– recommended by Noosrat Tasneem Will You Marry Me Again if You Are Reborn? Apart from one cross-dressing incident and the embedded exaggeration of the shōjo genre, Anohana is a very intriguing watch.” The visuals are eye-catching, as you’d expect from the creators of Toradora! and Your Name. “Teenage love, the subsequent unease, the grief of losing someone so early, and the consequent effect of that on each of them unfold like a line of dominoes. But after all these years, she’s back at Jintan’s place, and in an effort to make her wish come true, the old friends meet again and rummage through their secrets and guilt.
Menma died 5 years ago, and with her died the childhood friendship of the Super Peace Busters. – recommended by Seeam Marjan Anohana: The Flower We Saw that DayĪnohana follows a group of high school students grappling with their past, lost friendship, complicated emotions, and one lost friend. It reduced me to a sobbing mess in less than 2 minutes near the end.” “Hotarubi no Mori e tries to show how the desire to love and be loved transcends the restrictions of age and kind. The story keeps you engaged throughout its 44-minute runtime through the slight yet significant developments in the characters’ relationship. The reason behind this is made clear by the emotional rollercoaster of an ending. Hotarubi no Mori e is a short film about the love of two individuals - a human girl and a spirit who resides in a forest - which is supposedly ‘forbidden’. – recommended by Noosrat Tasneem Hotarubi no Mori e For those of you who were stricken by the tragic ending of YLA, this might redeem your heart.” The concepts of first love, of discovering yourself through that experience, are explored with extreme care and complemented by comedic elements. “On the surface, Kimi no Todoke might seem like your generic shōjo anime with the shy girl and the popular boy falling in love, but it goes much deeper than that.
But since the essence of YLA is coming-of-age romance, it fits on a different ground. Kimi no Todoke wouldn’t be your first pick when thinking about Your Lie in April.
Genres: Coming-of-age, romance, slice of life And for those of you who are pining for something just as soul-crushing as Your Lie in April, here follows a list of devastatingly heart-breaking anime and manga that the Toron team has come together to curate. April, with the scent of spring giving into summer, brings back the memory of her lie. But even in this withering pink blossom, with summer in the breeze, many of us are reminded of the “lie” that Kaori wove just for Kōsei. In a normal year, April would probably bear witness to the remnant of the hanami custom (an ancient tradition of appreciating the transient beauty of flowers).