Or maybe I just don't like shitty jazz.
The worst part about this is that I know that if I get watermelon in real life it'll be warm, mushy, and overall amazingly shitty. Goddamn it reality.
What is depth? Is it a intricate web of relationships and rivalries spanning across eight arcs and 300-something chapters? Is it the hyper-realistic awkward love triangle between friends? Is it a mecha anime that is secretly makes tons of allegories towards the fight between will and peer pressure? Is it a deceptively cute and simple comedy anime that aims to warm our hearts? Or can it be as little as a scene involving a hug between brothers?
People talk about depth in the same sense in that they talk about true happiness and charisma. It's an elusive trait that only a few things have, but people fail to describe it to others - perhaps because it is (rightfully so) supposed to be different for everyone. But there are definitely plenty of media out there that appeal as a "deep" piece to many. Is Sakamichi no Apollon one of them?
Perhaps this is simply the same as the case I made for sophomoric humor. Perhaps we don't need a ruler to measure the depth of a series. But if this is true, I'll only try to point out what Sakamichi seem to try to do, rather than describe in too much detail how effective it may or may not be.
Haha! Not only did they animate the rapid picking and chromatics, they also animated the usage of the whammy bar correctly. Excellent job.
The production values for Sakamichi are fine, I guess. As NotMoe points out, the graphics are not only good, but they synced the animations with the playing of the music - props to Tezuka Productions for making the extra effort to do that. The OP and ED (Sakamichi no Melody by YUKI; Altair by Motohiro Hata) are really nothing special - the OP for Sakamichi sounds almost like Hyou-ka's, but I digress. I've gotten grumpy because I haven't seen a very good OP except for Medaka Box for quite a while.
How do I describe the plot? It's just...there. It is indeed very hyper-realistic. The main character is shy, but good at the piano. He likes a certain girl, and love is indeed blind to all other things. That girl loves someone else, who in turn loves someone else, who in turn...loves someone else. The two main boys have fights and tussles. Man, are there a lot of fights. They get annoyed at each other. They play music in spite of that. They face hardships. They face rivalries. They face change. Love changes. Sacrifices are made in the name of love. People run away, and no - there is no copout miracle that occurs to put everyone and everything in the right place in the nick of time. Time passes, and things fade. But really, sometimes karma just works in the right way. And whatever happens, there are just some things that bond people together in friendship. It can be just the discussions they had, the trips they made together...and the music they've played with each other.
Is it bad if I was more sad due to the fact that this rooftop scene reminded me of the Angel Fix arc in Kamisama no Memochou rather than due to what was actually going on?
It dallies a bit - nobody can deny that. In order to "draw out the tension", Sakamichi has a habit of spending entire episodes where everybody is simply moody, sulking, and walking around in retrospection. But that's also life, as bad as the habit may be. It's not special, and nothing truly miraculous happens. But that's also life, and luck may not come in the end. But sometimes, fate guides you to something really good. It's life - enjoy it however you may.
Recommendation: Watch it when you have some time; spread it out over a couple days and a lot of cups of tea. It's a slow series - slow down a bit.
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