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Should you watch Saikano?

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Saikano

Anime · 2002

Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.

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The sides of Saikano

  • A shy schoolgirl turned into a living weapon
  • A first love in a seaside town
  • A war that never explains itself

Saikano is good for you if…

  • you like a love story that breaks your heart.
  • you can take an ending with very little hope.
  • you like a clumsy teenage couple trying to stay together.

Saikano is bad for you if…

  • you don't watch anime.
  • you can't stand cities destroyed and people dying.

About: first love · the end of the world · loss

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