Comments on: True Tears review http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/ Mainichi Anime Yume Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: temperus http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-100689 temperus Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:38:42 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-100689 I honestly don't see why people loved True Tears so much. I guess my expectations must have been set too high. To me it was just a competently engineered love polygon that looked nice, but had very little substance (which is how it avoided being filled with tropes and cliches). It's worth watching, but it's certainly not that memorable. I found the characters flat and lifeless, and the scenario had barely any heart it beyond the central theme of Noe's picturebook. It was better than the majority of such shows, but only because it tried to focus on the meat of the story instead of overshooting the mark. I'm glad it was 13 episodes, because it felt like the story could have told in 8 or fewer. I honestly wasn't impressed with the dialogue either. It generally devolved into the cliche of almost saying something important, but backing down at the very end. It made the story feel artificially prolonged. Symbolism is good and all, but coming from these kids it felt contrived - they just weren't that clever or wise. I honestly don’t see why people loved True Tears so much. I guess my expectations must have been set too high. To me it was just a competently engineered love polygon that looked nice, but had very little substance (which is how it avoided being filled with tropes and cliches). It’s worth watching, but it’s certainly not that memorable.

I found the characters flat and lifeless, and the scenario had barely any heart it beyond the central theme of Noe’s picturebook. It was better than the majority of such shows, but only because it tried to focus on the meat of the story instead of overshooting the mark. I’m glad it was 13 episodes, because it felt like the story could have told in 8 or fewer.

I honestly wasn’t impressed with the dialogue either. It generally devolved into the cliche of almost saying something important, but backing down at the very end. It made the story feel artificially prolonged. Symbolism is good and all, but coming from these kids it felt contrived – they just weren’t that clever or wise.

]]> By: SgtRen http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-72980 SgtRen Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:02:33 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-72980 yeah, totally agree with you..everything about this series is awesome :D i love ai-chan though ^^ yeah, totally agree with you..everything about this series is awesome :D i love ai-chan though ^^

]]> By: Yumeka http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48544 Yumeka Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:34:10 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48544 Sure, I think True Tears is worth a try. It's the kind of anime where you can tell after the first one or two episodes whether it suits your taste or not. Plus it's only 13 episodes so it's not a big commitment. And one of its good points is precisely that it isn't cliche, at least in my opinion. So yeah, I could definitely recommend it =) Sure, I think True Tears is worth a try. It’s the kind of anime where you can tell after the first one or two episodes whether it suits your taste or not. Plus it’s only 13 episodes so it’s not a big commitment. And one of its good points is precisely that it isn’t cliche, at least in my opinion. So yeah, I could definitely recommend it =)

]]> By: Vampt Vo http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48519 Vampt Vo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:51:59 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48519 Hm... This review almost makes me want to try this show out, but I am a fervent enemy of dating sims and their related anime. For someone like myself, who usually does not watch romantic shows, but is willing to try them, would you say that True Tears would be a good bet? I mean, if it starts going into dating sim cliches, I'll have a problem with it, but slowness isn't going to bother me. Hm… This review almost makes me want to try this show out, but I am a fervent enemy of dating sims and their related anime. For someone like myself, who usually does not watch romantic shows, but is willing to try them, would you say that True Tears would be a good bet? I mean, if it starts going into dating sim cliches, I’ll have a problem with it, but slowness isn’t going to bother me.

]]> By: OGT http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48364 OGT Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:19:34 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48364 true tears is pretty much the best series of the Winter season hands-down (there's no real contest there) for exactly the reasons you describe. And describe well--I don't think I could have covered everything you did without stupidly forgetting something. And it's always a nice thing when the biggest complaint you can raise against a series is "sometimes the dialogue was a little too symbolic", although I disagree on that, as I like symbolism, and it's rampant in any kind of storytelling medium, novels and film and anime alike. It's sort of the purpose of a story, really. true tears is pretty much the best series of the Winter season hands-down (there’s no real contest there) for exactly the reasons you describe. And describe well–I don’t think I could have covered everything you did without stupidly forgetting something.

And it’s always a nice thing when the biggest complaint you can raise against a series is “sometimes the dialogue was a little too symbolic”, although I disagree on that, as I like symbolism, and it’s rampant in any kind of storytelling medium, novels and film and anime alike. It’s sort of the purpose of a story, really.

]]> By: blissmo http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48359 blissmo Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:37:44 +0000 http://animeyume.com/blog/2008/03/31/true-tears-series-review/#comment-48359 NOE NOE NOE NOE! NOE NOE NOE NOE!

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