Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
April 10, 2002
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Kaoru Hanabishi, a college student who lives alone, met a beautiful but bewildered girl dressed in kimono at train station. He volunteered to guide her way to the address she was looking for, which looked like in his neighborhood but turned out to be an empty lot. Not knowing what to do next, Kaoru invited the devastated girl to his apartment and asked for additional clue -- a photo with two children whom Kaoru immediately identified as himself and Aoi Sakuraba, his childhood friend. It turned out that the girl in front of him is Aoi Sakuraba herself, his betrothed fiancée who came all the way to Tokyo to marry him. Her revelation was not only surprising but also reminded the deepest part of Kaoru's memory for why he left the Hanabishi family in the first place.
My favorite stories are always ones that put a twist on a theme. On the surface it looks like a simple Harem anime (A child hood friend shows up to remind the protagonist of their marriage pact), however; there is no indecision from the protagonist, and most of the other girls only have a mild interest in him. It's very refreshing to see a romance where the lovers actually trust eachother. The characters have a great deal of depth and you get invested in each of them.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Ai Yori Aoshi
Written by grey1992 on February 18, 2013 at 7:57 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
good
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Written by Tite_Kubo on February 18, 2013 at 3:40 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
Premium sama
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Ai Yori Aoshi
Written by blacksheep28 on February 12, 2012 at 7:05 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
This is one of the first amine I've watched and to state the truth, it was worth my time! It's an amazing amine with romance, love and comedy and how the main characters with his life when his fiancee decided to live with him. Its a worth to watch!
9 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
This was the most romance story I ever watched.
Written by heroshima135 on September 23, 2011 at 5:11 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
I do love the dialogue of those lovely birds, Kouru Hanabishi and Aoi Sakuraba. It's kinda made me felt full of joy and sadness about this anime. I do love very much. I think if I also have a person such Aoi Sakuraba, I would take care of her very much as I can. Also the theme song of this anime "Towa no Hana" made me remind of this anime. Very sad cause I was done watch it. (T_T) I very do love it(sorry for said it twice :p cause i do love very much!)
A very romantic storyline. This was my first romantic anime that I watched and it really gave me a very good first impression on animes with romantic plots. Definitely worth watching. at least it gave me the need to look for a second season which indeed was released soon after. Try watching, it makes you remember your love ones.
I'm not sure why someone wrote a bad review based on the English dub... makes me wonder why they didn't look for the Subbed version (which is always better in my opinion). Oh well... this anime is great! The story is solid, Aoi is the perfect character to compliment this series. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this anime, and feel it’s a must for anyone who enjoys these types of genre!
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Very well made series and one of my favorite.
Written by rahxephon99 on April 23, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
Loved the series. After I was done I immediately wanted to see the next season. You can really sympathize with the main characters and see how the struggle through the story to keep their feelings true. Some characters may seem somewhat cliche at first but as the series story progresses the viewer can see there's more depth to the characters.
