Tsuki Ga Kirei

I wsn't there for the threads, but I did drop it early on. I went back and enjoyed it.
The omake or shorts at the end were the cherry on top.
To be honest, there were a lot of good anime that came out in 2017.
don't responding to trolls.

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in that moment, he became the chad

Just because was not that good.

I went in pretty skeptical, since romance in anime is really infuriating in general. It's usually portrayed as some life or death situation, where the MC almost dies to save his love interest or some shit. But this series felt so real.
There was drama and characters acted stupid at times, but it got resolved quickly and the actions were understandible for young children in love for the first time.

I liked it enough to watch it 3 times.

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I'm a big sucker for tomboys so I can't get myself to hate Chinatsu. However, the main couple was just so diabetically cute it makes me feel like a sissy.

the really great shows usually dont get any threads

>Tsuki Ga Kirei thread
Jesus Christ they're way too rare.
I was there when it was airing. I can sum up the entire thing like this.

Episodes 1 - 3
>Tons of people acting like LINE shills since the anime was funded by LINE
>"Wow the animation is so fucking bad"
>This is so fucking awkward

Episodes 4 - 6
>Holy shit he actually confessed
>Holy shit she actually agreed
>This is still fucking awkward but they're middleschools so of course they'd be awkward. They're acting like real humans and not typical romcom retards
>Lol Light Novels

Episodes 7 - 9
>This kid is more alpha than 90% of male MCs all while still being an awkward fuck
>Holy shit this is so cute
>Holy shit they kissed
>Holy shit fuck this tomboy and this wannabe chad fuck off

Episodes 10 - 12
>Everyone crying, talking about how much they loved it
>Purest form of love
>Everyone happy as hell for the ending
>Greatest romance ever

It was funny watching the general opinion of the show swing so hard. It's my favorite romance anime ever. It doesn't rely on characters being 'funny', it doesn't rely on screeching or loud noises or unbelievable drama (the closes it comes is the tomboy and the chad, and they're like 5% of the overall anime). It's a quiet, subdued anime that's all about two middleschoolers taking their first awkward steps into romance, like a newborn foal trying to walk on its spindly legs.

I could write a fucking essay about this anime.

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Yeah my biggest gripe is probably the CGI crowds, but they were only used in opening sequences so I could just tune into it halfway after skipping the OP. I thought the LINE ad wasn't too obnoxious.
What I really like about the romance is that isn't some red string of fate long lost love bullshit. Two classmates find a connection and it somehow works out by chance and they fall in love. You don't need some greater power to love someone and it's rare for anime to risk basing a story on this.

To be fair, the entire anime was a LINE commercial. People just accepted it and stopped complaining.

Its alright but then the runner senpai and tomboy drama were retarded and not really required in my opinion, since you could see the main couple is pretty much solid from the start(if youre not that new). I think the great thing about it was its an original and I dug the cinematography and overall comfy artstyle.

Usually I agree with love triangles being cheap drama generators, but in this case I saw it more as a device to show how the main couple deals with these new emotions, such as insecurities and jealousy.

it's great

I thought it was notable because the characters acted like actual humans, instead of overwrought anime stereotypes.

It's being held back hard are its atrocious visuals. There are sparks of genuins and well animated, rotoscoped sequences, but the inconsistencies, poorly shopped backgrounds and bloom simply ruin a lot of the enjoyment to anyone with a basic sense for aesthetics. It's a pity, really, because if you were to replace the staff (that actually draws) with the people who worked on, let's say, Sakamichi no Apollon, Tsuki ga Kirei would easily the be the best show in it's genre, and arguably the best show with a focus on realistic relationships.

Dazai teaches kids how to be a chad, what a fucking legend.

>All those people nervous that it'd have some grimdark ending because the main guy quoted Dazai all the time

It had threads it was so refreshing to see the MC stand up for himself, The MC and female were too fucking pure together.
One of my favorite romances.

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I dont mind the interaction made them insecure or jealous but to add in their pretty much useless confession? Shit got me go "really nigger?", left me with a bad taste. Gotta make it airtight I guess for the special viewers out there.

I enjoyed it.
It was very comfy and cute. The lack of overblown drama made it so nice.

Maybe my lack of knowledge for romance anime is showing. But what I can remember, Tsuki Ga Kirei is the only anime I watched that has realistic romance with that romance being the focus of the show.

I see what you mean, but at least they got rejected right on the spot. No retarded indecisiveness to generate drama.

I believe in the "Romance is best when it's not the focus" following, but TGK is the one anime where I'll break that rule. In a way if you think about, Tsuki Ga Kirei is just as much about the two main characters growing up as it is about romance. One of my favorite things about the anime -- the main guy trying to be a novelist only to be told "You suck, just write Light Novels" -- is one of my favorite parts of the anime.

Because it is the only one that actually takes a grounded approach to telling the characters story. The way it weaves smartphone apps into the process of first contact was excessively accurate, too. The reason it did so well was its nature as an original. Almost all other romance anime (95% easily) are adaptations of shit tier shoujo, josei, or related manga. They sport bad ending, tropey characters and conflicts and are padded out of the ass to sell more volumes. Tsuki ga Kirei allowed to staff to do what they felt was right because there was no publisher standing behind them, asking them for a vague conclusion to sell more books. Unfortunately, that freedom resulted in little to no competent creative staff resonating towards the project, so it ended up looking like shit.

Yeah the hars reality of the show is nice too. Main couple didn't become a price winning author or an olympic runner even though their passion for their hobbies is a big part of the show. I also like that despite his effort the MC didn't pass the entry exam. Throughout the show he says he has been neglecting his studies and it has consequences he can't easily fix.
That being said, the MC really grew on me. He comes off as your standard timid loner self insert, but later you learn about his good qualities. Because of this I don't really regard the hook up as wish fulfillment. The boy shows passion, dedication and bravery for the things he loves. Any girl would find that attractive.

someone post the White Album picture but with Chinatsu and the main couple

Don't forget those cover versions of songs that was used on j-dramas years ago, I just wished all of them have a full version.

It's great that his mom really is trying to do what's best for him instead of being a bitch for no reason. The show dodges all those annoying tropes and bullshit plot points and I think it's great for it.

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Hahaha oh wow really no love for Chinatsu huh. I will admit that I liked her more than Ayane before the main couple was formed.

Yeah the mom was great. You kind of don't like her at the beginning because she's holding him back, but you soon find the further he gets into the whole writing thing the more clear it is she's right about what she says.

it was aots

Didn't it bother anyone that Akane's friends were getting worked up whether they kissed yet, while the rich girl and player boy were literally banging every day in the extras?

>great
He chosed the wrong fuckign girl. He literally spent the whole series away from her while hanging out with other people, but somehow we must pretend his relationship with that cunt actually developed?

I absolutely abhor romances where the main couple barely interacts. Romance is not about idolizing someone, its about coming to terms with the fact that you cannot live your life without the other person. It is about friendship and companionship developing into something deeper.

Fuck this shit.

I think it's realistic in that sense. Sure their connection wasn't great when they became a couple but the more time they spent togeter the more in love they fell. It's generally the same in reality.
The number of interactions isn't important but rather the number of romantic interactions matters. You get together with a crush or general interest and start to love eachother when that initial barrier is gone. When you are a couple and no longer hide the interest you have in eachother, then you can show the other your true feelings and open up.
I genuinely believe the runner captain and tomboy could have gotten together with their crush if they acted sooner.

This is romance for people who don't like drama.

To me, it was too fucking boring. The two main characters are tedious and I couldn't care less about them.

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"boring for the most part" aka you have an attention span shorter than that of a goldfish's.

Realistic is a description of the work, not a quality attribute. It's not inherently better or worse than dramatic. Next thing you'll tell me is that paintings done in a realism style are inherently better than paintings done in an impressionist style.

Well that depends on how you see it, right? I see a lot of people praising Tsuki Ga Kirei for its realistic depiction of a relationship. So in that sense its realism contributes to its quality.

Maybe it's because it's rare to find a realist romance work in anime and far more easy to find a dramatic one. The almost complete lack of drama in this one is what differentiates it from the others in the same style, but the lack of drama is not a quality trait in and of itself.

Isn't drama what makes it realistic?

I make the distinction between realistic and idealistic romance, where drama are realistic, like White Album 2 and School Days, and stuff like Tsuki Ga Kirei, Kimi ni Todoke and Kare Kano is on the other side.

It's extremely unrealistic that they aren't cheating on each other and backstabbing each other and stuff, is how I'm thinking, that makes it more idealistic instead.

Back to Yea Forums, incel.

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I loved it and threads were total comfy. Tomboy got shat on and everyone was happy.

One thing I liked especially what the depiction of their hobbies. Him writing and participating in the town festival or I don't know what it was and her running. It helped settle a realistic world with people doing actual things.

This is bait, but I will respond anyway. I make a distinction between drama for the sake of drama and drama to develop the character/relationship.
Someone mentioned earlier the love triangles were unnecessary, but I feel they developed the characters in this case. Kotarou's jealousy changes in understanding and he decides to take the entry exam. Ayane's insecurity and doubt and how their relationship might be a shackle after she moves.

There is nothing realistic about a rellataionship where the main couple barely interacts. That is not how relationships happen.

Are you gonna spend the entire evening proving that you haven't actually seen the show? This stopped being adorable quite some time ago.

They literally spent whole episodes sitting next to each just texting instead of talking like normal human fucking beans.

Jesus you're stupid. They interacted plenty. It was incredibly realistic, especially for a modern romance where these two awkward kids could only open up to each other over LINE when they weren't together in person and nervous.
The scenes in which they interacted in person were awkward and full of long silent pauses yes, but they still managed to eek out conversation with each other despite both having an introverted nature. They slowly open up and talk to each other more over the course of the show.

It develops like a real relationship. I don't see what problem you have with it.

>They literally spent whole episodes sitting next to each just texting
Do you understand what "interaction" means, boomer?

They behaved exactly like any young couple would with their first love, nervous and filled with uncertainty. They even rubbed it in your face if you watched the ending: "She was my first love. I knew nothing."
At the start of their relationship they were barely friends, but at the end of the series they were comfortably kissing eachother.

>She was my first love. I knew nothing.
Fuck, now I remember. That anime was the first and the last thing that made me feel like I've already wasted my life by not falling in love in my teens.

Two people getting together just by chance and circumstances instead of true love destiny is such a fresh take on romance. Instead of a divine connection the main couple build their relationship on their feelings and interactions with eachother. At the end their relationship grew so strong that they spend the rest of their lives together. They worked together to get there.

Call me a boomer, but texting is not interacting. In my times we at least had phone calls, where you are able to actually hear to the other person's voice, and notice a lot of subtle cues that are completely lost in text messages. And no, a fucking :) emoji cannot replace hearing the girl actually laughing.

If that is the idea of human interaction and seduction for nips, it is no wonder why japanese society is dying.

I am 31 years old, lost my virginity at the age of 14 and to my first serious girlfriend (who was in my school) I established a relationship to via ICQ. I don't know how old you are, but even during my time people used instant messengers to forge the foundation for romantic relationships. Must be even worse now, given how smarthphones are an integrated part of people's lives. Back then we had prepaid phones and 30 or so SMS per month and we still relied on technology to take the plunge.

Define "in my times". It is pretty standard to text instead of call for more than a decade, especially if you are an introverted middle schooler talking to the opposite sex of your age. If they were calling and having casual conversations it would be out of place.

Im a romancefag to the extreme but this show besides having mediocre animation had the most Beta MC ive seen in ages. Dropped it after 4 episodes

God damn you missed the entire point of the anime. LINE helped them connect, but you're also right that it wasn't enough. Which is exactly why the slowly open up to each other over the course of the anime and don't rely on LINE as much anymore. By the last two episodes they are openly and freely talking about their future goals with one another.

It's sad you didn't pick up on this because the anime even hammers it into your small pea brain when Kotaro is running after Akane's train and he starts to text her via LINE only to stop himself and continue running.

I thought the same at first too, but since you've seen the confession you should know that he has a lot more balls than the standard MC. If you can appreciate small positive character traits he will grow on you, as I explained here

>more than a decaded
Fucking zoomers.
I was a teenagers in the 90s and when there was a girl i liked I had to call her family's landline, talk to her father/mother and ask if she as available, and then talk or a few hours. I seriously pity all these zoomers than think that text messaging can replace true communication.

Well than it's just your personal problem with the show as you are holding it to unrealistic standards. The show takes place in 2017 where kids have smartphones so ofcourse they will use them. You don't see me calling you out for not writing letters by pidgeon mail instead of calling as some may argue a thought out love letter conveys your feelings better than spoken words.

Fucking THIS, not forced cringe shit, they acted like humans

Never watched it huh

Where can I find these?
I think the songs were made as part of Nao Touyama's upcoming concert that time.

If I'm not wrong, most of those are just half version covers, contained in the OST of the anime. The only one that has a full version is Hatsukoi, found in the anime version of the OP/ED single, track 3. (The artist version contains Bright Heart as track 3, I think).

Correct, which is also why the OST has a 3 star rating on amazon. People were majorly pissed.

This so much.
I randomly picked up this anime and it turned out to be a masterpiece.
The character writing in this one was amazing.
A lot of anons got turned off by this one because they're used to hijinks, quirkyness, fanservice, and over-dramatic storylines like you'd see in romance stories like Nisekoi, Monogatari or oregairu.
But this anime felt very normal, I was honestly surprised at how subdued it was.
This is an anime who's characters could easily be people that exist irl.
They're not characters who for some reason have deep faux-philosophical understandings of the world and people that act as a mouthpiece for the author like Hachiman.
And no one's some one-dimensional caricature like the waifus you'd see in other series.
They're authentic captures of human emotions and interactions.

>Romance is not about idolizing someone, its about coming to terms with the fact that you cannot live your life without the other person
This is a contradiction, how can you not see this?

romance has many forms, the kind in Tsuki ga kirei is a less melodramatic and more real type of romance where people decide to take a chance and see where things go.
love at first sight is bullshit propagated by fairy tales, people simply started to imitate those kinds of stories, but that wasn't the norm for a long time.

>I was a teenagers in the 90s and
This is the future old man, texting is the new form of intimacy you're antiquated.

Pretty much how I felt too.