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This show is everything to me. It changed how I view life in general and I couldnt thank it more for taking me out of the dumps that I was when I started it. It was also my first anime so I might be biased but its honestly amazing and I would 100% recommend that everyone watches it. Yes its sad but it has a ton of happy moments and goofy moments too. Plus Sakuta might just be the most relatable MC ever lmao.
Mai is also one of if not my favorite anime girl to the point where she is my pfp and I have an actual figure of her sitting on my desk as im writing this lol.
So far all my friends who watched it say it was an amazing show and gave it a 10/10 and honestly if I ever find someone who didnt im actually curious as to why because its just that good (to me).
Ima go over the different arcs in order below:
The first one being Mai's arc which is
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really good mostly bcs we get to have a ton of screentime with her and Sakuta and there are just so many iconic moments for this specific arc that its insane. The thought of being forgotten by the whole world is terrifying and im glad Sakuta was able to save Mai from that horrible fate (also I need more bunny Mai)Moving on to Koga's arc which is
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also a pretty liked one by me bcs I am a fan of Koga. Her arc shows the length a person is willing to go to be with someone even if its on purpose or not (in her case not being on purpose). The scene where she finally accepted that Sakuta rejected her was brutal and I felt really bad for her but it seems that in the later movies and S2 that she is better and that those 2 are actually rlly close as friendsNext we got Futaba's arc which is
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really sad and a bit too real. Mostly because this is a problem that one of my friends once had and it took em really long to get past it and take it as a good thing. Having ur body grow and change at a fast pace can leave u dumbfounded and at a loss for words. You wont know if its a good thing or a bad thing and just like Futaba u want to search for validation (be it in the way she did or not) or just crawl in a hole and be depressed like my friend that I talked about. Also this is the arc that shows how real a friend Kunimi is. Bro got woken up at midnight and biked as fast as he could just because one of his best friends was down in the dumps. A true best friendUp next is Nodoka's arc which is
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an arc that I liked and I could relate to as well. I also have a bigger sister that is very smart and got a ton of very good grades and got a degree in cybernetics which is a big feat meanwhile I was always average and I had mediocre grades and what she considered easy I on the other hand struggled to understand. Nodoka is kinda similar to me in that sense as she looks up to Mai A LOT and it makes sense bcs Mai is her bigger sister that is EXTREAMLY successful to the point of being the GO TO model in Japan. Meanwhile she is struggling to get her idol career to rise beyond small events and underground concerts for a small group of people. Then when her puberty syndrome happens Nodoka and Mai switch bodies so Nodoka has to quickly learn how to be an actress whilst Mai has to learn the ways of an idol. But the big difference was that Mai learned the way really fast and Nodoka was still struggling to be more than mediocre. But the moment came that Mai did what she couldnt, and that is to get a a leading role in their next song and to have her mother say that she is proud of her. That scene hit like a truck and it was sad. Before they switch they get in this very emotional state and cry together eventually switching back to their normal bodies (ngl the switch animation was a bit disturbing lmao).And the last arc of S1 is Kaede's arc which is
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truly a really fkin sad one but nonetheless I couldnt relate as much to it because I dont have a younger sibling. BUT even tho I couldnt relate it was still brutal to think about. He spent all of his life with Kaede which is his sister then her puberty syndrome hit which made her loose ALL OF THE MEMORIES (she entered a state of constant amnesia at this point) and essentially become a totally different person (which I will call "Panda-Kaede" to not confuse the reader). What do you do in that situation I wouldnt even know where to begin besides cry. But ofc he got over it and started to warm up even more to Panda-Kaede which was 10x more clingy then previous Kaede was and now totally depends on her big bro to be well. And ofc to add more salt to the wound after years of him warming up to Panda-Kaede, puberty syndrome strikes again and her state of amnesia stops and she regains all her memories again but at the cost of the ones she had as Panda-Kaede including that whole personality.....fucking brutal. I would have prob: reset character, return to lobby, Alt + F4, commit fall damage etc (you get it). But Shouko being the biggest W of the century saves him and the rest is history.Im gonna leave some short thoughts about each character below:
Sakuta and Mai
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are two of the most perfect MC's in my vision and they are perfect for each otherKaede
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is too precious and must be protected at all cost and she must get lifetime access to pandasNodoka
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is a pretty relatable character if you have a bigger sibling that is better than you at stuff and I just like her overall there isnt much to itFutaba
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is the best side character one could have in a romance (im praying for her romance life)Kunimi
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is a HUGE W as a best friend to both Sakuta and FutabaKoga
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is cute and funny and I love how Sakuta keeps teasing her over her butt being too bigShouko is a subject for the movie review but she is also very peak
Synopsis: VERY good show and AMAZING plot and characters would 100% recommend and would watch again
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