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Should you watch Haibane Renmei?

Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Haibane Renmei

Anime · 2002

A dream of falling from the sky...and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of female beings with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.

The sides of Haibane Renmei

  • A girl born from a cocoon with small wings
  • A walled town nobody may leave
  • A house of young winged women

Haibane Renmei is good for you if…

  • you like quiet days of odd jobs in a small walled town.
  • you like the bond between Rakka and Reki, the older girl who looks after her.
  • you like a mystery about the Wall that never fully answers itself.

Haibane Renmei is bad for you if…

  • you don't watch anime.
  • you can't face a story that circles around guilt and suicide.

About: rebirth · guilt · forgiveness

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