EF: A TALE OF MELODIES.

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ANIME Dramaef: a tale of memories.
SPECIAL Dramaef: a tale of melodies. - prologue
MANGA Comedyef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.

REVIEWS

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  biogundam

  72/100
  still good romance series about teenagers

  Warning this review may contain spoilers.

  First impressions, so after watching tale of memories,
  I decided to check out this out to see if it was as good or enjoyable as it,
  And over all I wasn't that disappointed.
  Because it still manage to keep to its quality up to a point.

  Story, 7/10

  So Ef tale of melodies tells the story of two romances,
  one of them is in the past and the other is in present day,
  It's basically a prequel/ sequel to its predecessor Ef tale of memories,
  So I am going to brake both of them up and talk about one at a time.

  So let's start this story with
  yuu himura an orphan high schooler who trying to persure his dreams.
  One day while leaving school a paper plane hits him on the head form the school roof, after investing he encounters a girl who seems to know him,
  But for the life of him he can't seem to remember,
  While helping a school friend with her shopping he finds out that he as been followed by the girl who he meet on the roof, who is reviled to be yuuko amamiya
  Who shared a close brother and sister like bond while they where in the orphanage together as kids,
  So after that they decide to pick up where the left off especially since she still has feelings for him.
  Which is kind of sweet you know old friends re kindling old bonds which is always a good thing to do.

  So after this hanging out again like old times and starting to rekindle that bond,we find out that she become the victim of bullying which she doesn't seem to care much about it, it is then reveled that she is actually being sexually and physically abused her adopted older brother and that the school bullying was actually her doing in order to get back at yuu For rejecting her offer to be his sister which had her end up in the situation she in now.

  So I thought this whole drama with the brother was kind of interesting and something I Haven't seen that much of before,
  But I also felt it was played a little to hammy for my taste personally.
  I also didn't really like the part where yuuko was fakeing the school bullying to get back at yuu,
  Which I found quite pitty,
  But don't get me wrong Like I understand the reasoning behind it,
  But I am just thinking to myself oh you bitch,
  Like I know you blame him and i like the idea of his past actions coming to bite him in the ass,
  But come on he was like small Kid around the time the made that choice do you honestly think he could of predicted that this would happen.
  Plus people make mistakes especially children.

  So he decides to run away with her in order to get her away from her abuser,
  Which works as well as you think as she returns back to her brother shortly afterward,
  Which I liked because I don't think it's going to work out especially if you have no job or money to keep your going.
  which leaves both of them time to reflect on the consequences of what they both done to each other and who they can make it right.
  Which I really liked because both of them realized that both of them have fucked up hard and that need to forgive each other.
  Which though a series of events leads to the older brother killing himself by setting himself and the house a blaze,
  Which I thought of kind of a bit to over the top,
  But I guess that had to solve it one way or another.

  With her brother now gone both of them can now be together.
  But there happiness doesn't last long Which doesn't last for long as one day while waiting for yuu,
  yuuko get hit by a car while saving a small child and dies,
  Which yuu still hasn't gotten over even In present day,
  I thought this part of generally tragic because after what they been though together and how much effort it took to get there was just taking in a second
  It's like life decided we haven't had these people suffer enough we need to stick the knife in deeper and twist it.

  But yuuko hasn't given up yet either as her spirit is still waiting for him,
  In Which they finally meet another again in order to spend one last day together before she fully passes on.
  Which I thought was very touching and sweet,
  But it kind of rueing the impact of her death.

  The second is in present day that starts off with mizuki hayama an outgoing high schooler who is staying with relatives for the winter holidays,
  While staying there she hears a violin playing in the background and is I entranced by it sound.
  After asking her relatives she find out it came from there next door neighbor kuze shichi a middle aged play boy who is a professional musician,
  After being introduced to one another they decide to hang out during the holidays.
  While hanging out together a few times mizuki starts to becoming even closer and closer to kuze and is developing feelings for him,
  Ok this is kind of different I wonder how there going to handle this massive age gap.
  she starts noticing that something is wrong with kuze with him at times passing out or that there somethings he not telling her,
  she finds out that kuze has got a terminal heart illness that will kill him in about a year with him suffering from depression because of it.
  Now I found this kind of interesting but also quite mallow dramatic at the same time
  After finding this out she decides to try's to save him from his depression and make his last days on earth as happy as possible,
  Which at first doesn't really go that well especially since he in a very dark place and he isn't willing to allow people to help him especially mizuki.
  I found this part quite realistic at less of what happens to a person suffering from depression and the fear of death as your body just slowly starts to shut down.
  But though consent persistence and her love for him she manages to get though to him and convince him to go through the operation that can prolong his life for a few more years.
  But the operation could also kill him as well,
  So giving it all or nothing kuze decide to go though the operation for mizuki with it working So after the operation both of them begin there relationship together
  While it lasts.
  I thought this was also very sweet and did bring the feels,
  But I think this could have been more tragic and it's already crossing on the fine line where you know this isn't going to have a happy ending at the end of the day unless they have some sort of ass pull

  So while I compare the two romances together,

  I really like that one between kuze and mizuki more then yuu and yuuko,

  Because I personally found there one more relatable,
  Even though found it a little pedo-ish.
  Because I can relate to the whole depression thing and it being related to some sort of terminal illness,
  Like the struggle you go through, the ups and down of it all.
  Is something that I have experienced myself and it's definitely more interesting and relatable to me when compared to childhood friend in a abusive relationship Which is probably also quite relate to quite a few people,
  But personally I couldn't really bye into it.

  But I found both of them where handled in the proper way,
  Especially when it came To the subject matter that they both tackle.

  I also found both of the dramas interesting and different from what i usefully see,

  But I think that both how they end are kind of ass pullish,
  Because your girlfriend is waiting for you as a ghost in order to send one last day with you,
  I probably would have liked more is that he dies and then meet her in the after life
  But hay that just me.

  Also your boyfriend with the heart disease living past a operation that had I high chance of killing him or not working.
  But those are my only nick picks.

  But guess my major problem with it is that it kind of ideal for its own good I guess,

  But You know this was based on a porn game so I guess that the reason why.

  Characters, 6/10

  Yuu and kuze.
  I thought yuu was kind of bland character especially in his high school days,
  I mean the only thing he pretty much had going for him as that he was very independent person and he was a orphan,
  But I did think he was a bit more interesting in his adult years,
  Because he kind like this mentor character or something along those lines.

  Kuze had a bit more going for him especially what was going on,
  Because he was acting quite human
  But other than that he was kind of just the playboy kind of character.

  yuuko and mizuki.

  When it came to yuuko I thought she was a kind of bland character,
  Intill the thing with her brother was found out,
  Because under that happy outside was a girl who pretty much thinks of her self as damaged goods,and it takes yuu to show her that she more than that.
  So I give credit where credit is due
  Mizuki I found was just the happy girl and nothing really else to her,
  Other than the fact she just happen to have a lot of wisdom on life which I thought came out of nowhere.

  Side character are pretty average,

  Also all the old characters are back as well,
  So we get to see what there up to as well.
  Which is quite nice.
  But nothing Really happened that much with them.
  There just kind of there.

  Art, 7/10

  The animtion looks very nice,
  Very crip and clean
  The background also look very detailed as well,
  There also a very nice color scheme.

  It has this generic v.n style to it especially or VN standards

  It also uses a lot of symbolism in some scenes of importance,
  It basically shaft being shaft.

  The character designs are also generic as well.

  Sound, 6/10

  I thought the op and ending where all right,
  I found them relaxing
  I thought the ost was on point for very scene it was used.
  But it didn't really stand out that much to me.

  Enjoyment, 6/10

  I quite enjoyed this,
  I found the drama interesting and even though i find it quite generic and kind to ideal for its own good and all my other my nick picks,
  It probably still one of my favorite rom com shows that I like to watch every now then.

  Overall, 7/10

  If you like romcom or just fans of the VN them probably watch this,
  It's fine for what it is,

  But if didn't like the first one or don't like these types in general then probably stay a way.

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  Kanon3Hz

  90/100
  Reach him, my wishes.

  
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  Just as my review for the first season I won’t really dive too deep into the plot, because I want to keep it as spoiler free as possible, but there's still things to say about this beautiful anime.
  
  In ef: A Tale of Melodies which is a sequel to Memories and definitely something that’s necessary to be watched before or a lot of things in Melodies won’t really make sense even if we are mainly following 2 different plots in this season. As mentioned this season focuses for the most part on 2 new stories which I both enjoyed a lot and they really showed how interwoven all the stories are in ef thanks to all the relationships between certain characters. The first romance I want to go over is the one between Mizuki and Kuze which had a bit of a lesser focus in the show overall, but it still fulfilled its part and I liked the themes it did deal with in their relationship and how it developed with an ending that I very much enjoyed. The second romance we are following is the biggest part in the series and also the key to a lot of mysteries which we finally got answers to this season. Yuu and Yuuko are the focus of it and it’s my personal favorite romance I followed in this show and it did have some darker themes in it which they executed in a fitting matter and it is also worth mentioning that this part of the story is set a few years before the others and also gives us more insight into characters like Kuze and it’s just something that the series does so well in linking all of the plots together.
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  Just like in the previous season melodies is animated by studio shaft and there isn’t much more for me to add to how great the show looked and how much use they made of colors and symbolism which I haven’t already mentioned in my review for memories, but I do think that they went even more with it this season and it had more really abstract scenes which I enjoy a lot when there’s storytelling and emotions conveyed through art alone.
  The soundtrack is just beautiful and they really knew how to enhance and elevate scenes with it especially in more still scenes that have it slowly build up as the tension in the scene keep rises. They also had multiple ending songs which were all very fitting to the episodes they played them in and especially the opening is one of my favorite songs in the anime.
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  Overall I think ef: A tale of Melodies is an outstanding sequel to the first season with two really intriguing and well written main plots we are following while it also gives us a few more glimpses on the couples of the first season and resolves the mystery of things which most likely kept a lot of people questioning at the end of the first season. If you liked the first season and are looking for more  of the same style of show I can recommend it without any doubt!

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