Do you want to talk about Anohana?

>>160489664
I didnt like it

If I wanted to talk about faeces I'd go hang out on /v/

>>160489664
Anohana is a member of a particular category of anime that is sort of formulaic. I can most easily illustrate this by lining it up with Your Name (though stuff like Kokoro Connect also comes to mind). Both start as boisterous romcoms and devolve into tear-jerking dramas, and both have strong fantasy elements that heighten that drama to right up around melodrama levels. Both are pretty mainstream, wide-appeal, while both still awkwardly flirt with sexual pandering. Both deal primarily with themes of star-crossed love.

It might be accurate to call this a subgenre of dramedy, but once you mix in the fantasy elements it almost seems like a fledgling mini-genre of its own. Thematically, it's just a step above soap opera, above romance porn, but not really challenging or insightful. Very mainstream, inoffensive fare that the author obviously bothered to try and put a well-appreciated bit of flair into.

Anyway, of the anime in that category, Anohana is probably my favorite. It has easily the strongest characterization, and the most nuance in its thematic exploration. I enjoyed it well enough.

I want to HUG Anohana.

I didn't like this show. The emotional beats were there but they didn't do anything for me. When I see something about friendship like this, I think I instinctively compare it to Little Busters and it just ends up falling short.