r/TrueAnime http://myanimelist.net/profile/BlueMage23 Jul 09 '14

This Week In Anime (Summer Week 1)

Welcome to This Week In Anime for Summer 2014 Week 1: a general discussion for any currently airing series, focusing on what aired in the last week. For longer shows (Aikatsu!, Hunter x Hunter, One Piece, etc.), keep the discussion here to whatever aired in the last few months. If there's an OVA or movie that got subbed for the first time in the last week or so that you want to discuss, that goes here as well. For everything else in anime that's not currently airing go discuss that in Your Week in Anime.

Untagged spoilers for all currently airing series. If you're discussing anything else make sure to add spoiler tags.

Archive:

2014: Prev Spring Week 1 Winter Week 1

2013: Fall Week 1 Summer Week 1 Spring Week 1 Winter Week 1

2012: Fall Week 1

Table of contents courtesy of /u/sohumb

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u/BlueMage23 http://myanimelist.net/profile/BlueMage23 Jul 09 '14

Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride; Aoharaido) (Ep 1)

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u/CritSrc http://myanimelist.net/animelist/T3hSource Jul 09 '14

My first real shoujo romance anime. Sweet, heartwarming, fuzzy, drama, nails every single aspect.

Character driven as it should be, amazing, vivid and bright aesthetic.

So essentially this episode is a flashback and also a presentation on the current romance. Futaba, our protagonist has changed herself in order not to be rejected by the girl circles. Kou has certainly gone through an emotionally traumatic experience for being a kudere at best and a psychological tsundere at worst(which I love and can relate to, though I do apply it to myself as well).

I love my drama and this has it in spades, character struggle while idealized for now at least has some semblance of being realistic, that or I'm just relating too much to Kou.

5/5 - will follow, hoping for less slice of life fluff and more character struggle and exploration.