Should you watch Hal?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Hal
Anime · 2013
Kurumi’s heart was broken by the sudden death of her boyfriend in a tragic airplane accident. By melding futuristic technology with the binary equivalent of human emotion, a brilliant scientist created an ultra-lifelike robotic surrogate to take Hal’s place – and lure Kurumi from her shroud of solitude.
The sides of Hal
- A young woman grieving her boyfriend
- A robot made to look like him
- A quiet town in the future
Hal is good for you if…
- you like a short love story that ends in tears.
- you have just an hour. Hal runs sixty minutes.
- you like a gentle, bittersweet romance.
Hal is bad for you if…
- you can't take a story built around grief and loss.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · love · memory
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