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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
First love..., February 24, 2004
This review is from: His And Her Circumstances 1-5 (DVD)
Two kids in high school, one a girl named Yukino Miyazawa who is a hard working student because she loves the praise and attention it gets her, and the other a boy, named Souichirou Arima,who comes along and takes it away from her, by being the perfect boy. Of course, this pisses her off and that's when the fun starts. Yukino does all she can to plot her revenge, but what happens when he tells her he loves her? And what happens when she realizes she might love him too? The story is somewhat realistic in the plot, there are no aliens or robots here, just love, hate, need and friendships. The artwork, and music, changes, depending on the inside thoughts of the characters and whose point of view we happen to be watching. Sometimes it looks like something out of a black and white film and other times it makes Southpark look like a classic! But it made me laugh and, a couple of times, almost made me cry. The characters are all flawed, yet sometimes very strong and very real. While they sometimes get confused, they don't act stupid nor do they just let things get worse while they whine. They charge ahead and try to change things for the better, even if things sometimes get really messy. There are lots of recaps and flashbacks. Also, the reason I dropped a point was because there is no closure. There better be another anime series in the making, otherwise I'll have get the manga to figure out what happens next! OK for males and females, so guys, buy it too!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Leaving You Craving for What the Ending Doesn't Give......, July 24, 2004
This review is from: His And Her Circumstances 1-5 (DVD)
His and Her Circumstances is an absolutely amazing series...yet the addictive storyline only leads up to an emtpy wasted shell of an ending. I do highly recomend this anime. It truly is one of the best of all time. The artwork and character development exceed most anime. However the characters are so likeable that they leave you hungering in the end for more information. Especially Arima....This character specifically captures my sympathy and attention. I feel the director and producers should have elaborated more on the story. Hopefully there will be a sequel series of some sort...so the cliffhanger will be met with a resolution. I feel like the directors worked hard but the at the end just got completely lazy and showed bits and peices of the manga in order to create the last episode. The story was wonderful, but the animation for the plot was at times annoying. I did not enjoy the episode done entirely in crayon or the vast amount of flashbacks and recaps in the other episodes. The series even dedicated an entire episode and a half on recaps. I feel as though that is a huge waste. After a while you get sick of hearing the exact same information again and again. I recomend this series for a person who enjoys romance but doesn't mind loose ends and repetition.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hm...Masterpiece? definitely!, July 27, 2003
This review is from: His And Her Circumstances 1-5 (DVD)
Yukino is a model student in everyone else's eyes. Straight A, perfect personality, get along with others. Yet, there's another side of her that's yet to be discovered along with the arival of Arima Souichirou, intelligent, smart, kind, athletic, charismatic... everything that Yukino had pretended to be all her life... who quickly becomes a strong competition, like getting better grade than Yukino without trying. At first, Yukino sees Souichirou as her opponant, someone she has to beat. She competes with him on everything, trying to regain the title of "model student." She eventually gets her title back by studying harder and harder. Things are now going well for Yunkino..However..as time passed, Yukino starts to develop a crush on Souichirou. The other side of Yukino, the image of a lazy, selfserving average girl is then accidentally revealed to Souichirou when he pays a visit at Yukino's house. He then starts "threatening" her of revealing her secret unless she does homework for him. Yukino soon discovered that Souichirou is only using her as she gives up her feeling for him and refuses to do his homework ever again. Surprisingly, Souichirou goes after her and tells her that he has feelings for her, and the whole "blackmailing" thing is only an excuse for him to get to know her better. So they starts going out...and more interesting stuff happens. (i dont wanna spoil more stuff) His and her circumstances is a definitely a masterpiece, it's not merely a romance, it really draws you into the actual anime. I didn't think i would like it at first, because i'm usually into Magic/Romance, but this anime is much more. Let's just say...It gives you like a fuzzy feeling, and you would want to watch it again and again. It also tells you that to always trust your instincts, even though perfect relationship is vague, if you try, you will be able to find it n-n;;
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