Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Review by Simon Taylor

Name:http:Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora or in English The Rising Half-Moon in the Sky
Genre
rama, RomanceEpisodes: 6 episode short series (24 minutes each)
Rating:10/10
This story takes place in a japanese hospital, its never stated which one.
This anime is a one of a kind in my opinion. It focuses on the growing love and friendship of 2 seventeen year olds named Yūichi Ezaki and Rika Akiba. Both are hospitalized with serious sicknesses. Yuichi has hepatitis A (a really bad cold i other words) and Rika has a weak heart valve. This story shows how the teens would fall in love with each other over time.
I really enjoyed this anime. It reminds me of Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. It has a unique story line and plot. This anime is like a dream i sure would like to live. It shows at the cost of anything you will do everything for someone you love. It also shows no matter what will happen to you in the future you are willing to give it up for the person you love. It makes me think that you should give a dying person the best time of there life until they go. you might lose everything but having the feeling of having done something is much better.
Characters:

Yūichi Ezaki is one of the main characters in this series. He is seventeen years old and is hospitalized due to hepatitis A. One day he notices a beautiful girl in the east wing of the hospital. A nurse tells him to befriend her, he tries to but enrages her by lying when she asks him if she read her favourite book.She gives him a chance to be forgiven by sending him to the library and get her a book. But her gets the wrong one which enrages her even more. As the series progresses Yuichi starts to fall in love with rika.

Rika Akiba is the other main character in this series. She has been in the hospital her life due to a weak heart valve. This sickness is also what killed her father. Due to being in the hospital so long she has no friends and has taken to reading books often. She has a close friendship with her doctor since she spends alot of time talking to him, which causes alot of tension with Yuichi.