True Tears Review by Simon Taylor
Name: True Tears
Genre: Romance, Drama, Slice-of-Life
Type: 13 Episodes (aprox. 24 minutes each)
Rating: 8.7/10
Shinichirō Nakagami is a high school student that live with his mom and dad and a girl named Hiromi Yuasa. Hiromi started living with them after her parents died so Shinichiro’s dad thought since he was best friends with her dad it was onoly right to take her in. Her parents died one year prior to the beginning of this story. Shinichiro has known Hiromi since his childhood and thought of her as a good friend but ever since she moved in with him she just acts cold and doesnt talk to him. However when she is out or at school she is very popular and shows no sign of being cold. In the beginning of the story Shinichiro meets an odd girl named Noe Isurugi and sort of makes fun of her. As the story goes on and progresses so does his friendship with the heroines in this story grow.
Characters:
Shinichirō Nakagami is the main character in this story. He used to be friends with Hiromi during her childhood and loved to see her smile, but ever since she started living with him she stopped smiling and he wants to see it again. In the beginning of the series he meets a girl named Noe who is very stange and he even makes fun of her a little. Later he apologizes with her and even later becomes her friend. He is also good at drawing and has his own picture book.
Hiromi Yuasa is a heroine in this story. Long before this story takes place her parents died so Shinchiro’s dad took her in because her dad was best friends. During her childhood she used to be friends with Shinchiro but now she acts coldy towards him. She is very atheletic and on the girls basketball team.
Noe Isurugi is another heroine in this story. Noe likes chickens and takes care of a couple in her past time. In the beginning of the story a chicken dies and says that she cannot cry because she “gave her tears away”. The reason for this is that way before this story takes place Noe’s grandma was sick and told Noe that when she dies she will take Noe’s tears. Noe has an older brothers named Jun who plays basketball.
Aiko Andō is another character in this series but not as important as the others. She is a very good friend of Shinchiro’s and secretly has a crush on him. She does alot of things to get Shinchiro to hang out with even going as far to date Shinchiro’s best friend Miyokichi Nobuse. She helps her parents run a resturant in her spare time.
Miyokichi Nobuse is another character in this series. He is Shinchiros best friend and has known him since they were kids. During the series he is dating Aiko which he was introduced to by Shinchiro. He also teases Shinchiro alot about how he has an thing for Hiromi.
Well I enjoyed this anime alot for certain reasons but some reasons made me give it a low score. The story with the love triangle is typical in this type of anime. It gave the chatacters some interesting habits. This seems pretty real, as in that this sort of thing would happen in real life with probably the same outcome. Ive watched this series many times and still enjoy it to this day. The animimation itself is pretty cool i guess. The reason why i gave it a lower score then i usually give animes i review on is because the ending which im not going to spoil but it really upset me because i was exspecting so much and got turned down. I recommend this anime to all people who love romance because this is romance almost at its fullest.