First Impression (Summer 2014) : Ao Haru Ride (10/10)

~Synopsis~

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image & life as a new high school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has ever liked, Tanaka-kun.

Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

~Information~

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Jul 8, 2014 to ?
Producers: Production I.G, Sentai FilmworksL, TOHO animation
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shoujo, Slice of Life
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

~My First Impression~

Ho.. ho.. ho.. ... another awesome slice of life this season. The summer looks really awesome now. And interestingly, this one got a perfect 10/10 from me. Good story, good romance, good music... what else do we need? I don't want to do spoiler by doing a postmortem of the first season, but I highly recommend this series for all those Slice of life lovers. Oh... for some reason, this anime gave me the same feeling that I once got from "5 Centimeter Per Second". Can't wait for the second season. I also see a live action of it.