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One of the reasons I keep chugging along with this blog is that it enriches my experience with anime. Yes, I sometimes feel forced to watch series I’d rather not – cough, cough SAO II – to stay aware; [...]
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The leadership training retreat turns out to be something of a comedy of errors right from the start, but leaving her bag at his place and getting on the wrong train does result in Futaba and Kou [...]
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Avert your eyes, children! That man has no shirt on! I actually enjoyed this episode, though, because it’s interesting to analyze the characters from a mental standpoint. The scene where Kou stands up [...]
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The new class representatives go to leadership camp, where everyone gives everyone else the could shoulder. Except maybe Murao who’s in love with a teacher, or Makita who’s in love with her cupcake. [...]
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  A love story between two person in junior high but was never expressed. Fate has given them a chance again. What will it be this time? Are some people really meant to fall in love but never meant [...]
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Summary: Futaba tells Kou how she wasn’t able to fix things with her friends but also that she has come to realize that she is all right with that. Ugly-sweater-sensei enters their conversation to...
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As her sophomore year begins, Futaba has pledged to start over; building everything she’d lost all over again, and maybe gaining more than she ever had before. On one level, that means making new [...]
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The problem with Ao Haru Ride is that I’m just not interested in any of its generic high school antics. Honestly, the first half of the episode actually had my interest piqued. Kou finally apologized [...]
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GlasslipStudio: PA WorksGenre(s): Romance, Slice of LifeSummary:On the other side of the glass, you can see tomorrow. The daughter of a glass artisan family, Fukami Touko, spends relaxed days at a [...]
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There are new beginnings, youth, and a long awaited apology in this week’s Ao Haru Ride. Also the Ao-Team assembles and will begin making memories shortly. Read more as I learn about “feels.” As the [...]
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After all, everybody knows that a girl’s value rises and falls with how cute she is. That’s the ONLY way for girls to be worthy of any guy’s interest. It’s great to be a male love-interest in a [...]
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Summary: Futaba is asked by her homeroom teacher to pick up some prints. The prints are heavy so when her “friends” refuse to help her Kou’s words about her playing friendship ring in her...
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When I think back on it, this show’s first episode had its protagonist in a very dark place. Of course, high school can be a dark place for a sizable chunk of youths; a place where you compromise and [...]
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Ao Haru Ride may have one of my favorite female leads ever, and that says quite a lot, because I’ve seen every season of Queen’s Blade. Things are progressing quickly as Futaba begins to shed her fake [...]
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Someone really should have worked it out so Ao Haru Ride aired before Nozaki-kun, because watching it the next day is a little...Ao Haru Ride – 02 When it comes to shoujo, I tend to [...]
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“Oh? But it doesn’t fit with my character.” I guess the main reason why I’m watching this show is because the main character isn’t a Mary Sue. Sure, she’s pretty, but it’s anime, so everyone is [...]
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English Title: Blue Spring Ride Studio: Production I.G Genre(s): comedy, drama, romance, school, shoujo slice of life Episodes: 12 OP: “Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru (世界は恋に落ちている)” by CHiCO with HoneyWorks [...]
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Okay so today it is bog standard shoujo, creepy alien lolis and boring s’life antics – Ao Haru Ride, Hanayamata and Jinsei. Ao Haru Ride So much indifference.  I really don’t like the set up for this [...]
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Summary: Meet Yoshioka Futaba. During her middle school days she was a shy, cute girl that can only be described as “girly”. Her cuteness kept girls away and her shyness made her uncomfortable [...]
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