Anime Guide

#114 Tari-Tari (music recommendation no.2)

Music Recommendation No. 2

Tari-Tari

Genre: Music, slice of life, drama

Episodes: 13 episodes

Manga: 2 volumes, status completed

Opening song: Dreamer by AiRI.

Ending song: Shiokaze no Harmony by Ayahi Takagaki, Asami Seto, Saori Hayami, Nobunaga Shimazaki, and Natsuki Hanae, Kokoro no Senritsu by Asami Seto and Saori Hayami for episode two, and later joined by Ayahi Takagaki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, and Natsuki Hanae for episode six.

Summary:

The story centers around five Japanese high school students who are too young to be called adults, but who no longer think of themselves as children. Wakana Sakai once took music lessons, but she withdrew from music after losing her mother. Konatsu Miyamoto is a positive-thinking girl who loves singing and spends time after school at the vocal music club. Sawa Okita is a spirited archery club member who dreams of becoming a horse rider. Taichi Tanaka is a chronically late badminton team member who lives with his college student sister. "Wien" just transferred into Wakana's class after 12 years abroad in Austria. Music brings Wakana, Konatsu, Sawa and the others together into an ensemble during their last summer in high school. The story is set in Fujisawa and Kamakura, Kanagawa.

Own opinion:

This show is definitely underrated. Of course there are many anime lovers who don't like music genre anime that much so this great show is being left behind. Unlike K-on, which is a popular music anime, Tari-tari is different. It doesn't focus on the cute side of music and slice of life genre. It doesn't have cute characters doing cute things. This show is more on focusing on the friendship and the hard time of growing up and becoming an adult. So yeah, this show is definitely a much watch.

Rank: 4 over 5 stars