Natsu no Arashi! Akinaichuu (2025)

Elm

Recommended

Short summary:

Not as good as the first season, but still worth watching.

Long summary:

Season 1 of Natsu no Arashi!, if I had to describe it in one sentence, was a captivating mixture of drama, romance, comedy, and some action with a quirky "retro but modern" feel. Akinaichuu manages to retain all these things to varying degrees, but unfortunately ends up falling a bit short of matching season 1.

Story: (6 - Fair)
The concept of Arashi and Hajime traveling back in time to the World War II era to save people was a big part of Season 1. However, for most of the first portion of Akinaichuu, this ...

donutsonfire

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If you enjoyed Natsu no Arashi!, then it'd be natural for you to be watching the second season right? DUH! I really loved the first season and I expected nothing less in the follow-up!~ Turns out I was more or less right! Anyways, here a little bit of my thoughts on this 2nd season!

*Btw, I refuse to write a short a summary of Natsu no Arashi!Akinaichuu at the start of my review. I believe I'd be wasting your time and it'd be just re-summarizing the summary provided on the "details" tab.

Story: 9
As with my review for Natsu no Arashi!, I fairly liked the one-shots ...

Chibi_Hige

Recommended

"Shio kudasai!" .... salt please

Even a line as simple as that was made incredibly hilarious (much to my surprise) as I was constantly made to laugh throughout the whole series. There are many slap-stick quality jokes embedded in the show but most of them were original, which I appreciated. It was definitely unique and I have never seen a show quite like it (whether comparing it as a comedy or just the plot). Although the story is fairly decent, it wasn't the best but everything else made up for it, but then again everyone's opinion differs.

Comedy, for this series, was definitely its strong point but ...

ktulu007

Mixed Feelings

Not long ago I looked at the first series of Natsu no Arashi. It was okay, suffering quite a bit from tonal problems, repeating an episode basically wholesale and some jokes that didn't work, but it also had quite a few good points and it was decent overall. So, does the second series improve on any of those aspects? Does it degrade? Let's take a look and see how it compares.

Story:

The story continues with Arashi, Hajime and everyone else working at the cafe. This series does drop the attempts at dramatic stories about their time traveling and goes completely into comedic mode. Which is what ...

13lueH0ur

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We were young once; wishing that summer would last forever, getting worried over the most trivial matters, falling in love with the wrong people, and thinking we knew everything. And then comes that certain age when we are confronted by the ghosts of our past to remind us that it was that rose-colored youth which shaped who we are today. Caught in the crossroads of growing up, reminiscence is a therapy session we all could use every now and then. So grab the nearest ghost of the past, and jump straight into two seasons of Natsu no Arashi’s unconventional ride of history-redefining proportions.

STORY - 6

Hajime ...

du5k

Recommended

The first season feels so long ago. I remember that it was pretty enjoyable, but it didn't make a lasting impression. I've never really understood the original author's perception of a cute anime girl too, because well, they were kind of a turn-off... But it wasn't so bad when they're animated.

Luckily (or maybe purposefully) Shinbo (director) tried to give Natsu no Arashi a different style, where he try to cram as many cells into a scene as possible... To the point where sometimes the characters strike a pose for no reason while the conversation goes on normally. Though it's SHAFT's style to use as little ...

Franck_Nicolas

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/13 eps)

This is the second season of Natsu no Arashi.

However, it could be watched separately because the plot has lost all of its substance. It s only light comedy sketches and the episodes are completely independant.

In addition, the gags are not funny and overused in this second season, and a lot of them were already used in the first season, so it didn t make me laugh anymore. When you hear 20 times the same joke, you become as exasperated as the guy asking for salt since episode 1. For exemple, there is an episode where one of the characters transform in a funny fantasy character, ...

harima1412

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