Having seen so many romance animes that are based on immature feeling of love between school boys and girls who are more or less experiencing for the first time in their life, it is quite refreshing to see a love story about grownups like Natsuyuki Rendezvous.
While the main focus is how people deal with their emotions towards the loved ones, what it doesn't have, is the series of misunderstandings that caused by timidness and shyness of characters as we see so often from teenager romance animes that we have all grown to hate (well, not exactly, but close enough), which by the way has been one of the biggest annoyances I have against them. But even if the story is about grown-ups, it really wouldn't make much of a difference if the characters aren't mature. Fortunately, as I see it, the level of characters' maturity does match their age--it is a grown-ups' story about grown-ups' issues.
Though there really isn't much in common, the pacing and overall feel reminds me much of Ristorante Paradiso which in my opinion is another strangely intriguing story of love.
One thing I feared, before I saw the end of it, is that it would not bring anything to closure in the end. Now I can can assure you, not only it gives you the closure you expect, but also a lot more.
Final Scoreboard:
Drama: 92 (Dramatic)
Comedy: 90 (Some nice and interesting moments)
Action: N/A
Art/Animation: 93 (Beautiful scenes)
Sound/Music: 91 (Lovely music)
Character: 93 (Mature)
Plot: 93 (Strange but good)
Ending: 94 (Complete closure)
Re-watch value: 70 - Might still be moving
Overall: 92 - Romance for the Grown-ups
Recommendation: The bottom line is that if you're looking for the typical romance of people that just coming into puberty, they you probably wouldn't be too interested about this. Otherwise, it's a very good story of love where both heart wrenching and sudden bursts of laughter moments exists. And this earns my
Romance Anime of the Season for Summer 2012 Season
award.
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