Should you watch Orange: Future?
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Orange: Future
Anime · 2016
Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.
The sides of Orange: Future
- Friends mourning Kakeru ten years on
- Cherry blossoms on Mt. Koubou
- The secret of his death told by his grandmother
Orange: Future is good for you if…
- you're ready to cry with friends who lost Kakeru.
- you like the quiet love between Naho and Suwa.
- you love a high school group that stays close for ten years.
Orange: Future is bad for you if…
- you can't watch a story about depression and suicide.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · regret · friendship
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