Her wish going into middle school is to break out of her shell to become someone dazzling like a heroine found in fairy tales, but that wish is easier said than done, as Naru struggles to do anything out of her comfort zone. The story focuses mainly on Naru Sekiya, who is a shy, passive girl that considers herself as “average” in every aspect. Hanayamata tells the story of five middle school girls who end up joining the Yosakoi club, a club dedicated to performing a modern style of traditional Japanese dance. Hanayamata excels at what it does and sets a gleaming example of how the typical story of cute girls in a club setting should be done. And it’s a show that demonstrates a genuine effort to deliver high quality animation and drop-dead gorgeous aesthetics each and every episode. It’s a show that takes the typical shoujo personas and makes them lovable. It’s a show that takes the predictable character developments and makes them heartfelt. It’s a show you will love because of how it takes those stereotypical aspects and manages to make them enjoyable. Hanayamata is obviously not a show you will love because of all its stereotypical aspects. Since the anime realm is saturated with these types of anime, you will more or less get what you expected with Hanayamata, especially in terms of the overall plot progression and the character developments. On the surface, Hanayamata doesn’t do much to deviate from being the stereotypical anime featuring everyday lives of girls in a school club. And yes, it’s a typical story about the friendship between five girls in a club setting. Yes, it’s flowery, adorable, and sweet to the point it makes you cringe. Yes, it’s a show about cute girls doing cute things. Your first impression of this show is probably spot-on.
Too bad the thought of dancing in front of everyone terrifies her!Ĭan Hana convince Naru to join the club? Will Naru fall in love with yosakoi? Find out in Hanayamata! But it also just so happens that she's a transfer student named Hana from America who fell in love with yosakoi, a type of dance, and came to Japan with the intention to start her own club! Excited that she's classmates with the girl she met the night before, Hana tries to recruit Naru to become the first member of the brand new yosakoi club. Naru assumes the girl is a fairy, but it turns out she's just a regular girl, too. Her average student life changes when she meets a blonde girl dancing on top of a gate to a shrine. Why can't real life be like fairy tales where a handsome prince lifts a poor girl from obscurity and transforms her into a dazzling princess? Unfortunately, the reality could not be further from the truth and she remains a wallflower. She once had hopes that starting high school would change all that. Naru Sekiya is an average 14-year-old girl with average intelligence, average athleticism, and average talents.
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