Fuuka

Before reading this review, please know that I have not read the manga and have no interest in reading it. I've seen some reviews bashing the anime because it did not follow the manga step by step. Maybe I'd agree with them if I knew the original story but honestly I do not care. This is a review on the anime, not a review on how it compares to the manga. Story: 5 Fuuka tells the story of a timid high school student, Yuu Haruna who is absolutely obsessed with Twitter, constantly tweeting his thoughts and activities. One day while out, fate plays its role when Yuu bumps into our main female of the story, Fuuka Akitsuki. What begins as two school mates stuck in a bundle of misunderstandings quickly turns into a band of talented friends who decide to chase dreams of stardom. Unfortunately the music aspect of this show seems overshadowed by drama that only high school students would have so instead of witnessing the rise of rock stars, I saw mere speckles of light walking on rocks. There is an emphasis of romance highlighted throughout the show but I found it frustrating and typical. Art: 6 As for the art style, little amazes me but nothing disappoints because I had no expectations. The most eye catching moments were when the band performed which is always nice to see in an anime about music. Settings do very little as I sometimes forgot whether the group were in a garage or cafe. All in all, pretty average. Sound: 6 It does take a while to witness the true sounds (meaning the band performing) in the show. As I listened to the songs you first encounter, I thought everything was okay. Fuuka's singing does throw me off because of how different she sounds but it's pretty common when you are trying to produce a noise that sounds pleasant so I got over it. When I got far enough into the story, I did replay some performances as I thought they were catchy. All in all, the music I did hear was the type I could vibe with; even though I always skipped passed the opening and ending for the show. Character: 5 Eh. I don't hate any of the members of the band but I gotta say that the two MC's, Fuuka and Haruna are my least favorite. I found it very sad because they did it to themselves. Instead of just focusing on what really mattered, these two gave me such headaches as they ignored problems and kept their emotions bottled up. If you told me they weren't in high school I wouldn't believe you. As for the rest of the band members and famous pop stars that you see, I had no problem with their characters. If it wasn't for them, I would've lost interest long ago. Enjoyment: 5 I'm trying to convince myself that I liked the show but I can't help but be relieved about finishing this mess. It actually started off okay and I was genuinely interested in it too but that spark of interest quickly died as with each week came a new episode. I probably would like the manga more but I still have no cares for it, even after the show's conclusion. Overall: 5 I do know that if this show focused more on the music side of things and less on the high school love drama, I would've enjoyed it a bit more. The story, art, and sound was all okay but none of it was enough to really feed my appetite for entertainment. I thought this was going to be a great show so that's probably why I kept at it. Oh well, on to the next one.

I watched this show not knowing what to expect and was throughly drawn in wanting more. I started watching it when only 2 episodes were out and I wanted more. Another week passed and I felt the same way so much so that I did something I had never done before; I jumped to reading the manga. I read the manga to chapter 80 before the next episode was out. While I noted small changes the anime made, early on, I didn't have any idea how drastic the deviation from the manga would be I ended up reading so much of the manga that I was eagerly waiting for events to occur in the anime. I got upto date on the manga release (148 chapters) before this anime finished season 1 and I have to say that the manga is way better. The manga has maybe 4+ seasons worth of Fuuka the animation and while drastically different and at times very sad, it is much better. I think I rated this anime higher than I should have, but that is because the manga lends appeal to it. While this show might really be a 6, the manga is a 9. I'm glad I finished it, but I won't watch the second season, it would just bring down my feelings for Fuuka the Manga; the 1st manga I have ever read.

I think this anime is very good, especially out of his manga zone, I think this is a unique case in the world of anime manga out of line, so there is no word "spoiler" and my prediction season 2 Fuuka will die and continue to track his manga again, so the anime storyline longer. I disagree only because of the difference of the original manga anime suddenly rating Fuuka so drop, especially the anime presents the songs that I think are good for the anime genre band. until graduation season 1 I still enjoy the anime storyline, so I personally think anime is supposed ratings of 7.8 / 8.0 as this really unique out of the path of the manga. CMIIW

Okey I keep it short You know those anime with 1 main girl that always end up with the other mc and the other nice girl is just forgotten yeah this is one of those anime but then it has a band. Opening: AMAZING!! need to admit Characters: 6/10 I only like the other three band members gotta hate the mc tho Plot: Shit, it's about a band that is just randomly formed and goes immediately down after there second concert Art: It's good i like how the eyes are drawed it reminds me of kurisu eyes It also has that weird blue theme going on there, I dont really like it but it's oke So should you watch it? I say give it a try only if you like that band thing. The other parts of the anime we all know from other anime.

Fuuka... I've read the manga first, because I knew how society viewed this anime, and once I finished reading the manga (which I reviewed as well), I immediately jumped to watch the adaptation, expecting disappointment, and to be honest, I expected a lot worse. Story The first I'd say half of the anime pretty much follows the manga, which was fairly pleasant. I was starting to enjoy it, looking forward how they might adapt some future scenes. However, the studio probably knew beforehand this wouldn't get any more seasons, so they had to make a full story in just 12 episodes, so I can see why they had to change a lot of things to make the anime feel complete. But I'd say, this approach wasn't as good as they might have thought. I'm really trying here to be unbiased here, because I really loved the manga, but I guess I can't really help myself in some ways. There is a really major plot twist in manga which sets up to story for the whole series, and pushes its characters to grow, but in the anime, this plot twist is completely thrown out of the window and replaced with a forced cliche romance drama without any foreshadowing. It's a red flag in all entertainment medium to make characters act differently than their personality directs without any explanation or character development, just for the plot, and that's exactly what this anime did. It made up a character, presented its personality, and then just made the character act like a completely different character, and if you'd have read the manga, you'd be utterly disgusted how much they have butchered this character, just for the sake of plot development. I'm glad they cut out some of those stupid "falling face first into boobs" scenes, even though not all of them. I really liked the ending. If I wouldn't read the manga, I'd feel completely satisfied, and I think having a nicely wrapped up story at the end is a crucial element for a good ending. Even though we didn't get to see all the hardships the band had to go through, it's nice to see how they ended up. Art Pleasant to look at. It's not anything remarkable, but I'd say it worked out well. The concert scenes don't have a lot of choreography in them, but for example the drums are animated nicely. Sound I was really looking forward to hearing those songs I never had a chance to hear in the manga, for a few exceptions, there weren't even any lyrics, so I was wondering if they'll somehow match my imagination, and they actually did. Songs were really drum and guitar heavy, giving you the sense of hype, which is so important in the manga. However, it felt a bit weird to hear Fuuka's really high pitch voice when she talks and then suddenly change into a grown up woman who has a deeper voice than some males out there. And then there is the background music. I don't know if I would be happier if there was none, but most of it were just generic melodies you hear in most of your rom-com series, which was a bit disappointing considering it's a music anime. It didn't really pull me out of the experience, but I guess I just had my expectations way to high. Also, I couldn't keep up the count of how many times mostly Haruna said "huh?". That's what I call a shitty dialog script. Characters Because they chose to change the main plot twist which forced the characters grow, there isn't much character development. Haruna does get over his phone addiction and makes friends, but he's still that wimpy crybaby he was at the start. Mikasa is still kinda cool, but we didn't get to see some of my favorite scenes with him, because of the story line change. Nachi is Chad, just like in the manga, so I have no complaints there. He actually seemed like he was most passionate about the band, so that was a nice addition. Sara went through the most character development I'd say. From being rude, to talkative and kind, and from loving Haruna, to not giving a single fuck about his love life, which was a bit confusing to see actually. Overall It's really hard to be unbiased here. I don't know if I'd enjoy this show without reading the manga first, but I'd say the adaptation could have been way worse. It's a shame they didn't have the budget to make an adaptation of the whole story, but hey, that's the anime industry for ya. I hate to say it to you only anime watchers, but read the fricking manga man... *SPOILER SECTION* Even though I hate the change of the main plot twist, it was nice to see an alternative universe in which Fuuka stays alive and gets to live a happy life she deserves with her precious band and Haruna. If I wasn't thrown off by all the bullshit that happened, it would maybe even make me cry to see her so happy.

Why you might watch this: If you're in an Ecchi mood. The opening song is catchy and sounds good in English or Japanese. Fan-service. Suzuka and Fuuka. Two blue-haired babes in one show should count for something. You're watching it in Japanese so it might be slightly better than the dub. Why you might not want to watch this: Heavy-handed plot where it's really easy to see/feel every cog turning and broke the immersion for me. Things just happen because the writer couldn't be bothered to come up with anything better. Character development takes a back seat to convenience. There are so many coincidences and inexplicable realizations without the characters doing any work or growing. But other than the paint-by-numbers love triangle story, zero character development, side-lining potentially the most interesting characters (none of which are main characters) the production values aren't bad. All Glamor (right down to the annoying eye-shadow everybody wears) and no substance. Possibly one memorable song, which you could just listen to on YouTube. So.... You want a good music anime? Classical: Nodame Cantabile, Your Lie in April or the first twelve episodes of Forest of Piano. Even Primo Passo, the violin girl with the reverse harem of beautiful boy musicians is much better than Fuuka. Jazz: Kids on The Slope Pop/folk/rap: Carole and Tuesday. Rock: NANA and BECK. Nodame Cantabile and Your Lie in April have two of the four 10's I've awarded after watching 252 anime and NANA is in my top 30. Happy Hunting! -Led

I see too mutch people hating on this anime. As a bass lover, I live for those 4-8 chords on the beginning of some of the songs you are about to listen. I also love how they captured the drums. It's a anime about music that it's pleasant to watch even that it is not the best one, it can give you an awesome time. So I reccomend to sit down, relax, and enjoy, this musical High School drama ANIME BIO: Yuu Haruna is a transfer student that is addicted to Twitter, but some day, by accident, he will have an encounter that will change his life STORY: 3 I just ended rewatching it, as I see it, the Story gets a 3 at best. I mean, it's the most cliché thing you can encounter in a High School drama. Has so many characters conveniently introduced. But it has some moments worth of watching, and also there are no history gaps, that's also a thing to apreciate. In the end, the history is simple (so it's easy to follw, but also easy to get bored of) but with some cliché and convenient "problems" on the way. The story is short (12 episodes) but also it manages to stick in some drama to make you care, even a little, about what will happen next. Also manages to put all the complete story in those 12 episodes, with no open or confusing ending or something like that. ART: 7 The Art it's not bad the scene in episode one with Fuuka in the roof it's very good, and in the rest of the anime there level of animation is good too, it's not breathtaking, but does not have any major flaw. Overall I can't give it anything else then a 7 SOUND: 8 The most important one, sound, how does this anime about high school studdents enjoying music sound? It sounds awesome, it sounds very good, I can't give it less then a 8, some songs gave me chills, all the instruments where accurately represented and both singer's voices where not bad at all. I can't give them more since even that some of the songs where good, none of them made me stand up and dance or wanted to download it, but listening them in the moment they are putted in (the perfect moment) it's something that I really enjoyed. CHARACTER: 7 Each character is presented in their own way, they have their own motto, and their own taste, Fuuka does not stop of being the energetic person that she is even when she struggles with herself, the other characters have their own backstory that is simple to comprehend, even tho they are presendted at the exact right timming they are needed, witch makes it look a little bit forced, that's the reason that I can't give the characters more then a 7. There are also "coincidences" that are too damn perfect to give the characters more then a 7. Not to spoil, but each time any main character needs a "push" something happens exactly when needed (I know that's very, very common in animes to have a reson to put that "character development" somewhere, but this time they where so perfecty timed, it made look less "real") Also, I saw lots of people complaining about how they made some unreasonable decisions, but I think that's the thing, they are high school students, they are trying to find they way out, even if it reasonably may look like the craziest and dumbest idea, they give it a try (and since Fuuka is so energic, it does not look that much forced the way they develop, witch is ironic because there is a momment when they all agree that Fuuka forced all of them to make it into the group). ENJOYMENT: 9 I did watch it for the first time long time ago, and suddenty remembered it, so I decided to re-watch it, and I did not regret it, sure the show it's not perfect, but I had a great time just enjoying some Twitter addict get hit so hard it could have breaked his neck, for looking at panties when he shouldn't. Jokes aside, it felt good to watch, and I personally enjoyed it a lot. The protagonist had his moment to shine, the childhod friend had her chance of seeing if she was or was not "the one" and the girl that couldn't understand her emotions did find a way to put them in words. (Witch it's cliché, "everything ends fine", but what else do you want. I wouldn't want to see every drama end like Plastic Memories, Air or even Assassination Classroom, some times I enjoy a drama with a happy ending) OVERALL: 8 It's a very good show to just watch and relax, enjoy and have a nice time. It's not the best music anime, not even close (Given and Nana are far way better) but it finds a way to give you a great time, a series really worth to watch. So overall it's a great show that everyone can enjoy!

Yes its full of cliches, I don't really appreciate a forced relationship... but I enjoyed almost all of it. I laughed, I teared up, the music was great. The twitter thing in the tag barely plays a role in the show, so its a bit misleading. Don't let that throw you off if you are thinking about watching it. It's a pretty straighforward slice of life romance, love triangle, music anime. I just dislike having to make choices, which is why I prefer harem anime. This deserves more credit than it gets, so I bumped my score. It's not the greatest of romances or music anime, but its a solid entry and should probably closer to a mid-7 on MAL in my opinion.

I watched the Anime after reading the Manga, which I still had some issues with but very much liked. I felt like the anime adaptation took too many liberties with changing the story and it ended up making no sense whatsoever. The pacing was also way off compared with the manga. That said, I can understand why they chose to go that route given that they only had 12 episodes to work with and even those 12 episodes look like they were made with a pretty low budget. Had they been given a 24/25 episode production and with the budget to actually have decent animation and some good songs, I think they could have made a more faithful adaptation following the proper storyline of the manga. The animation was sub-standard at best and they re-used Climber's High so many times. So now for the good parts: - Given that it's a music story, there's a lot you have to imagine just reading the manga, and even though the songs didn't blow me away, it did give me a fair bit of enjoyment to listen to songs that resonated with the story. If anything, it made me feel more connected to the manga. - There's a decent amount of fan service (if that's your thing) so this is a subjective plus or minus depending on your taste - If you're a sucker for happy endings, at least you get that here. Even if it makes no sense and the story was all over the place, at least you'll get a small sense of satisfaction at the end of the anime. Conclusion: If you've read the manga, I don't think the anime is worth your time. Although I would recommend watching some clips on youtube of the songs. If you haven't read the manga, don't watch the anime. It's just a waste of time. A properly executed adaptation from the original source material had a potential to be good, but this was just crap churned in a hurry and on a low budget.

Well let's start by saying that the Yuu Haruna character happened to be in the scene of which we would call the, "Running towards the MC and crash" cliche. I knew from then that the show would be a lot worse than it's prequel; Suzuka. Animation was decent, the facial expression was decent, but it feels forced somehow. Cliché with a jumbled up fest of crap, that you have no idea what's going on? It didn't seem to explain what it wanted to show me or for what purpose. Was it a sports anime? Was it a rom-dram anime? Was it a flipping music down-to-crap show? Even till then as I kept pressing next to the next episode, I was bored. Usually I don't mind these small things in these typical rom-dram shows but damn. After the 12th episode, the rating for this entire show, lost 2 points. It was a decent 6 like it's previous show. It would have been interesting if we saw Yamato and Suzuki. But its one of those, how we should say, "Snoopy" vibes. I literally cringed from the confession. Made me scream out, "Oh god. Cliché moment." Where we can't see the parents, the parents are "out to sea" or they died, they just mention the parents but never were on the scene. It would have been a better rating till then. If you are into these wacky clichés or you are just simply bored, then be my guest. I wouldn't even call this an ecchi anime, considering it's half nudity and pantyshots. Sigh.

If you arrived here after watching Suzuka or Kimi no Iru Machi, you'll find a similar universe but it's not really a sequel. While there are some appearances from those runs, there's no impact on the story as to whether you know who they are or not. With that said, this story will continue to follow a similar pace compared to those. You'll more than likely know how things are going to play out well in advance which may ruin the entire series for you. For me, personally, I came into things to see how the transition from sports to music would be. I'm personally more of a fan of music Animes than sports. I really enjoyed the sound track of the series and the band aspect which brought me more enjoyment than most of those that have high reviews. The show feels much faster in pace than Suzuka and aspects of the story feel rushed. Again, while a lot of things are predictable, I find that in most Animes that is the case to begin with. For me it's simply how much I can still enjoy the series. The art was clean visually. While nothing in particular stood out, I didn't go into the series thinking there would be spectacular landscapes or colorful displays. The story and characters do not carry so much weight on their own. If you don't enjoy music in Anime, this may not be the best follow up series for you. On the other hand, the music aspect is part of what gave the series a 8/10 for me.

Fuuka is a music anime on the surface but more so is a drama centered around teens facing the true to life dilemma of whether to chase your dreams or forgo them for a more practical path in life. This show seemed to have suffered from a lack of a sufficient budget, as it had animation issues. Despite animation issues, unnecessary fan-service, and occasionally questionable dialogue I enjoyed the story and characters in the show enough to keep watching through to the end. I gave it a 6 due to previously said issues, but I enjoyed Fuuka and would still recommend watching it if it seems up your alley! ^___^

I don't really get why it is put into the Ecchi genre as there wasn't really anything "ecchi" about it. Yeah, you see some backsides chest without nipples and sisters walking around in underwear, but you see more in some shows that aren't even put into that category. It's the "human/anime" body, grow up. Besides that, it is the typical "boy has 2 girls that like him but as usual he is completely oblivious and finds it surprising even though they make it pretty obvious they are into him" sort of show. Besides that part it is a pretty decent show, not one I would re-watch, but that doesn't say much as most of the ones I have seen I wouldn't re-watch. If you need a show to watch for background noise as you play video games or clean the house, it is a good show for that. And there are no annoying high pitched voiced (for the dubbed version) so that is always a plus.

If you expect Fuuka to be an anime that is unique, well it is not. It's the kind of anime where it is just so cliche and to be expected. Though I cried reading the manga, I was glad to see the anime had a different outcome. Manga was just fucking sad. Story ------ Honestly the story is just complete cliche that anyone could write this kind of story, but this is the kind of anime where you want to see something cliche and to be expected (I mean, that's what I thought of when I wanted to watch it). The drama is just so normal and the romance is what not like every other anime. I don't really like to criticize things because even though the story wasn't too good, the writer had at least tried to make us enjoy his work. So the story is pretty damn cliche that is all I have to say and you should watch it if you want to see some cliche anime where you can predict what's gonna happen. In my opinion, this story is way better than Suzuka. 7/10 Art ------ Art style is fine in my opinion. I've always liked anime girls that have a more of a 'tomboy' kind of personality (like short hair and not shy and stuff but is still a girl inside). There is not much to explain here, since the props drawn are like every other anime out there. Unique art styles would be like Honobono log etc. 8/10 Sound ------ The opening is great, I mean, the anime is kinda about music so what can I say? The voice acting is fair, not shabby. And I really don't know what else I am gonna say here. 8/10 ------ Character ------ I don't know, I haven't seen this anime in a while, but I think the male MC's personality could've been better, I mean, it relates to the story so what can I say? I'm kinda unsatisfied with most of their personalities. 4/10 Overall ------ I can't really give this anime under 5/10 since I never felt hate towards the plots or anything just unsatisfaction. It is different to the kind of satisfaction to when there is a cliffhanger, I have this unsatisfaction where the anime could have been better. i mean, I feel like I should rate it 3/10 and below when the anime just has a very shitty plot and I go around talking to myself saying things like 'what the fuck? that was just fucking stupid'. This anime just made me go 'meh, kinda expected' So in the end I enjoyed it but still needs work so that it could've gotten a greater rating. 6/10

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile. ------ ✦Story The main complaint I have with the story is that it felt oddly fast paced. And how some of drama was quite unnecessarily self-destructive. But aside that I did quite enjoy the story. The touch of a bit awkward characters was nice, there was fair amount of drama and feels and as well characters did grow in a sense and as well got their "changes of life paths" . So overall, story did feel good, but it did not feel too impressive. I'll be honest that I did binge watch, yet still lost focus now and then. I seriously don't know what else to say. That is the general gist of what I felt about the story aspect. Rest is basically for viewer itself to experience and feel, if it ends up being up their alley. ✦Art & Sound Art&Animation was simple and fitting enough. But what I want to mention here, is fanservice. Usually fanservice is for hotness, lewdness or comedic reason. But this Anime fanservice felt for some reason very beautiful and natural. I cannot explain exactly, but I can tell rather than the usual service for some eye candy or blood rush or humor ...it seriously felt refined and simply just normal and calming. So that to that. Music, I did quite enjoy. 2 of their songs were kinda meh, rest were really enjoyable. On top of that OST was also quite nice. ✦Character I honestly don't want to write too long, as I have to say quite a few things regarding some characters, but I'll skip that and keep it short as possible. First of all MC is awkward, shy and timid which I really liked, mostly because saw lot of myself in him. But of course, since it's a romance anime, he has bunch of characters who are in love with him. So yeah, damn lucky fellow. Nevertheless, how love interest and simple experiences gave him a push and positive changes was a nice thing to see. Not fond of Fuuka herself. But overall she was a good character. With a little bit confusion drama. Koyuki is a very adorable and sweet character, but feel really bad for her. I cannot explain why, as it would be bunch of spoilers. Iwami was probably my favorite character. She is an absolute beauty with such an adorable personality. Utterly my type of character. There were bunch of other worthwhile characters, but as said. I have something to say to pretty much whole cast, which I want to avoid to do. But that also means, that I did quite enjoy characters, thus why have so many thoughts on them. ✦Enjoyment & Overall Good music, nice drama, good romance, interesting characters made it overall really good Anime, but at the same time I felt the pacing was too fast, which made some of the drama and development just simply odd. So at some point it simply became quite a pain to follow of what was happening or who was feeling what. So that why my enjoyment was kinda "eh...nice enough I guess". But all things considering it was very enjoyable Anime.

To be honest I enjoyed this anime a lot, of course I'm not a manga reader so I don't know how truthful the anime was to the LN, but still even though through all the kinda cliches and somewhat vague side characters, I enjoyed it a lot. Personal growth in between the characters and the way the cliches were portrayed including the love triangle was entertaining, to be honest I cried (don't know why)...it was a very touching ending. When it comes to slice of life I kinda of get bored, but I don't know, here I found myself entertained in the lives of each character. Even though the first encounter between the MC's was so cliche for ecchi/harem anime, it was funny as hell. Of course as a sucker for romance anime my credibility can be low and even ignored; I even don't watch music genre anime, to be honest this is only the second one of the genre I've watched (after Shigatsu wa Kimi Uso), for some reason it just got to me on so many levels that I couldn't even explain. I know people have been giving it terrible readings due to huge amount of cliches predictable scene plots but still it wouldn't hurt to give it a try...maybe you'll even enjoy it as much as I did.

My favorites are musical anime, game anime and romance.. oh yes but with romance there comes drama, I am not a fan of the mainstream anime and tend to watch more of the subtitled anime, but to me anime has to have a bit of everything included, so with that being said let me expand on things that are good and bad, and well ugly too! Story 5 Here is why i think the story is a five, they should have stuck to the manga plain and simple the story would have been more interesting if fuuka would have died (i read the manga) after all she was (almost hit by a truck) or in the case of the manga hit by a truck and perished. So to me they rushed the story to get the anime out skipping a ton of chapters. for future reference if the story in the manga is relevant to the story for the anime don't skip anything. Art:8 The art is amazing in this anime and it was a good watch and easy on the eyes with all the detail. Sound:10 What can I say I love music which is the main component of the anime is awesome. Character: 5 See story for my explanation. Enjoyment :10 I have watched it a couple of times and enjoy the music 10/10 and it was a good watch. overall: This anime lacks a good storyline and does not follow the manga (tsk tsk) to me it should it would allow for better character development also would allow for fuuka aoi to make her appearance and steal yuu's heart. but in all I will give an opinion he is better off with Koyuki Hinashi.

I dont much watch Romance anime's but I liked it because i love when anime and Music come together so [1. Story]- " Not so unique story " "the love triangle part of the story was bad". i really didn't liked it that cause it was forced too much to make it sad. "the story of students finding what they really like and what they're passionate about was really lovely". [2. Art]- I was good. Nothing Amazing [3. Sound]- Really Loved the Songs in this anime. I havent watched Japanese version but English dub cast of good. [4. Character]- All character's seemed fine. Character development was Ok. [5. Enjoyment]- I enjoyed it...some scenes really really enjoyable There are sad moments, Comedy moments, the Songs are sung with Power and are really Nice to listen. [6.Overall] If you like romance stories of Love-triangle or You like Music.. you should watch it..

After looking at the mostly bad reviews this anime has received, I was a bit deterred from watching it. Now that I have finished the show, I am glad I watched it as it did provide me with 10/10 enjoyment. The story of this anime isn't the best and some events do look forced and needed to be developed and worked on better. However, If you are just a casual viewer, the flaws to the story could be easily ignored. That being said, many events are difficult to be explained and are mostly lead up to from different coincidences. If you are able to ignore then flaws to the story, you will for sure love this anime. This anime includes a love triangle between 2 females and one male, best part is that the male main not only shares romantic experiences with both of them, he chooses one of them at the end. There are a lot of drama included and also a little bit of mystery with the band "HEDGEHOG" which sadly never really gets answered (one of the flaws to the story). Ofcourse, this is also a music anime. I would rate the music 10/10, but that is just from someone who isn't very familiar with what good anime music sounds like. To me, it sounded pretty good. No high pitched vocalized sound, good rhythms and decent lyrics. Overall, I would recommend this anime if you are just a casual anime viewer. However, if you are someone who likes to criticize the animes you watch, then you will surely find some issues with the story. Regardless to that, I enjoyed watching this very much and would definitely watch the second season of this if there were (not gonna happen ever but you can atleast hang on to a little hope)

I recently got more familiar with the music genre in anime and there are usually three paths the series follow: 1. It becomes one of the best in the medium excelling in other issues and themes the show deals with (e.g. Nana), 2. It is not great but it is decent and there seems to be some effort from the production team to make it work although they fall flat in some areas (e.g. Fukumenkei Noise) and 3. Cringe-worthy, despicable and irritating cash-grabs that have no merit at all and everything modest about the show is completely tossed out of the window. Unfortunately, Fuuka is an advocate of the last category. It is exactly on par in terriblness with BanG Dream. Only difference is that BanG Dream is just loli-shit and nothing more. I mean Fuuka tried so hard to be something else it made even the most try-hard of shows look modest, in comparison. Let's keep this rant short and sweet and make myself clear for the reasons why SAO, Guilty Crown and Kabaneri are much more modest in comparison than this monstrosity. First, the characters are unreal. They are exactly like walking Sims with no personality traits and their aspirations are as hollow as their heads. Fuuka is annoying as hell. She is needy, selfish and she gets what she wants in the end without any hardship to redeem herself. She is like Umaru-chan but worse, since she is portrayed as a realistic "human being". And Haruna is just the typical beta male that changes character when the melodrama demands it. Koyuki is a self-centered cunt who is way too thirsty for Haruna. The rest are not important. Their goals in life, their character development, their importance to the plot are non-existent. The characterization and development of characters is done only when the plot demands it and none is at least likeable or sympathetic. Not even one character is like Captain Boomerang from Suicide Squad who was the only villain who did not make me question the purpose of my life and cringe the hell out of me. Well, at least the story is fair right? Hell, no! It is a cheap dramafest wirtten by people incompetent at daily life issues like love, friendship, etc. I never thought it would be good because I knew that the show could not be anything more than average when it aired and I hoped that the show would keep me entertained with its music and art. Hah! What a joke! It even failed at doing right the one thing that anime are good for: pretty colors, good direction and music. The animation was basic as fuck. It had some nice touches here and there but it was so damn generic. It was rather inconsistent towards the end and I found the blue border lines of the characters very distracting and derpy. And the music...the songs are decent but once you finish this show you will be sick of the OP song and you will have forgotten everything. And the ED is ok but forgettable nonetheless. I still cannot understand which brilliant mastermind thought Fuuk-ya was a great idea. It is a perfect example of how to not do an anime series or a series in general. Btw, I regret ever considering this amusing. Overall: 2.68/10 Alternative Recommendations: -Nana -Fukumenkei Noise -Your Lie in April