![]() Even in supposed-to-be emotional scenes, I fail to sympathize with any of the characters, and I’m a really emotional person, so it says a lot! There is no real character in dialogue, visuals or voice acting. ![]() Bloom Into You doesn’t do this very well either. Kimi Ni Todoke, my aforementioned example, takes the time to show longing, reciprocation of feelings as well as showing who each of the characters are: this is what makes trivial scenes of even the characters smiling at each other enjoyable and satisfying- overall making it an effective romance medium. There is no longing, no real angst that make the romance scenes worth while in this anime. This is because there is no real buildup to the romance scenes or context, (for God’s sake one of the main characters doesn’t even reciprocate the same feelings) which makes the scenes unsatisfying and coming out of nowhere. ![]() There are certainly a lot of cute romance scenes in Bloom Into You, but it isn’t memorable or as effective as they could be. A great romance anime that does this very well is Kimi Ni Todoke. So why was the relationship so uninteresting? Or, at least why did I subjectively find it bland? Well, it has to do with the romance development/buildup and characterization. However, Bloom Into You makes this mistake repeatedly throughout its course as boring subplots distract us from the main focus of the anime, the relationship. My point being, the environment or exterior factors shouldn’t be the most important part overshadowing the characters, but should be used as an effective agent in portraying a relationship. The setting isn’t the issue either as there are a ton of romance anime that do well in mundane settings (and even if a romance media is set in a more unconventional and/or radical setting- the relationships itself isn’t taken over by the setting) because romance genres aren’t really supposed to be about exterior factors that govern the story's universe per say, rather a device to tell a love story. An issue with many yuri or yaoi animes are that they use the idea that they are in a gay relationship to hide the fact that there is no real substance or development they are too lazy to create anything interesting about the relationship besides the fact that they’re lesbians. our main characters all that interesting. My problem with the show is that it doesn’t try to make the relationships between The key to any good romance media is the relationship: nothing else matters that much. The show is very clearly, a romance genre. Despite what most people think, being average isn’t a terrible thing, so as a little disclaimer, I am not saying everything about this show sucks for everyone who might take this review badly. That being said, I wasn’t entertained watching this, not even from laughing at how bad it was, because it wasn’t bad. Stirred by Touko's elegant manner, Yuu approaches her for advice, only to be bewildered when the president confesses to her! Yuu quickly finds herself in the palm of Touko's hand, and unknowingly sets herself on a path to find the emotion which has long eluded her. There, she happens upon the seemingly flawless student council president, Touko Nanami, maturely rejecting a confession of her own. Now, having enrolled in high school, Yuu, disconcerted and dispirited, is still ruminating over how to respond to her suitor. The realization hits her: she understands romance as a concept, but she is incapable of experiencing the feeling first-hand. Yet, when her classmate from junior high declares his love for her during their graduation, she feels unexpectedly hollow. She patiently waits for the wings of love to sprout and send her heart aflutter on the day that she finally receives a confession. ![]() Yuu Koito has always been entranced with romantic shoujo manga and the lyrics of love songs.
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