delta16 - 2013-11-17 16:58:54

When I started this anime I really thought I was going to like it - but for me halfway through I completely lost interest. Boring.

Animation is excellent, the world they are in really looks alive and beautiful. I liked it a lot.
The sound was good. It had some traditional Japanese music in there, which I really liked.

The Characters were OK, I'm sure I would have liked them a lot better if the story hadn't been so boring. I just didn't care about them.

I enjoyed the first half of the series a lot, but as I said it just became extremely boring to me after that. I love romance anime, but I just didn't care about these characters, so I wasn't interested.

dicki.carissa - 2013-04-05 03:33:49

True Tears

True Tears, is one of those Anime you stumble upon every other millennia, it's a hidden gem over shadowed by other Anime in the same genre as well as other P.A Works show's such as Angel Beats and Another.  True Tears has 13 episodes, with a few spin off and specials. It served as P.A. Works' first Anime and has some amazing, above average animation to back that up. The show itself was directed by Junji Nishimura, who has also directed shows such as Ranma 1/2, Samurai deeper kyo and Dog Days' making him a fairly experienced director. 

Setting

True Tears is set in modern day Japan, based in a town close to the ocean and is loosely based off the Toyama prefecture in Japan. I loved this setting, as it actually emerged me due to how realistic the setting was. I liked how it was set near the sea, mainly because most Harem's you find now a days are basically set in the same settings all of the time (that being a generic town, with a generic high school and an oh so pretty girl the protagonist is after). With the setting being close to the sea and beach, it really opened up what is usually a very boring, minute surrounding.

Story

Now, before I go into any details about the story, you must first understand that True Tears is an adaptation of a Visual Novel of the same name. As you know, visual novels allow you, the player, to make choices and go down different routes for a certain ending. Because of this, there are multiple endings and people tend to argue about which endings are better. This leaves Anime adaptation's with a huge role of pulling off an route that everyone likes, as well as making it interesting to watch at the same time. 
True Tears excels in this department, it manages to follow one particular route, but making everyone else happy by the way they go about doing so. 

Now, finally I can talk about the story. The story revolves around the main protagonist (like many other anime) who goes by the name of Shinichiro Nakagami. He goes to school, he has friends and he also dances. The story is about how he meets a strange, chicken loving "weirdo" called Noe Isurugi. Noe puts a curse on Shinichiro, leaving him to find a "cure" for this curse. I want to leave the story as that, because I want YOU, yes you to go find out the story for yourself, rather than letting me tell you here.

Why would I want you to go watch the story? because I absolutely loved it! It was well scripted and covered many of the best areas from the visual novel. The story explored each character in great depth and brought you to care for all of them and does so effectively. I beg of you, GO WATCH THIS ANIME.

Characters

The Characters tend to be the most important feature to most Anime, particularly in Harems. So the characters in True Tears are equally as important. The problem with most Harems is that the protagonists tend to be as interesting as a bar of soap. This however is not the case in True Tears.

Shinichiro is actually likeable and relatable and is most important of all, interesting. You actually end up caring for the guy, rather than just expecting woman to come his way. Sure it does happen, it is a harem at the end of the day, however when it does you're not too sure how to react, leaving you, the viewer in the same state of mind as Shinichiro. I liked Shinichiro, he was great and acted as a human being, not a vegetable.

Often looked over in most harem's is the main protagonist's best friend who is usually branded as a "baka" you know, Sunohara from Clannad, Taisuke from School days. The "baka" in True Tears is actually better then most protagonists from other series. Miyokichi Nobuse is a good friend of Shinichiro, rather than looking at breast's all the time and declaring that he is going to get some. Miyokichi actually gets some which adds to the story and helps progress Miyokichi's character.

I want to explain more about the other 3 characters (that being the girls) however I want to let you, discover them and fall in love with their personalities just as much as I did.

Animation

Being P.A. Works, you can already assume that the animation is going to be above average, True Tears is no exception, the contrast of colours, the flow of the animation, everything seems to work and does beautifully so. I have nothing else to say on the animation other than it's great.

Music

True Tears had a great orchestral soundtrack, that relied heavily on pianos, violins and many other orchestral instruments that sinked in perfectly with the tone of the anime. The opening song Reflectia by eufonius is a personal favourite of mine, mainly because it reminds me of the fun I had watching the show. The ending on the other hand is rather average and is nothing special in my own opinion. 

Enjoyment

I loved watching True Tears, it has to be in my opinion the most enjoyable thing to watch, the character's draw you in, the story captivates you and plays with your emotions, I was completely hooked and loved every second of it. I've even re-watched the series 3 times because of how easy it is to watch!

Final Verdict

True Tears is a gem, a really great find in todays sea of shit. I wish there were more visual novel adaptations like this! True Tears is one of my personal favourites because of how well it tells it's very own story and distinguishes itself from its visual novel counterpart.

True Tears gets a very respectable 8 out of 10 for it's amazing animation, enthralling characters and entrancing story.