Masterpiece?

Written by pleth0ra on February 14, 2012 at 3:01 PM

Man, what an amazing anime this turned out to be! As far as romance, slice of life anime go, this is one of the best.

The story, like the synopsis says, is split into two stories revolving around 5 or so people. One involving a love triangle and the other dealing with a girl with a 13-hour memory. Both stories were very well written and how they unfolded was very intense and emotional. I was really satisfied with both endings and the overall outcome of the show.

The animation was very interesting in Ef. The characters themselves looked okay, nothing too interesting in that, just your basic stuff. However the backgrounds and the little animation sequences Shaft used were simply amazing. The backdrops were just beautiful, especially when the are at the beach on sunset, it's just a sight to behold. As for the animation sequences, I thought they were really cool and added a lot to the viewing experience. For example Miyako is calls Hiro on her cellphone ,because he is late for their date, and he never answers. Miyako then starts leaving a bunch of messages on Hiro's cellphone and every message she sends is written in japanese on the screen, eventually the whole screen gets flooded with text.

The only problems that I saw in this show is sometimes the characters' reactions can be a little exaggerated, same with the dialogue. Those two things hardly hinder the entertainment I had watching this series and recommend this romance masterpiece to lovers of the genre !