![]() While a number of prominent anime voice actors appear as secondary characters in Say “I Love You” including Greg Ayres, Monica Rial, Emily Neves and Carli Mosier, Sentai Filmworks decided to cast one of the newer VA’s Caitlynn French ( Little Busters! – Mio Nishizono) as Mei Tachibana. Most of the other musical backing does its job well and contributes to the experience albeit not playing a major role in it. The ending theme titled “Slow Dance” by Suneohair is a faster paced and still enjoyable track however lacks much inspiration in the animation department. The opening theme is titled “ Friendship ~for Say “I Love You” performed by Ritsuko Okazaki which is a slow-paced but pleasant song which effectively highlights just what the series is about in its minute and a half length. This series includes only a single opening and ending sequence each. In a sense they don’t distract the viewer from the conversations taking place, and highlight that this series takes place in a relatively normal world. Produced by the animation studio Zexcs, the character and environment designs are simple but well detailed. ![]() ![]() While it would have been nice to have the option of better visuals, in a market where it isn’t always practical to have every title available on blu-ray, this isn’t a terrible loss in my opinion. Unlike their North American counterpart, Hanabee Entertainment opted to release Say “I Love You” in Australia and New Zealand exclusively on the DVD format. But without any elaborate plot devices they managed to put together an enticing and pleasant storyline without needing to use pointless fanservice or much in terms of filler content. To put it quite bluntly, there is nothing that defines Say “I Love You” other than the fact they stuck to a more traditional storyline. The side-characters also proved to be interesting, many having their own problems that are resolved before the viewer, however the antagonistic characters had a habit of either being obscure and unmemorable or going on for an episode or two longer than necessary and takes away from developing the main couple. You go into Episode 1 seeing Mei Tachibana as a sheltered and unsociable person and come out at the end of Episode 13 as someone who has navigated through several relationship milestones, having several friends and being much more confident. The writers have gone into this series knowing what they wanted to present from the eleven volume source manga and didn’t unnecessarily drag out the story at every possible point. Say “I Love You” works well because of these two main characters. This initially starts off with an “antagonist of the week” type situation, however soon expands into a major plot point in the second half of the series where amateur model / transfer student Megumi Kitagawa attempts to break the two apart and socially isolate Mei once again. While managing to make a couple more friends and fit into some sort of social circle, she comes under threat form a number of other girls who have a one-sided feeling towards Yamato. Say “I Love You” is an anime series that looks at the differences between the two as they get to know one another, and as Yamato slowly manages to break Mei out of her shell, feelings towards him begin to bloom. In a twist that the DVD cover rightfully describes as “cliche”, Mei suddenly gains the attention of the most popular and good-natured guy in school, Yamato Kurosawa, who is out to form a serious relationship with the heroine. In response to this, she adopts a shy and sceptical personality to protect herself from her concerns. With Valentine’s Day recently upon us, I took to checking out if Say “I Love You”, released by Hanabee Entertainment earlier this month managed to meet my high standards of a good love story.Īfter a number of issues during elementary school, 16-year old high school student Mei Tachibana has decided to exile herself from the crowd, refusing to make friends or let alone a boyfriend – scared that they would betray her good nature and trust again. ![]() While each genre has their good and bad titles, one that hasn’t had as strong a track record as others is the “Romance” titles. While I have some personal likes and dislikes when it comes to anime series, usually I am pretty much open to watching any title that comes my way. ![]()
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