November 9, 2024

On living a life without regrets

Synopsis

High school girl obtains the super power of hindsight thanks to letters she receives from herself 10 years in the future. Personally, I would have written the winning lottery numbers or the movements of the stock market but that makes for a bad story. Instead, she receives letters full of regret advising her past self to be more courageous and open in interpersonal relationships, especially with her crush who was going through hard times and needed all the moral support he could get.

About the story

In some ways, it felt like a fable about the importance of taking action, cherishing your relationships, and communicating openly to live a life without regrets. A fable told through a high school love story, with a balanced diet of happy and sad moments.

As far as anime HS love stories go, it is the pretty standard setup of a shy girl and an equally shy boy dating each other despite refusing to admit it until the very end. For good measure, throw in a love polygon as well as some romance among the side characters.

I think it is really that extra layer of introspective fable brought by a little sci-fi element that elevated the story and made me think more about it. The feel-good vibes of this close-knit group of supporting friends also help.

About the language

Very beginner-friendly anime with clear well-spoken characters. However, there is a lot of unvoiced text on screen that you're expected to read. An anime has never made me pause and read so much. Obviously, natives do not write handwritten letters or text messages with furigana so you better know how to read basic N5-N4 kanji. Fortunately, the fonts are easy to read.

Grammareasy╞═▰════════╡ advanced
Vocabularycommon╞▰═════════╡ rare
Prosedialogue╞▰═════════╡ voice-over exposition
Languagestandard╞▰═════════╡ non-standard
Contentgeneral╞═▰════════╡ specialized
Gradings:10
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on November 17, 2024
similar in difficulty toイナズマイレブン L25
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on November 5, 2024
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on November 5, 2024
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on November 4, 2024
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on November 4, 2024
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on November 4, 2024
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on November 4, 2024
similar in difficulty toあずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION S1L24
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on November 4, 2024
easier thanホリミヤ S1L23
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on November 4, 2024
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on November 4, 2024
harder thanオハヨウL14??