Tsuki ga Kirei continued to be just the most adorable goddamn thing this week. I was happy to see Kotarou branching out from his light-punching to also include some windmill kicks and situps in this week’s texting ceremony, and loved the whole charming date at the end. In a season full of great surprises, Tsuki ga Kirei counts among the best of them.
You can check out my full review over at ANN, or my brief notes below.
Shots separating them in the classroom
Chinatsu, Akane’s sporty friend, still seems interested in Kotarou
Some very interesting animation for Kotarou’s dance (turns out this was rotoscoped, hence the slight stiffness)
Kotarou’s being hassled about studying for high school entrance exams, but he’s distracted by many other things
“What are you supposed to do when you’re in a relationship?”
Akane’s wondering the same thing, lol
Both of them googling “how to date” lol
He’s got the festival, writing, and dating on his mind, but everyone’s hassling him about studying
Oh my god, his little kicking victory dance
Oh my god he did situps and then the boxing thing again amazing
Tsuneki interrupts their “date,” making Akane mad
Some gorgeous backgrounds and lighting this week
It’s great that both of the “rivals” are perfectly nice people
Hira’s the boy in track
Lots of shots directly echoing the two of them, while contrasting their comfort zones
Exploring the actual problems of dating also really helps this show
They finally make eye contact, the shelves of the books leading them together
This shop is portraying their intimacy so well
Man, the CGI golems really do everything they can to screw up the setting and tone of this show. I wish I knew why they decided to use them, surely there are cheaper alternatives to achieve the same ends. I suppose even static crowd shots are pretty expensive… But, arggh, every time we get a shot where the first thing my eye is drawn to is one of those golems I just silently scream “Stop! Stop it!”
It didn’t bother me that much but they could have stylize it somewhat. Still, it’s probably the cheapest way they got.