True Tears...T_T

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Synopsis

Shinichiro is a student living in what would be a
dream come true for most high school boys, but for him is mostly a
frustration. A well liked girl in school named Hiromi has lived in his
house for a year along with his family. Her father was a close friend
of the family, and when he died they immediately took her in. She is
popular and well liked, always smiles, is talented in sports- but
Shinichiro knows there must be tears inside her. Having an artistic
tendency, he makes watercolours of her and thinks about wishing to ease
her tears. Yet he cannot bring up the nerve to talk to her even in his
own home. She, too, is quiet and withdrawn in their house, quite unlike
at school. Shinichiro is also distracted by teasing from his friend
Nobuse for watching Hiromi from afar, a curse of bad luck from a
strange girl named Noe, and being forced to perform Muhiga dancing. By
helping Noe he hopes to ease his own problems, yet he seems to have
difficulty helping himself.



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REVIEW: (copy paste)

“Because I gave my tears away.”

That was the line that first introduced me to True Tears. Now I would
like to use this same line to introduce you all to this realistic
romance series. The True Tears legacy began with very disappointing
visual novel sales that ranked it as 41 among the 50 newly released
visual novels at the time. Shortly after the visual novel came a live
action film of True Tears that resembles closely to the game. So now
you must thinking the anime is naturally just another adaptation to the
visual novel as well right? Wrong!

The anime version of True Tears shares nothing
in common with the visual novel or the film (beside the name). It has
its own independent plot, its own independent setting, and its own
independent set of characters. Thus why use the name True Tears and
give credit to the original visual novel creator when there is
virtually nothing in common is beyond my understanding. However, what I
do understand is that True Tears is an attempt by Lantis to produce a
similar anime type to Air/Kanon/Clannad by Kyoto Animation. The purpose
of this review is not to compare and criticize True Tears with the
above anime, but I personally feel True Tears is worthy of such
comparison if there is one.

Many viewers may find the story of True Tears resembling Kanon or
Clannad in lots of ways, such as the usual touching scenes that make us
cry a river. However due to the nature of the story, instead of dealing
with half a dozen heroines we only have three. Thus allowing more time
to better develop their characters. One may be tempted to call True
Tears a harem anime due to all the females “ganging” up on our
protagonist, but I see this as an essential part to developing a
love-triangle (and NO, there’s nothing ecchi in the anime). The anime
takes a rather different approach to the regular love story and one can
say it truly brings out the realism to this matter through the careful
use of wordings. However it should be noted that, like most other story
with a certain degree of depth, True Tears incorporates a great deal of
metaphoric comparison. While it is not difficult to understand what
those metaphors imply, some viewers may be discouraged by them.

The relationships between all the characters are expertly developed. In
addition to the multi layer relations that are common in most romance
genre, we also see a great deal of interactions between the younger and
older generation of characters and how they affect one another. The
protagonist’s parents certainly played a more central role compare with
most animation from this genre. However, what I like best is the
perfect illustration of a young boy’s heart when confronted with two
(or three) possible lovers. I, for one, instantly saw a reflection of
myself from Shinichirou (not that I am two-timing or anything, but I
find his actions highly logical for a boy his age). I think I would
most likely be as confused (if not more confused) than he is if I were
in his situation especially after all those shocking events.

Animation-wise it certainly lives up to fans expectations. This is
especially true for the key scenes of the show. As evident from the
title of the anime, tears do truly seem different in here. Tears in
True Tears are very beautiful, the glittering salty water look
exceptionally real when running down the cheeks of various characters.
In addition to tears, the fluidity of the character movements, the
detailed shadows on the face of the characters as they speak, the
camera angles used to illustrate certain key aspects such as the 3D
walking scene etc.; everything adds up little by little and before you
know it you will find yourself having a hard time reverting back to
watching lower quality animations. I still have a difficult time trying
to find a show with superior animation quality compare to True Tears.

Like the awesome animation production, True Tears’ music is also not to
belittled with. The music was effectively used both in terms of BGM and
OP/ED as they all served their purposes well. BGM creates the mood just
needed to make some scenes touching enough to make people go
teary-eyed. The OP is by eufonius whom Clannad fans should be familiar
with. I personally find True Tears’ OP much better than Clannad’s
though. Unlike most anime, True Tears’ seiyu did not interest me much
(nor did they play any role in my decision to watching it). The biggest
name out of the main casts is probably Kaori Nazuka (Nunnally in Code
Geass, Eureka in Eureka Seven, Lynette in Strike Witches). With that
note, I would like to truly thank the Lantis production crew for
bringing us (the anime fans) a wonderful romance series that will
forever have a place in my anime romance list.