MAL | PRTitle: Sakamichi no Apollon, Kids on the SlopeStudio: MAPPAGenre: Drama, Josei, Music, Romance, School,Source: MangaIntro: The beginning of Summer in Japan, 1966. Because of issues with his father's job situation, high schooler Kaoru Nishimi moves to Kyushu to live with his relatives. He was an honor student who keeps to himself, but because of a fateful meeting with a bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi, he introduces him to Jazz, and because of it, starts his coming of age with himself, Sentaro, and Sentaro's childhood friend, Ritsuko.What is Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope?Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope is a coming of age story that centers around three Japanese high school students named: Kaoru Hishimi, Sentaro Kawabuchi, and Ritsuko Mukae of them finding their passion of Jazz, discovering love, who they truly are to themselves, and how meeting that certain person has an impact on your life.Strengths:There A LOT of various good things about this anime, one, all the main characters and a lot of the side characters are very likable, a lot of characters go through some of the same moments that we go through our teenage years, while also finding something that the group of friends find something they love doing together. The story is excellent, with how it plays out overall, with a some twists in it that you might not see coming.Also, did I mention that the director of Cowboy Bebop, Zankyou no Terror, Space Dandy, and Samurai Champloo, Shinichiro Watanabe and the Music composer Yoko Kanno, who did the music for Cowboy Bebop help made this anime too?Yoko Kanno's MUSIC is amazing and I love the OST very much!The ending to the series I consider a very close to a Perfect Ending to the anime, I love it so much, This anime I believe it will get ruin if you added more story to the end of it.This scene is one of the most perfect scenes I have even seen in anime ever(Spoilers somewhat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHJntLYMh0Weakness:They cut out a part of the ending of the manga(not the ending ending, but there is a time skip that happens) which cuts of some story to it.The English dub(the version I watched) some of side characters had annoying voices.The beginning might start out a bit slowly, and you might not know where the plot is going at first.Final Thoughts:Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope was an experience for me, its not about the music, the music is important aspect for the characters for how they connect to each other, but its not the main focus of the anime, the main focus is the main characters going through an important time in their life, with all three of them changing each other to show who they really are.This is not a slice of life or music based anime, this anime has a story that has progress, that also makes you feel happy for the main characters when something good happens to them, and wondering what will become of them when something drastic happens to them.If you love Jazz, check this anime out. If you want to watch an Coming of Age story, check this out. If you want to see an amazing anime done by the same people that worked on Cowboy Bebop, check this anime out! http://ift.tt/1Q3QY1C
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