Two friends from childhood meet again or the first time in several years as they both start out in new schools. Impressions: I think this show has a very good possibility of being interesting and entertaining to watch. There seem to be some complex feelings already form the different characters and they aren’t being overly obvious how [...]
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Aoi Hana Studio: J.C. Staff Premiere Date: 7/1/09 Genre: Yuri Drama The Story After moving away as a child, Fumi has moved back into her hometown with her family. Tall and timid, she is afraid to start in her new school but gets off to an eventful start being saved by another high school girl on the train. She quickly [...]
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While I knew what I was getting into and all, it still was a little gayer then I expected… Visually, the first episode is pretty well done. The characters themselves are kinda plain, but the backgrounds are really pretty with a watercolor look. It takes a little bit of getting use to watching the characters move across [...]
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              This episode begins with a young girl (Fumi) crying at school, and we hear a voice telling her that she’s always so fast to cry. Then the series moves forward several years to the present day. We see that Fumi’s family has been away for several years and they have returned because her father [...]
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I have problems accessing my laptop so I won’t be able to upload any pics! Argh!! I will add it back in later. But back to the anime… I LOVED it!!!! It’s just pure straight yuri!! No subtext at all. This is a very nice change!! Things that caught my attention: - Fumi-chan’s voice is not quite what [...]
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Opening her eyes, Fumi awakens to the sound of the alarm clock, a new day has begun, her first day as a high school student. As the Manjoume family chats before Fumi’s father leaves for work, he wonders if their daughter will be alright for her first day of school by herself, considering they just [...]
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Apparently Utena director Kunihiko Ikuhara did the OP sequence for this show. I’d never have guessed. The first episode of Aoi Hana was the first show of the new season to hit Crunchyroll, and due to the limited effort in watching it that results from that, I figured I’d at least give it a look. To [...]
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Summary: Manjoume Fumi has recently moved back to her old town with her family, and she's starting school at the all-girls Matsuoka high school.
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It’s Sweet Blue Flowers episode 1, and Fumi moves back to her childhood home so that she can attend high school, and ends up running into an old friend in the process. Fumi Banjome returns to her childhood home in Kamakura so that she can attend high school at the all-girls Matsuoka Secondary School. However, [...]
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