Just Because

When I saw Natsume and Eita, I found myself 5 years ago. During the film, my mind replayed all the memories of me and my first love. This movie is so chilling and good to watch on cold days. After that, go outside, take a breath, and your mind, your soul will be eased and lightened. It will be worth your time to spend in 13 episodes.

The introduction of numerous characters at once creates confusion, making it difficult to distinguish between them, which can be quite frustrating. The show's opening sequence was poorly executed; it begins with the characters in middle school and suddenly jumps to their high school years as graduation approaches, without any explanation. I initially thought one character had moved away, only to discover he casually walked onto the campus of his former classmates-this was the transition. The love story was, at best, forgettable. The lack of character development significantly reduced the show's appeal. I found myself fast-forwarding through the final episodes due to the slow pacing, and many filler episodes felt unnecessary. Overall, this has been one of the worst series I have ever watched.

Although the very ending is rushed and not fair to the audience that waited so long for a splashing ending, this anime is cute and will bring warm fuzzy feelings to your heart.

The problem is that it will only do that in the last episodes. It's way too dragged out. The slice of life moments used as fillers are boring and not really required. That time is dearly missed towards the ending that becomes way too rushed and fairly illogical. The last episode should be redone, then the rating would for sure go up. Till there's an ONA of sorts doing that, what we have here is a high-school romance anime with some potential and that is cute, but isn't by any means special and whose character development is cut short. When they begin to become interesting, it ends. And it doesn't compensate for all the wasted time in the first episodes (I recommend watching it at 2x speed even), the positive points come too little, too late.

Some slice of life genres are good and some aren't. This one definitely doesn't have the originality or seriousness to the plot. As well, the characters were boring and had no likeness to them.

Yeah I just wouldn't recommend this to people who are rather prefer anime having a serious plot than an anime just shooting the breeze.....

Just because is one of the most realistic romance anime I've seen so far and I don't know why people don't talk about it much often.

The plot is pretty simple but the execution, the background music, the characters are all done with great care. Its like a warm hug whenever I feel lonely and that's why I find myself coming to it more often than not. No exaggerated plot lines, just realistic storytelling with utmost subtlety. And it's this subtlety which makes this anime so likeable and so relatable to me.

Some may complain about the ending being a little rushed but I feel if you analyze the opening credits closely you'll know that's how they wanted to do it all along and frankly I don't mind.

Overall a must watch with your loved one. I bet it'll make you nostalgic regarding your school years.