Name: A series good at averageness, Characters good at being insecure & making bad decisions till a bitter sweet end. ~9.5/10
Item: White Album 2
Rating: 95
Author: SovietLo

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White Album 2

a review by SovietLo

SovietLo

1 year ago·Feb 16, 2025

/ 100

White album 2: Something So Special At Being Normal

This series is the kinda series that understands the viewer and what its like to have such strong feelings of attachment, It reminds me of great times I've had to leave behind and that is exactly what this series specializes in. Its such a normal thing but its hard to talk about and hard to get right in a story without being forced or upsetting.

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White album is the story of two loves brought together by another love interest with more selfishness and fear of being left out that allows her to wedge herself between an on going shy love story between two people who have slowly come to love each other through the most exceptionally normal means: indifference, and persistent communication that builds understanding and mutual growth... but this story is not about them but rather how their decisions that brought them together also forced them apart, brought them back together emotionally and separated them due to their commitments during the first time they spent apart. Its a story about a realistic love that can't continue due to friction, indecision and half hearted commitments to a future no one wanted or meant to create. So as true to life the story ends on a bittersweet note that leaves you wanting what could be... and the characters that could easily be self inserts create for a good reception from a lot of viewers

This was a well thought out story with clear experience, sentimentality made by someone who has yet to fully come to terms with an experience similar to this story. I don't doubt the like in this story that the outcome was accepted, but i don't think it will ever be forgotten or overcome.

I know everyone wants a good ending, but in this case, in this story... its not about the love its about the bad, the good and the future that creeps up on us all and how it can be unfair, terrible and leave you missing out on what could have been... to overcome and continue even after is the hard part, to share yourself and your effort, to build connections and have them destroyed, to finally clear a misunderstanding or fix the present to what you favor and still have it taken away in the end, this is what white album is to me. I connect with this a lot and I love some of the songs and the main fact they showed the whole set of songs as the series was building up to them, this was great but...

I'm going to be harsh on the playing as a musician, as the people that played even the "messed up" practice scenes for this anime on guitar were a bit too good... for the fact it sounded like someone who knows how to play and knows no mistakes anymore... its the nuances like fret buzz, accidentally muting the strings, losing tempo, getting stuck on the easy parts you never struggled with before, playing out of tune because your ears become indifferent to the tone when you play so long as the sound adjusts slightly from wear and tear, and not just playing one wrong note and starting over. I guess they wanted a story everyone could understand all the way through but this minor nit pick is what detours me from 10/10, but overall this is a minor thing i didn't mind looking past as its just a little irk for me soo my decision?... 9.5 great series overall