Hanasaku Iroha - Review

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Anime Name :-

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

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Details :-

Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 3, 2011 to Sep 25, 2011

Premiered: Spring 2011

Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Licensors: NIS America, Inc.

Studios: P.A. Works

Source: Original

Introduction:-

Ohana Matsumae is an energetic and wild teenager residing in Tokyo with her carefree single mother. Abruptly, her mother decides to run away with her new boyfriend from debt collectors, forcing the young girl to fend for herself—as per her mother's "rely only on yourself" philosophy—in rural Japan, where her cold grandmother runs a small inn. Driven to adapt to the tranquil lifestyle of the countryside, Ohana experiences and deals with the challenges of working as a maid, as well as meeting and making friends with enthralling people at her new school and the inn.

Plot/Summary :-

Hanasaku Iroha centers around Ohana Matsumae, a 16-year-old living in Tokyo, who is left in the care of her estranged grandmother, following her mother's elopement with her boyfriend. Ohana arrives at her grandmother's country estate to realize she is the owner of a Taishō period hot spring inn called Kissuisō. She begins working at Kissuisō at her grandmother's request, but finds herself at odds with many employees and customers at the inn. Initially feeling discouraged, she decides to use her circumstances as an opportunity to change herself for the better and to make amends with her deteriorating relationship with the Kissuisō's staff for a more prominent future.

Quotes :-

“A slice-of-life full of drama, love and importance of growing up”

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Story :-

There's an age old belief that certain traits are passed down from parents to children, and like most ancient convictions, there's an element of truth to this one. It's a well known fact that much of a person's future behaviour is learned during their formative years, and while it's true that children will instinctively copy the mannerisms and behaviours of the role models closest to them (which in most cases means their parents), even trained professionals and researchers can't fully explain the "inheritance" of less tangible traits like stubbornness, temper, perspicacity, etc.

But what does all that have to do with a show about a girl who goes off to work at a hotsprings inn? Well, not enough to be honest, and that's biggest problem.

Hanasaku Iroha (The ABC's of Blooming), is an original anime from P.A. Works that tells the story of Matsumae Ohana, a 16 highschool student who, due to a variety of circumstances regarding her mother, is forced to move away from Tokyo to live with her estranged maternal grandmother, Shijima Sui, at the hotsprings inn that she owns. Knowing that she has no choice in the matter Ohana tries to make the best of her situation, and at the request of her grandmother she begins working at Kissui Inn.

It all sounds like a fairly straightforward set up for some teenaged melodrama, and for the most part that's what viewers will get. The plot is functional, but the anime can often have difficulty getting to the point or sticking to the storyline, and there's little in the way of originality where the narrative is concerned. In addition to this there appears to be no real direction or cohesiveness with the progression of the series, and these factors may cause viewers to wonder when the story will offer up some actual development.

That said, there's a surprisingly interesting subtextual thread that runs through the plot (which we'll cover in a bit), but because of the numerous issues with the main storyline it's often overlooked. The sad part is that Hanasaku Iroha would have had a much, much better storyline if Okada Mari had simply removed certain events from the screenplay and tightened up the narrative.

We are back with another series that fits into my favourite slice-of-life genre; as with a lot of slice-of-life anime series, there is comedy. But this series is little different – the main genres that are focused in this series are romance, drama and coming-of-age. Let’s see what that’s all about.

Hanasaku Iroha revolves around a young girl called Ohana Matsumae, who is left to move out of Tokyo to her grandmothers place after her mom ran away with her boyfriend. Her grandmothers place is later revealed to be a large hotel; a traditional Japanese hot spring inn called a “ryokan” clled Kissuisou. Her grandmother makes a deal, who owns the ryokan, that Ohana is allowed to stay if she is willing to work for the ryokan. Agreeing to this, Ohana starts working at the ryokan. As she meets everybody that works there, she slowly starts to get close to them all in separate ways, and start to realise the complicated relationships and dramas that happen within the ryokan.

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Conclusion :-

All in all, Hanasaku Iroha is a very well executed anime series that has been cleverly put together to create a flowing storyline without feeling like you are missing out on anything. With the success of the 26 episode anime series, there has also been an announcement for a full-length movie due to be released in Japan during March 2013. If you are of P.A. Works or drama/romance anime’s, then series is definitely a good watch.

Recommendation :-

Of course -,  Its an Slice of Life anime.

My rcommendation is 8 /10.

I strongly recommend it for Slice of Life  lover.

 

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Comments

  1. Romance / slice of life shows aren't my cup of tea, a nice written review though. Keep it up.

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