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It has already been
more than two years since I finished this series and after stumbling upon the
live action, I wanted to re-watch the anime before actually watching the live
action.
As far s I can
remember, Bokura ga Ita is quite a heavy
drama series although I honestly can't remember if I cried or what. The
characters' emotions were done well and I think that they seem natural. The
flow of the story is pretty nice and the ending left a mark to me. If there's
anything I can remember clearly from this series, it has to be the final
episode.
Now let me go to my
impression after re-watching it for the first time(:
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Bokura ga Ita opened up with the typical shoujo
style of introduction with the heroine of the series introducing herself in a
new school and such. She gets a relationship with her prince (president-vice
president relationship. LOL). Her feelings started to grow and until things
started going complicated. By complicated, Takahashi Nanami (Sasaki Nozomi) gets
to know Yano Motoharu's (Yazaki Hiroshi)
past.
The first episode
went by pretty fast but pretty nice as well. I think that the main goal of the
first episode was to not only to establish Nana's feelings for Yano but also
let Nana know Yano's past.
The first half was
pretty laid back while the second half became the slow revelation of the
relationship between Yano and Yamamoto Yuri (Nakayama Erina). Of
course there are a lot more things left unsaid which will later be tackled in
the series and bring out the drama.
I think that Bokura ga Ita can somehow be compared to Sukitte Ii na yo. because of how the story is
done together with the characters' interactions. Both series kind of gives off
a natural tone in terms of the character's emotions and how they were shown
although Bokura ga Ita has done it
better. A lot better, in my opinion.
The characters are
not entirely different from other shoujo series. Although Nana is not entirely
the type who can't make friends, she's a pretty simple heroine with nothing
entirely standing out from her. Yano, as the series' main male character, he
had the typical charismatic guy character whom every girl likes and every guy
wants to befriend. He's popular and pretty good at school. Then there's
Takeuchi Masafumi (Kawakubo
Takuji) who's Yano's best friend and Yamamoto who's from the same middle
school as Yano and Takeuchi and is the sister of Yano's late girlfriend.
The music is very
beautiful and fitting for the scenes. Voice acting is pretty nice too. I was
surprised to see Yano's and Takeuchi's voice actors since they're more of a TV
actor than a voice actor. Both OP and ED are pleasant to hear although they're
not really the type of song or OP/ED I'll keep on listening to every time I
watch the series.
The art is very
pleasant. It had that Kimi ni Todoke or Kimi to Boku. feel to it although Bokura ga Ita kind of have more texture to
their art. Character designs are okay but there times that the looks of the
characters partially change like they are drawn by different people which is
kind of weird. BUT still, I personally like their designs since they kind of
stand out in their own way.
The main reason why
I decided to re-watch this was really just because of the live action. If I'm
correct, I think that the part 1 of the live action will mostly be covering the
first half which was adapted into anime. The part 2 will be what happens after
that which is something I'm looking forward to even more. As of now, I have
plans to read the manga (I've read somewhere that it's really good) probably
sometime after I watch the live action or before watching part 2(:
To wrap up this
post, I wasn't really expecting myself to enjoy re-watching this series. I
never decided to do so because at the back of my mind I was thinking that I
might get bored and stop half way the first episode BUT good thing I didn't. Bokura ga Ita is definitely a great series.
Probably I can even say that it's my fave romance series next to Kimi ni Todoke. It's definitely a must to watch
for all romance series fans out there :3
