#Hanasaku Iroha Blossoms for Tomorrow

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Hanasaku Iroha; Hanasaku Iroha ~Blossoms for Tomorrow~ - Episode 8

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Best Underrated Anime Group H Round 2: #H1 vs #H2

#H1: Pro baseball player cares about money

#H2: Girl is sent to family hotel in the country

Details and poll under the cut!

#H1: Gurazeni

Summary:

This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball player—a relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. The team operates as a highly-stratified society, where the player's performance determines his annual salary. Natsunosuke is one of the highest paid players in the game. He measures how good players are by how much money they make, and he intends to be on top and stay there, and as such is always looking for players to challenge and does everything to insure that he is better than they are.

Propaganda:

Gurazeni appeals to me as a show where all the characters are adults and are written as such. I would not say that Gurazeni's art is particularly good, but the writing has a charm to it. It gets into the little details of baseball stats and how they affect salaries, as well as which position pays more. The characters are fun and likable and the story goes some interesting places. I only saw season 1, but it did get a season 2.

Also, Gurazeni's music is pretty good, with a great OP and ED.

Trigger Warnings: None.

#H2: Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

Summary:

Ohana Matsumae is an energetic and wild teenager residing in Tokyo with her carefree single mother. Abruptly, her mother decides to run away with her new boyfriend from debt collectors, forcing the young girl to fend for herself—as per her mother's "rely only on yourself" philosophy—in rural Japan, where her cold grandmother runs a small inn. Driven to adapt to the tranquil lifestyle of the countryside, Ohana experiences and deals with the challenges of working as a maid, as well as meeting and making friends with enthralling people at her new school and the inn.

Propaganda:

It’s a really great one season show about a teen girl figuring out who she is and what she wants out of life. She makes friends and creates a home for herself despite having no dad and a lackluster Mother. She grows and blossoms into a better, kinder person who enjoys life. It’s a genuinely sweet anime, and everyone in it is trying their best. It’s a feel good show, and if you need a smile, give it a shot. Frankly, it’s very much character-centric, and you can’t help but root for them and feel for them when they suffer.

Trigger Warnings: Mild Emotional Abuse in the past. The Mom isn’t abusive physically, but she does suck and neglects her kid emotionally, so maybe Child Abuse?

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✨🫧🩵🧡New Anime Show To Watch?!🧡🩵🫧✨

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Relatable…

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Anime of the day: Hanasaku Iroha

Alt title: Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

Released: 2011

Ohana recently lived in Tokyo with her carefree mother; however, after a bout with some depth collectors, Ohana’s mother ran away with her boyfriend. Now, Ohana must fend for herself at her strict grandmother’s inn in rural Japan. Ohana’s life is now flipped upside down as she learns to navigate life working at the inn while attending school.

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Crunchyroll Announces the Return of Two Licenses

Crunchyroll Announces the Return of Two Licenses

Crunchyroll has announced that the Hanasaku Iroha ~Blossoms for Tomorrow~ and Chronicles of the Going Home Club anime are returning to the site’s catalog. In addition, Crunchyroll has added Hanasaku Iroha the Movie ~HOME SWEET HOME~ for the first time ever.

Chronicles of the Going Home Clubwill be available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New…

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Free Streaming Service Tubi Adds a Bunch of NIS America Anime

  Fox Entertainment's free streaming service Tubi has more anime in the mix, this time with a bunch of additions from NIS America. Among them you'll find fan-favorites ranging from Arakawa Under the Bridge to Toradora! and many more, so dig into the full list below to see what's live on Tubi right now.

  Arakawa Under the Bridge 

bunny drop 

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA (Dubbed in English and Japanese)

Chronicles of the Going Home Club 

Daily Lives of High School Boys 

Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up 

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl 

Hanasaku Iroha Home Sweet Home

Hanasaku Iroha ~ Blossoms for Tomorrow ~ 

If Her Flag Breaks (Subtitled in Spanish and English)

kimi ni todoke -From Me to You- 

Nagi-Asu: A Lull In The Sea (Dubbed in English and Japanese)

Natsume's Book of Friends 

PandoraHearts 

The Eccentric Family 

Toradora! (Dubbed in English and Japanese and subtitled in Spanish and English) 

YURUYURI 

  Source: Press release

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By: Joseph Luster

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Let’s play a game~

I wanted to share some good animes/mangas/cartoons and discover new ones so I created this tag/ask thing.

Rule: List in alphabet order the animes/mangas/cartoons you started/like/love or was disappointed by, give your top 10 or 5, and let your followers know what you actually followed so for instance, they ask you a letter (ex here: “I - I – Ikoku Meiro no Croisée, Inuyasha”  and you give your opinion about those :D) or for a few names.

Here’s my manga/anime top list only:

One Piece

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood

Angel Beats

Boku no Hero Academia

Yuri on Ice!!!

Noragami

Code Geass

Dawn of the Arcana

Can’t give a top 10 ;-; (those are the ones that greatly marked me on a long run - or recently for BnHA and YoI)

Numbers – 07 Ghost

A – Acchi Kocchi (Place to Place), Amnesia, Angel Beats, Ano Hana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Aoharu x Kianjû (Aoharu x Machinegun), Arslan, Assassination Classroom, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra

B – Baka to Test Shukanjû, Bakuman, Barakamon, Beelzebub, Black Bullet, Black Butler, Black Rock Shooter, Bleach, Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist), Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia), Boruto, Bride Stories

C – Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

D – Deadman Wonderland, Death Note, Death Parade, Detective Conan, Diabolik Lover, Doubt, Dawn of the Arcana, Durarara

F – Fairy Tail, Free!, Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Full Metal Panic

G – Grimgar of Fantaisy and Ash, Gangsta, Gravity Falls

H – Haikyuu!!, Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow, Hamtaro, Hataraku Maou-Sama, Hero Tales, Hetalia

I – Ikoku Meiro no Croisée, Inuyasha

J – Judge, Junjou Romantica

K – K Project, Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Karneval, Kokoro Connect, Kuroko no Basket

L – Letter Bee (Tegami Bachi), Liar Game, Little Busters!, Love Hina, Love Stage, Lovely Complex

M – Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, Mirrai Nikki (Future Diary), The Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir, My Love Story!!

N – Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Negima, Nisekoi: False Love, No. 6, No Game no Life, Noragami, Nurarihyon no Mago

O – One Piece, One Punch Man, Ouran High School Host Club, Over The Garden Wall, Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End)

P – Pandora Hearts, Pokemon

R – Ranma ½

S – Sankarea, Sasameki Koto, Secret, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Senyuu, Seven Deadly Sins, Shingeki no Kyûjin (Attack on Titan), Shuriken High School, Sky High Survival, Skyland, Spice and Wolf, Soul Eater, Sword Art Online

T – Thermae Romae, Tokyo Ghoul, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun (My Little Monster), Toradora!, Trigun

U – Uta no Prince-sama

V – Voltron the Legendary Defender

W – Wakfu, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Wolf Girl (Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji)

Y – Yuri on Ice!!!

Z – Zenkyuu no Terror (Terror in Resonance)

Now you can ask me about a letter’s fandoms, just fandoms or what would I advice according to your taste described in your message! 

I hope the rules are clear cause I suck at explaining

tagging: @petite-neko @conspacelien @blueflamebird @lululawlawlu @wolfliorchi @miss-littlegiant @dimancheetoile @ice-kachang-hotpot-todoroki @humblingbumble @mieei-chan @saisai-chan @goopzoo @yuvaart and @hanihana because I’m curious but you have absolutely no obligation I was just bored and couldn’t sleep

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Double Points Anime Week 11: Hanasaku Iroha (8/10-8/17)

This year I went through the catalog of studio P.A. Works after realizing how much I loved SHIROBAKO.  I expected I would like Hanasaku Iroha just by looking at the key art.  Little did I know just how much I would end up loving it.

Ohana Matsumae is an energetic and wild teenager residing in Tokyo with her carefree single mother. Abruptly, her mother decides to run away with her new boyfriend from debt collectors, forcing the young girl to fend for herself—as per her mother's "rely only on yourself" philosophy—in rural Japan, where her cold grandmother runs a small inn. Driven to adapt to the tranquil lifestyle of the countryside, Ohana experiences and deals with the challenges of working as a maid, as well as meeting and making friends with enthralling people at her new school and the inn.

While the underlying story may not appear to be the flashiest of concepts, I cannot stress how much I unconsciously became drawn into it. And while Ohana is introduced as the main character, a rather large cast of characters all seem to get just about the same amount of screen time as her. Each character goes through successes and failures in attempts to improve themselves. Hanasaku Iroha is definitely a character-driven show and by realizing the dreams and desires of each one, this anime creates a truly colorful atmosphere.

Genre-wise, Hanasaku Iroha is quite the interesting combination, combining Comedy and Drama in a Slice of Life setting. Many anime have attempted similar groupings, however Hanasaku Iroha seems to stand out among the rest in the balance it achieves between the genres. There are times when you'll want to laugh and there are times when you'll tear up, and this show manages to create these moments in perfect harmony.

Hanasaku Iroha’s  26 episodes are worth a double 16 points this week, and can be found here.

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Best Underrated Anime Group H Round 1: #H2 vs #H7

#H2: Girl is sent to family hotel in the country

Ohana Matsumae is an energetic and wild teenager residing in Tokyo with her carefree single mother. Abruptly, her mother decides to run away with her new boyfriend from debt collectors, forcing the young girl to fend for herself—as per her mother's "rely only on yourself" philosophy—in rural Japan, where her cold grandmother runs a small inn. Driven to adapt to the tranquil lifestyle of the countryside, Ohana experiences and deals with the challenges of working as a maid, as well as meeting and making friends with enthralling people at her new school and the inn.

#H7: Isekai subversion, now with more women and good writing

Average student Mitsuki Mutou suddenly finds himself transported to another realm. Summoned by the king of this world for the remarkable power he is supposed to possess, Mitsuki is thrown out when it appears that he lacks a Special Concept. Moping about, he encounters a priestess named Menou who explains that Japanese people like him are known as Lost Ones, and such individuals never fail to have Special Concepts.

Menou elaborates that she is part of a church that helps abandoned Lost Ones integrate into society. She invites him to spend the night at her church, where the two can probe the nature of his ability. Eventually, they discover that Mitsuki's Special Concept is actually incredibly powerful and dangerous.

But is Menou's true goal to assist Lost Ones—or the opposite?

Titles, propagandas, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#H2: Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

Propaganda:

It’s a really great one season show about a teen girl figuring out who she is and what she wants out of life. She makes friends and creates a home for herself despite having no dad and a lackluster Mother. She grows and blossoms into a better, kinder person who enjoys life. It’s a genuinely sweet anime, and everyone in it is trying their best. It’s a feel good show, and if you need a smile, give it a shot. Frankly, it’s very much character-centric, and you can’t help but root for them and feel for them when they suffer.

Trigger Warnings: Mild Emotional Abuse in the past. The Mom isn’t abusive physically, but she does suck and neglect her kid emotionally, so maybe Child Abuse?

#H7: The Executioner and Her Way of Life (Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road)

Propaganda 1:

An isekai that forgoes the usual tropes and exceedingly dull, whitebread protagonist in favor of a cast consisting more or less exclusively of varying flavors of deranged lesbians.

As a bonus, a certain scene halfway through the first episode made a lot of the worst parts of the anime community SO mad, and I feel like that’s worth something in and of itself.

Propaganda 2:

An isekai subversion that doesn’t feel like it’s subversive for the sake of being trendy! All of its unique parts have lore to explain them, and the world building of the series is super intriguing. The power mechanics are well-thought-out, and the fighting is unique and beautifully animated! Another strong part is the character relationships; I love the various dynamics between the main cast, and I love how none of them are reduced to mere tropes, as anime loves to do with its women. It’s also very funny, and the protagonist is one of my favorites <3333

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Suicide. Suicide is basically a deuteragonist’s goal, but it isn’t shown.

If you’re reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

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My Top 70 Anime of the Decade.

1. A Place Further than the Universe- 2018

2. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms- 2018

3. Sound! Euphonium- 2015-2016/2019

4. Your Name- 2016

5. Attack on Titan- 2013/2017-2019

6. Made in Abyss- 2017

7. March Comes in like a Lion- 2017-2018

8. A Silent Voice- 2016

9. Run With the Wind- 2019

10. Anohana: The Flower we saw that Day- 2011

11. Chihayafuru- 2012-2013/2019

12. My Hero Academia- 2016-2019

13. Wolf Children- 2012

14. Your Lie in April- 2015

15. Shirobako- 2015

16. Sound of the Sky- 2010

17. Yuru Camp- 2018

18. Little Witch Academia- 2017

19. Konosuba- 2016-2017

20. The Anthem of the Heart- 2015

21. I Want to eat your Pancreas- 2018

22. Plastic Memories- 2015

23. Silver Spoon- 2013/2014

24. Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai- 2018

25. Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow- 2011

26. She and Her Cat: Everything Flows- 2016

27. Kids on the Slope- 2012

28. Angel Beats- 2010

29. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid- 2017

30. Kill la Kill- 2014

31. From the New World (Shinsekai yori)- 2013

32. Hinamatsuri- 2018

33. Violet Evergarden- 2018

34. A Lull in the Sea- 2014

35. Liz and the Blue Bird- 2018

36. Puella Magi Madoka Magica- 2011

37. Mob Psycho 100- 2016/2019

38. O Maidens in Your Savage Season- 2019

39. The Wind Rises- 2013

40. The Promised Neverland- 2019

41. Erased- 2016

42. One Punch Man- 2015

43. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- 2019

44. In This Corner of the World- 2016

45. New Game!- 2016-2017

46. Monogatari Series- 2010-2018

47. Tsuredure Children- 2017

48. Danmachi- 2015/2019

49. Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions- 2016

50. Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou- 2014

51. White Album 2- 2013

52. The Garden of Words- 2013

53. Re:Zero- Starting Life in Another World- 2016

54. Promare- 2019

55. Bunny Drop- 2011

56. Fruits Basket- 2019

57. Barakamon- 2014

58. Children Who Chase Lost Voices- 2011

59. Yona of the Dawn- 2015

60. Tsukigakeirei- 2017

61. Hyouka- 2012

62. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya- 2010

63. Kokoro Connect- 2012

64. The Boy and the Beast- 2015

65. Mirai- 2018

67. Sakura Quest- 2017

68. Tamako Market- 2013

69. My Roomate is a Cat- 2019

70. Ascendance of a Bookworm- 2019

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Convention Adventures

I had a lot of fun!

Friday

AMV Showcase

Had lunch

Wandered around for a while

Idol Dance Showcase

Sat outside for a break

Wandered through the Artist’s Alley and Vendor’s Hall, didn’t buy anything

Sat outside for a break (again)

Ate dinner

Watched some anime (3 episodes of Yona of the Dawn, 4 episodes of The Devil is a Part Timer, 1 episode of Hanasaku Iroha: Flower Blossoms of Tomorrow)

Went home

Rest of the days are under the cut.

Saturday

Lolita Fashion Show

Had lunch

Watched more anime (2 epsiodes of Mobile Suit GUNDAM: Iron-Blooded Orphans, 4 episodes of Blend-S, 2 epsiodes of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)

Ate dinner

Convention Horror Stories

Went home

Sunday

Adapting English lyrics for cover songs

Ate lunch

Watched about 1.5 episodes of The Eccentric Family

Sing, Clap, and Stomp-Along AMVs

AMV Contest Winners

Went home

If you want more detail on things that happened at the convention, feel free to send questions to my Curious Cat. https://curiouscat.me/SeleniteSelfShipping