", but this works in its favor :)
NOTE: I was not the one who said that, it was my anime-freak friend. ;)
All in all, in its brief 13 episodes, the anime manages to present a realistic love story that is unlike any love story out there. For those looking for a love story that deviates from the usual giddy-type animes that make you feel good, this is the story for you. For those who can't appreciate the beauty of this story, stay away, else you make comments that are based on your bias :D :D
p.s. There isn't really a lot of humour involved in the story, but in every episode, after the ending song, there is a 30 sec flick that usually involves the two useless waitresses in the story. They serve as comic relief, and should be seen as "intermissions" :D
Rating:
9.1667 (very good)
Reviewed by Tempestchron, May 31, 2007
When I first watched this anime I somewhat hated it. Not because of the plot, which was good, but the main character. He IS still a jerk to me. I don't know why this piece of trash did what he did in the end :), but well...
Still I can't wait to see an OVA Haruka's Road. And yeah I agree with your final note. :)
^ I agree with you on your point on the main charac. :)
He is a selfish SOB after all, because he wants the best of both worlds.. :) (I wouldn't want to spoil the anime
with details lol :D)
OVA! I want to see it too. :D
I couldn't stand this show. It tries so hard to be serious, but ultimateiy,that's what brings it down. If I want drama, I'll watch actual live action shows. Not this crap. The characters were unbelievable in everything they did, and in a show where everything is character-driven, that makes KGNE from bad to worse.
And somehow, the waitresses made that even worse.
To what Ky said, DITTO. This anime tries too hard and fails to deliver. It's a low quality substitute for some good live action asian dramas.
As for the review, your ratings are heavily skewed and the descriptions are uninformative. You may want to edit before the review mod gets to it.
Okay then, Ill modify this to suit this site's standards. But I'd like to point out that this is an anime and not exactly a real-life TV drama. I'm basing my review on that fact, and not comparing it to live-action dramas. I'll admit that the live-actions are way better since the actors can fully liven up the characters with quality acting, but I can't see why KGNE deserves a lower appreciation value just because of that..
Anyway, I'll revise this anyway, since I didn't put quite that big of an effort in it. :)
Thanks for the input. (its my first time btw :D)
I hate that anime....If I recall someone rated this anime 1.0.
Heh. Some like it, some don't. Its a matter of personal taste. :)
uhm......
im about to watch this anime...and from wat i see, there seems to be extremely opposing opinions about it...
hmm...i gotta see this (if someone wud just let me...)...
nwei, gud review. THANK YOU for not giving spoilers.hehe
well the series makes me sad so I don't appreciate it much.
I love this series. But that's probably because I went through something very, very similar to it (where I would have played Mitsuki if this were real). It's a very touching story, one that really, really gets you screaming, crying, shouting, hating and loving the characters. In almost every episode, I screamed at the guy. He still gets on my nerves.
ok, I love this anime to death and I can somehow relate to this anime but not alot.
I mean, I kept on getting mad at some of the characters for acting stupid and everything.
They all had to suffer or something like that, but I still liked it very much.
I dont think of it as good anime...aside from the story deviations
It's somehow okay to watch but not recommended
like the story
Thanks for the review!
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