Born and raised in the countryside of Japan, Hinako "Hina" Sakuragi gets anxious easily when she talks to new people—so much so that she resembles a stiff scarecrow. To overcome this, Hina hopes to get involved in theater, inspired by a play she saw during her school's field trip. So, Hina moves into the Hitotose Manor in the bustling city of Tokyo to study at Fujiyama High School, aspiring to join the school's renowned theater club.
But to Hina's dismay, she learns that Fujiyama High's theater club has been on a lengthy hiatus. Having already come to Tokyo and enrolled in the school, Hina is at a loss for what to do next. Sensing her disappointment and eagerness to learn theater, Chiaki Hagino, the landlady of Hitotose Manor, encourages Hina to create a troupe with the residents of Hitotose Manor as its members.
Hinako Note follows Hina as she begins a new life in Tokyo attending Fujiyama High while learning the ropes of theater with the support of her friends along the way.
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Gjrnm
Are you having a bad week? Is school or work exhausting your life force? Do you want something at the end of the week to look forward to? Hinako Note was just that thing. Spring season is at the end of the school year and a busy time for people who work. At the end of every week I sit down to enjoy this lovely show that whispers to my soul "everything is all right" and pumps me with energy for the coming week. Why would anyone expect something other than light hearted comedy with very cute girls after reading the synopsis and looking at theposter of the anime. It is very clear as to what expect from this anime and it delivers more than what's expected.
Story 9/10
Watch, enjoy and cheer for our adorable Hinako who struggles to get over her shyness and try to become a theatre actress. Other than that just enjoy the characters engaging in simple things that have been done over and over but this anime knows how to fulfil the cuteness parameters.
Art 10/10
Usually in anime you know the chibi style is meant as a comic relief but in this one you won't know which one is the cuter. Everything is beautiful and cute
Sound 10/10
I usually skip the intro and outro of all anime but the cute songs are stuck to my head and you'll feel as if they were having fun singing this. The voice actresses did a wonderful job to give life to those cute characters making each one a unique marshmallow of sweetness.
Characters 10/10
If not for the title of the anime you'd confuse who is the sole main character, each one is sweet on her on.
Enjoyment 10:10
I enjoyed each second of this anime. Whenever I had to look away even for a second I'd pause or replay just so I don't miss anything. And loads of thanks to the fansubs who translated her notes (which you'll find very cute)
I mentioned the word cute many times in my review, if you think that's a lot of cuteness then maybe it's not for you. This entire genre of cute girls doing cute things is meant as a stress relief and it'll be pointless if you're not stressed and your life is perfect (you may enjoy it idk). The only reason I didn't give it a 10/10 is because it's over, it should air every week forever
Lancehot
TL;DR – A cute girls show that is never quite sure what cute things they should be doing, Hinako Note feels unfocused whilst at the same time increasingly focusing on the characters bodies. The potential for a good cute girl show was there, but it really needed a redraft or more editorial oversight to achieve it. It's not easy starting again in a new city. It's even harder for Hinako, a girl whose social anxiety makes her freeze like a scarecrow when approached by strangers. It wasn't as bad in the countryside, where having a human scarecrow to attract animals away from fields was useful. Butit won't do her much good in Tokyo.
Yet that's partly what drew her there, because she has come up with a solution to overcoming her shyness: acting. After meeting her new house mates – the book-eating Kuina, maid dressing Mayuki & landlady Chiaki – they resolve to form an acting troupe to bring more customers to Chiaki's cafe & maybe even perform on a famous stage. That is if they can find time between all the other cute girl shenanigans they get up to.
At the start, Hinako Note seems like it will be a spin on the cute girls running a shop set-up that proved popular in Is This Order a Rabbit? There's both a bookshop & a café to split time between, as well as a high school & threatre club – where they meet the final main member of the group; the bratty Yua. However, it flits between settings with abandon, leaving things feeling unfocused & unconnected, particularly as it becomes increasingly episodic. It's almost as though the original author couldn't pick one cute girl location, so tried to have all of them.
It also has the effect of making Hinako's progression towards overcoming her shyness feel disjointed. The idea is that the acting will cause her to gradually gain in self-confidence so that she no longer freezes when talking to people, which is what happens – twice. While the show generally does a fine job showing her friendships develop over time, her own shyness increasingly seems to come & go when it's convenient.
One might expect it to have been structured such that, for example, she starts off barely able to talk & ends giving the leading performance on the big stage, symbolising her finally overcoming her anxiety. Alternatively, it could have gradually dropped the idea altogether, perhaps shifting the theme from overcoming your weaknesses to accepting them & finding people who accept you for who you are. Instead it peaks & troughs throughout the series, with apparent breakthroughs being followed by a return to the scarecrow pose the next time it's funny.
But in some ways that's to be expected, given how the show evolves over its runtime. While it starts out looking like an ensemble anime, all about the importance of friendship & the various relationships between the characters; by about episode six it increasingly seems more about waifu worship & how great Hinako is. Ditsy, vulnerable & air-headed yet also amazing & perfectly proportioned, Hinako quickly becomes the centre of almost everything happening around her. She may not be every viewers favourite character, but she clearly is the director's, it becoming rather eye-rolling by the time a clamshell pillow has been added to her bath scenes like she's some sort of discount Venus.
There is some indication that this is all meant to be presented from Hinako's point of view. A notebook, presumably Hinako's, is often used as the image to break up segments of the show, perhaps suggesting this is all being taken from her diary (clue is in the name, I suppose). But while that may somewhat explain why the show focuses on her, it doesn't explain the things about her it focuses on.
To be fair, all of them get a degree of back story & time to further distinguish themselves as characters, though it all feels a bit predictable. Yua has a girl crush on Chiaki that somehow seems to end up being directed, effectively if not explicitly, at Hinako. Mayuki is insecure about her height & being treated like a child while Chiaki is...attractive & responsible? Kuina, despite looking like Konata from Lucky Star, doesn't fill that or really any role. She eats paper & dresses in animal onesies, quirks compensating for lack of character.
As if wanting to visually parallel this shift, there is progressively more fan-service as the series goes on, particularly once it's revealed what a great body Hinako has. There are two or three of what might be charitably called dress-up episodes, with each one seeing characters striking progressively more risqué poses. The incidental pervy cuts become increasingly so, with body pans escalating to close-ups of T&A while the images used for the next episode previews become increasingly fetishistic - one being of Kuina licking Hinako's foot. A degree of this is to be expected in cute girl shows, but at times Hinako's Note ramps it up to sex comedy levels despite never being one; the lewd parts never feeling in character or particularly connected with what else is going on.
Oh & since important industry types undoubtedly read every MAL review, I have a request: Please stop using moo sounds to indicate big breasts are on screen. Please, just stop.
Of course, if this sounds like your kind of thing, then Hinako Note's production does a fine job presenting it. It looks & sounds pretty much as you'd expect, with suitably bright & colourful images, standard but appealing character designs & an upbeat, whimsical soundtrack. There were no notable dips in quality, though a minor but noticeable thing is the increasingly static background characters. By the same token, though, it never really excels, with no memorable animation sequences or the like. The OP & ED are somewhat notable for being the type of music that goes through multiple key & time signature changes, creating a sort of bubbly, schizophrenic mashup of cute girl sounds, unfortunately accompanied by some rather lacklustre dance routines.
There are some good things in Hinako Note. The characters are likeable, if not utilised to their full potential & some episodes deliver good enough cute girl antics. But it never manages to hold its focus on any one of its ideas for long, even as the camera increasingly focused on the characters vital assets. An okayish show that needed more editorial oversight to become a good one.
& I didn't even mention the busty 9 year old club advisor.
Asasphinx
This will be my first ever review for an anime. Since it's my first, I'll get better at doing this in time. As someone who has quite a liking towards moe anime, I found this show fairly alright to watch. Hinako Note was a fairly decent moe slice of life anime. It wasn't really anything standout, but it was overall an alright anime to watch. When I first started this show, I didn't really think I'd like it a lot because it couldn't have felt more generic to me. It felt like the show was trying to be too cute with things like the character havingvery high pitched voices and how they would have to turn into chibis to act out small scenes at some point in every single episode, but I thought the show got just a BIT better I kept watching to the end.
Story
The story isn't anything unique or anything it's pretty simple. The main character Hinako is a shy girl who came from the countryside to move to a cafe/ bookstore called Hitotse so she could attend Fujiyama High School in the city that has a club where she could practice becoming an actress in plays to help boost her confidence with being around and talking to people. When ever she speaks to people at first, she'll freeze up and turn into a scarecrow. To help her topple her fear, her friends at Hitotse decide to help Hinako run a theater trope in the cafe on the side at times.
As Hinako moves into the cafe she meets...some generic anime personalities.
Kuina: The blue haired girl who has a hefty appetite, eats quite a lot which happens to include books (yes, BOOKS), & will make you think of Konata from Lucky Star.
Mayuki, the girl with blonde hair who is supposedly Hinako's senpai being a grade above her, but has trouble with her height as she looks like a loli. She looks and acts like a cute little kid at times, but is reliable as the age she claims to be.
Chiaki who'll play the role of the landlady and the popular girl who supposedly looks hot & just so happens to be in the same age range as Hinako and the others so she can go to school with them just because.
After Hinako has time in school, she'll meet the girl who eventually tries to become her rival for a very short period of time, but ends up becoming friends with, Yua, a very generic tsundere girl who pretty much likes Chiaki and gets very shy around Chiaki.
There's also a girl who happens to run the club Hinako was trying hard to get into named Ruriko: a loli with giant oppai.
The art was good, nothing special. You'll notice how low budgeted this show really is after the first few episodes. The flashiest scene in this comes from the opening with 2 short dance like scenes, which looked like the most expensive animation used in the show. As mentioned earlier, assuming it was used to substitute for the low budget, the characters will turn into chibis for short segments of every episode. It seemed like the character templates felt a little wonky to me because they all look like they could be adults (Excluding the short girl Mayuki). The background art for each scene was pretty good though. The scenery was beautiful & one of the best things about the art in this.
The sound factor for this was ok. Their voices are high pitched as hell so the point where I couldn't feel even a bit serious while listening to them at first, but I got used to that. The opening wasn't really anything special nor memorable. It's kinda decent, but it couldn't be a more generic opening for a moe slice of life. It actually mimics the OPs from a few shows sneakily like Lucky Stay & Nichijou with the dancing bits. The ED was just a little bit better though, but still pretty bland.
With girls working in a cafe & some of their characteristics, the first thing this reminded me of was an alternative cheaper take on GochiUsa. That thought lingered with me for the rest of the show, but it slowly split itself from that route as it seperates itself from the usual moe anime by trying to act TOO kawaii, and even trying to display some sex appeal which isn't something that doesn't feel right with moe sometimes. Throughout the show, they sprinkle some ecchi on it by showing a few shots of the characters (mainly Hinako & Chiaki) with some sketchy outfits and poses & Hinako in the bath a little. When those two get in bathing suits, their oppai suddenly got much larger than they look from the outside layer of their normal clothing. Even a few of the end cards would have some unusual shot for moe anime.
It was a pretty generic show overall and I might've given it a five if not for the little extra feeling it soon gave me, as I can't say I didn't enjoy it just a little. Nearing about episode 6, it got more enjoyable to me. It MIGHT give you a reminder of shows mostly like GochiUsa, Yuru Yuri, & Hanayamata while a bit like Anne Happy & Non Non Biyori as well. If you like those shows, then there's a chance you MIGHT enjoy this show. If you're not one for slice of life or moe anime, then I can't say I'd even recommend it for you.
wolfwing
I liked this series, wouldn't mind a second season, something about it I enjoyed simple story, a young girl who is super shy moves to the big city to do plays in hopes it will help her be less shy. Simple premise but I enjoyed it. the art is usual fair for this kind of anime. Characters: they are fascinating, particularly the main char wich I can't help but feel is a human fluttershy from my little pony, even good with animals, The others are passable each with their own quirks, but it's really about the main char. I enjoyed it, justenough there to keep me interested for the most part. I suggest it for those that are interested in something along these lines.
johnbradshaw
So nowadays, every new season, you will see that moe slice of life about cute girls doing cute things. And in winter 2017, Hinako Note is that anime. But is that really a bad thing? For me it's not and if you agree with me, feel free to continue to read my review. So the story is pretty standard, Hinako is a shy girl from the countryside, it seems like the only thing she can do is to be a scarerow in the field since she can be friends with a lot of animals. In an attempt to cure the shyness, Hinako left her peaceful townto go to school in Tokyo. There she stays in an old book store and meet her new friends and join the drama club to break free from her shell.
The anime itself is pretty relaxing, it follows the everyday life of our main cute girls. The episodeds are clique and mostly follow tropes that existed in the medium ages ago.You can find beach episode, valentine episode, school festival episode,... There's really nothing new so you should only watch this anime if you want something relaxing or you particularly enjoy moe animes like me.
So clearly, this anime is character-driven, the characters will decide if you like this anime or not. There we have Hinako, a shy and naive girl, she's very unreliable and most of the time, an airhead. Kuina, the same age as Hinako, a genius who can write play, have great memories and and extreme love for food. Chiaki, a beautiful and quiet girl who is the love interest for a lot of other girls. Mayuki, a cute girl who looks lot younger for her age. Yua, a stundere who like Chiaki and helps Hinako a lot. So as you can see, the characters are nothing new, the interesting thing about them is the chemistry of their interaction. And Hinako got quite development through out the anime. The way she gradually becomes more sociable is fun to watch.
The artstyle is pretty standard for moe anime with bright color and cute characters design. I would give it 7/10 cause it actually looks quite beautiful. Along with catchy songs in the op and ed. But there is nothing standout in the soundtracks, it's so-so and forgettable.
So overall i give this 6.5/10. I enjoy a relaxing anime even though it dont really have a story. But it's the moe anime of the season and it's actually not very boring to watch i must say.
coldmia_
So, this quarantine has got me so bored that I think I'm gonna write reviews for some of the shit i've watched. And what better place to start than the first anime I ever watched? Yep, I didn't start out with any of the big shounens or gateway anime, I started with a fucking less than popular slice of life. Crazy, huh? Anyways, the review Story: 7 Now, as it is a slice of life, of course the story isn't going to be anything riveting, nobody expects that. But seeing a girl with massive social anxiety was something I could very much relate to, and I couldappreciate that. Seeing her slowly work on overcoming her anxiety by taking on various challenges that tested her in presenting herself to the public was enjoyable for me to watch.
Art: 7
Basically all the art that is necessary for a slice of life show is enough to make some cute girls that everybody can have fun watching for whatever the runtime of the show is. Hinako Note wasn't spectacular or anything, but I think the character designs were plenty enough to get the job done that they needed to.
Sound: 8
I don't remember too much of the songs played during the show, but if memory serves correctly, they absolutely did what they needed to do, but the reason I gave sound an 8 is because I enjoyed the OP and ED a bunch. So much in fact, that they were the reason I watched the show in the first place. Heard the ED in osu! and somehow that is what ended up getting me into anime, so I think I can solidly say that the songs this show has to offer were pretty good.
Character: 9
Similar to art, if a slice of life show can have cute girls with distinct personalities, there really isn't much more that they need to do to pass in my book. Maybe I'm just easy to please, but Hinako Note's cast is more than enough to keep me entertained for 12 episodes. Also, Kuina is best girl and you can not fight me on that.
Enjoyment: 9
Obviously there's not gonna be any epic story, deeper meaning or anything of the sort, but if you can just sit down, turn the ol' brain off, and enjoy some cute girls doing cute shit, then I can absolutely recommend this show for you. It definittely isn't the best slice of life out there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was.
Overall: 9
If you're a slice of life fan, I absolutely recommend this show. Not much more to say than that for my first anime ever.
daysunion
Well uhmm...hi I this is my first review so uhh here we gooo. I found this anime through a game called “Roblox” you should know what that is but in Roblox I found the game “Robeats” its a rhythm game kinda like Osu!Mania.Anyways one of the songs they had was the intro for Hinako Note so then a year later I decided to watch it. In my opinion its really cute and pretty funny especially the character Kuina Natsukawa.I would say something funny she did then that would be spoilers :’) The characters are really cute (but remember l o l i s).The intro is really catchy andI could probably listen to it all day.I dont really watch “cute” animes (sorry idk what word to use) but Hinako Note relaxing to watch to but I’m not really used to very light high pitched voice.Sorry no offence I’m just getting used to it.The story is interesting and I have never watched an anime with a girl like Hinako who is THIS shy to the point they are a literal scarecrow.
So yeah.I kinda want a season 2 now XD I just feel sad when I anime I actually liked comes to an end but I’m used to it.
KimchiCrackhead
I'll keep this short and sweet, kinda like this anime. This anime is very kawaii, it's something you watch if I guess you're into this stuff but it can also be if you stressed or tired out. There wasn't much of a story to it, but the characters and the art were very nice. If you're looking for an anime with a good story and something you can get into, well leave. This isn't an anime for that, it's something that you should watch just to relax, snuggle under a blanket with snacks and enjoy. My opinion, if you don't like it well... sorry
deathline
TL;DR Section at the end of the review. This review may or may not contain minor spoilers. Hinako Note was Passione's attempt at CGDCT (Cute Girls Doing Cute Things) which ended fairly well, though at times the direction of the show felt lost. Hinako has now just moved out to Tokyo in an attempt to become an aspiring actress. There's just one major setback: she freezes up like a scarecrow whenever she talks to any human being. How will her acting career fare as she receives help from her new roommates at Hitotose Manor? The main cast of characters consisting of five (cute) girls all complimenteach other in the way they interact with one another. Hinako, the scarecrow, Kuina, the ever-so-lovable glutton, Mayu, the super short doll like girl who's actually older than the prior two, Chiaki, the landlord and a dedicated actress (and best girl), and last but not least, Yua, who's super into Chiaki. All the girls are cute in their own right and spend their time in each episode doing cute things as formerly mentioned. However, sometimes, things go from cute to... uncomfortably erotic. Too many shots of pinup dresses and more revealing outfits that defined the outline of the body contrasted with the chibi animation that they would receive time to time and the core of the show itself. While they were good shots, it just broke the theme of the show (Hinako goes from "Flat is justice" to "Flat is injustice" in 0.2 seconds).
Moving along, the art and sound were rather good for me. The art and animation was of course cute and endearing (especially the chibi scenes), and the soundtrack was insanely good. Both the OP (while this one will make this listener end up with the biggest migraine of their life) and the ED are visually and vocally fun to view. Especially the ED, which in my opinion, is the best of the season just from the great choreography that went into it.
TL;DR: Hinako Note is another CGDCT show that at times, was really cute, but at other times was really bizarre and on the off-beaten path to weirdness. With an astounding sound track, the chibi scenes and other cute parts are sure to make you fall in love with the cast and the show as a whole.
AnimeFan48
Story: so the story for this is actually pretty basic honestly it basically starts where hinako is very shy and if anyone approaches her or even talks to her she ends up turning into a scarecrow so to get rid of that fear she decides to go to Tokyo and hopefully join a theater club in hopes of getting rid of her shyness and such. Art: Art is very good usually don't talk a lot about this usually its kept short with this and sound art again though was pretty good. Sound: the OP and ED are meh to me to be honest not the bestin the world but decent at best also the characters all sounded good as well.
Character: Hinako is the really shy one of the bunch and again like i said she cant really talk if anyone even approaches her or even talk to her she does mature as the anime goes on and she is really nice and sweet. Kuina she is a well the hungry person of the anime she thinks about food a lot and even eats the books at the store otherwise pretty up and going. Mayuki is a person who likes wearing maid outfits and costumes as well also has really good feelings for Chiaki otherwise pretty much a nice and sweet girl. Chiaki is the landlord of Hitotose and is also the last main of the anime she is really well liked otherwise a quiet talker also nice as the rest of the characters. Yua (also yes im gonna add a supporting character even though i dont really talk about them) so she basically has feeling for Chiaki and also kinda becomes Hinako's rival becuase of her getting the lead in a play when she felt like she should of had it but she opens up later to hinako otherwise a tsundere easily.
Enjoyment: i personally really enjoyed this anime like a lot more than i though i would this anime is really and i mean REALLY funny like episodes 4 through 6 were kinda meh but the rest were easily very good and a good sitting to watch as well.
Overall: Easily a 8 for me yes it was that good i could understand that yes this anime does have gimmicks going for it like you'll easily notice them right away when you watch it but honestly that didn't bother me like at all unlike other people or the more popular reviewers because i could understand but this anime was hella funny for me and easily worth the watch
ezorde
Are you a fan of the Slice of life and Cute girls doing cute things genres? If your answer is yes, then this show is not for you. Why? Because you probably already watched much better, much more original shows than this one. The main character of this show is Hinako, a girl who gets embarassed every time someone talks to her. She moves from the countryside to Tokyo in hope of overcoming this habit by joing the drama club in her new high school. However, like most SoL/CGDCT shows, Hinako Note quickly abandons its plot, and instead of giving us cute girls doing cute things, givesus cute girls doing nothing, or rather, cute girls doing the same thing cute girls have been doing in every SoL for the past five (ten?) years, only with new characters.
The beach episode? Check. Characters trying bikinis/new outfits every five seconds? Check. Characters drinking tea or eating every five seconds? Check. And so on and so on.
This kind of stuff was alright ten years ago with animes like K-On, because it was done intelligently and it was new. This is not the case here.
Talking about K-On, people over at Passione were very obviously "inspired" by K-On and Gochiusa when making Hinako Note, as many, MANY parralels can be made between the two.
In the first episodes, the characters of Hinako Note make it their goal to play at Suzuran, similar to how the characters of K-On make it their goal to play at Budokan.
In the first episode, Hinako is in Tokyo and she's looking for the bookstore where she'll stay, similar to how Cocoa, in the first episode of Gochiusa, looks for the Café where she'll stay.
There is an episode where Hinako's mom visits her, similar to the episode in Gochiusa where Cocoa's sister visits her. Again, and so on and so on.
So, as you might have guessed by now, the story is a 100% not original. There is nothing new.
What about the characters? Frankly, they're not THAT bad. Hinako herself is very similar to Cocoa from Gochiusa, but putting that fact aside, she is rather likeable, although the "joke" of her being embarassed easily gets old and annoying really fast, which might lead you to not like her.
Chiaki is rather original, especially in a CGDCT show. She is likeable. Kuina is likeable as well, although if you don't like the "Eats everything and is always hungry" type of character, you're not gonna like her, because that's 90% of what she'll do.
Mayuki is a dress freak (obviously, otherwise the characters wouldn't be able to try new clothes every five seconds) and she's complexed about her height. She's always there but you don't see her that much. Because of this, I don't hate her, but I don't feel attached to her either.
And Yua. Oh, Yua. I'm not gonna bother talking about her too much, all I'll say is that she is one of the lest original tsunderes I've ever seen (and they're not very original to begin with) and she's worst girl. There. Unless you're 10, new to anime and don't mind bitchy characters, you're not gonna like her.
The music is nice. The sound effects do the job.
The animation is good. With that being said, IT HAS TOO MANY CHIBI MOMENTS. This is becoming more and more of a problem in anime in general. The animators are lazy, so instead of drawing all the details like they'd normally do, and like they're supposed to do, every time there's a slightly silly moment, they draw chibi. This is dishonest animation and I personally dislike this very much.
Overall, it wasn't hard for me to watch Hinako Note. However, there were too many flaws for me to enjoy it. Hinako Note is not bad, it's just not good, and little effort has been put in it.
Seregosa
If you're only here because you want to see cute girls doing cute, everyday things, battling with truly uninteresting and normal problems without anything else whatsoever, then I guess you've found four hours of enjoyment. The understanding and being beloved by animals was the only truly interesting setting in this anime and I wish it was used more. Sadly, the only moment seems to be the little chick that somehow follows her around all the time and it's sadly not used much more than that, every once in a while. As for the acting/theater part, it was kind of boring. Honestly, it felt like they overdidthe cuteness a bit too much and focused unnecessarily much on erotic shots. Libido would be the only thing getting fired up with stuff like that and I doubt that's what people watch this for. Sadly, it was fairly disappointing overall, or perhaps it's more correct to say that it was average and didn't bring any surprises, although it was honestly a bit subpar even then.
It was pretty monotone and although the cuteness was appealing, I feel like it lacked too much in other departments. It's just that, cute girls doing cute things and nothing creative or exceptional going on. I found myself struggling to continue after a few episodes and no good anime should ever make people feel like it's a chore to watch instead of interesting. The good ones should make you feel that you're not bored at all and want to see what comes next and the truly great ones should capture your attention so that you can't wait to watch more. This was sadly somewhere around where you can watch it, it's not horrible, but you kind of feel bored and fall asleep after a few episodes.
So, did this show have clever and good jokes that makes you laugh? Nah, I didn't really find anything like that here, it's too focused on being cutesy to actually try to make any good jokes that is so sorely needed. Don't misunderstand, there IS comedy present, but it's always on the level of perhaps provoking a slight smile as even the jokes are just there to show how cute the characters are. Eating book pages, gluttonous characters or clumsy characters are about the peak of humor in this anime. Essentially, this anime focuses on one or two particular character traits and abuses them to the point we might as well call it "beating a dead horse". One character only has the role to be clumsy and cute, another one just has the role to be gluttonous and cute, another one just has the role to be childish and cute and all their actions revolve around these things. It gets very boring after a few episodes. It feels artificial and lacking.
As for characters, they feel pretty flat, cliché is such an overused word, but I guess that's how I'd categorize them. We have the clumsy, shy character, the kinda silent "cool" senpai, the cute doll-like and tiny girl that has a complex about her size and everyone teases about it, we have the :-3 smiling cat-like persona who is gluttonous and sleepy, the super tsun tsundere that just can't be honest with herself and the child(loli, in this case a somehow extremely busty nine year old) "teacher/advisor" that also fills the manipulative role.
While we have all these clichés, I don't feel like they interact well with eachother and it's missing quite a lot to be truly good. In the end, all the focus went to make them as cute as possible, so they don't even feel real anymore, instead feeling like empty husks that only exists to act within a pre-defined role like a robot and play the cute-game with every other robot. As mentioned before, they're hopelessly simple and only has one or two traits each, all the focus is going to those two traits.
I can see why this anime got this fairly low score, because even as a show where it's all about cute girls doing cute things, the proportions are unbalanced and the setting is quite lacking in zest. I do love cute girls doing cute things shows, but even then it's just bad writing if you ignore pretty much all other aspects in order to make it as cute as possible. Also, a 9-year old child actress with humongous boobs? Come on. Is she only there to be fanservice to people who likes both lolis and boobs? I see no reason whatsoever as to why she would be a good addition to the character cast. I could somehow buy that she'd be a child actress that is training there, but drop the unrealistic and moronic addition of the huge knockers.
unknownplayerosu
Story is awesome. I really love character development in this anime. It's seems ain't much but at least it is honest work. The story is also warming and uplifting About art. The anime version is actually pretty well even though seems different with actual author's arstyle. All character still looks cute Sounds: Oh this is where this anime really bless and relieving stress. Soft voice from M.A.O, Hisako, and Yui is always feels calm to be listened. The soundtrack also fun to hear and vibe on. Character, actually overall awesome but... the character proportion is making this anime kinda...ero as it is full of fetish basically. (yea iam horny guy but this is review so i have to be rational)
Enjoyment, I really enjoy this anime. what make this kinda off is... no s2. The ending of the story still not reached and what make it worse is basically this anime has no fandom
Overall, this is awesome and must watch anime
BriefEd
Without something uncute to provide contrast a cute thing can never shine at full strength, the cuteness becomes a hero without a villain. This is Hinako Note in a single line. A story about a country girl who wants to cure her inability to speak in front of others who moves to the big city in pursuit of getting involved with theater could have been a powerful foundation, unfortunately it ended up as a mere general direction. Nearly every situation that could have been used for intensity ended up feeling trivial, this means that while it's easy to like most of the characters you never getthe opportunity to worry about how things will turn out and this makes them feel more like static background characters. Not sure if the occasional swimsuit scenes and such were supposed to be fan service but they did absolutely nothing to either enhance or detract from anything whatsoever, that's almost impressively bland.
The art can be really difficult to get used to, the "chibi" style (ultra exaggerated head size, babylike bodies, features reduced to their most basic single lines) often occurs during "silly cuteness scenes" in many relaxed animes... here however it was thrown in almost at random and switching excessively back and forth and to wildly varying degrees (even several scene shifts in a row could have a random "chibi degree" without switching back to "normal mode" between them) which made it more tiresome than cute. I honestly want to know what in blazes they were going for with that.
When all is said and done Hinako Note IS of course a passable cuteness marathon if all you want to watch is trivial nonsense, enough to deserve a slightly weak 7, it just could have been so much more by changing a few details.
starfarts
This is a checklist anime, a perfect 5/10 series, a show crammed with cliches and cardboard characters/situations. For example, here is a leaked conversation between executives: "So listen, Bob. The first couple episodes aren't getting great ratings." "That's terrible, Jim!" "We need to get more viewers or this will just be 'Jiggly Jiggly Heaven' all over again." "Okay, so I'm just going to add boobs. Lots of boobs." "Great! Make sure to take the amount of boobs you're thinking of adding and double it!" "Boobs!" "Booobs!!" There was definitely potential to tell an interesting story, but about a fourth of the way in I noticed that all of the character progression was takingplace off-screen. I'm a big fan of the live-work scenarios because it provides two big stages for arcs, and I also enjoy country-to-city backgrounds too--it's a handy way to show things off to audiences without seeming like a shitty tour guide. I have no problems with the checklist characters either, and all the VA was done splendidly; likewise, animation is of a high standard.
But Hinako's entire arc from frightened scarecrow to actress is skipped. Instead, most scenes are about boob closeups, yuri panic, cute chibi set pieces (which I really found charming), and things otherwise unrelated to the "central plot." There's the swimsuit shopping/beach episode, the sleepover/training camp episode, the school open house episode, the visiting mom episode, etc etc etc.
I 100% have zero issue with generic anime or generic anything if the execution is good and there's even a grain of soul/originality/passion/creativity involved. Hinako Note does not have any of those things. Is it bad? No. I did finish all twelve episodes after all, but for the last four I found myself only half-watching while I browsed hent--educational websites.
Snoopy25
This show is absolutely AMAZING! I never thought I would get into the world of Moe so easily lol... the animation is very beautiful, and the seamless transitions between regular art style and chibi style are perfect. There's a sprinkle of ecchi here and there. The op is so addicting, I've been listening to it so much! If one would sum up this anime, I would say it's basically, "Is the order a rabbit? -Cocoa in another world" or something along those lines. Mayu is super cute! I don't care if my dignity is gone, long live moe! I sure hope there's gonna be asecond season. Otherwise, it was a great show. I'm now on the hunt for more shows of a similar genre.
WolFiePH
I hate how this show has the potential to be one of the most wholesome "cute girls doing cute things"anime troupe, (like lucky star or wataten for example) where random turn of events may occur anytime; since the show's concept is built-upon the character's interactions rather than a static progressive plot. But the people working on it just has another thing in mind and strewn about sexualization into the mix, As if that'd make the show more alluring to male demographics FFS. They might as well go gung-ho and oversexualize it to the brim and add an *ecchi* tag if they want cliques. It'sso cheaply writtten ever since episode 2..
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One thing is for certain, a show with young'uns as main and ONLY protagonists, doesn't mix well with sexualization and adult humour. Just imagine that as an actual sitcom with real underaged actors. SMH.
FlowerTravlinMan
I'm not one to review shows but to find a show like this where every single one of my preferences if checked and in abundance was like winning the lottery. This show is peak fluff, everything from the VAs to the coziness of the artwork is designed to relax you, its like lighting up a fat one at the end of a stressful day, the more you dive into it the more it loosens you up. Then there's the fan service, why God himself channeled his glory into the hands of the animators of this show! The fan service while small, and only occasionally poppingup is so pulchritudinous, so resplendent, that like a child seeing the moon for the first time I was unable to take my eyes of it as I just saw in awe genuinely thanking whatever higher power there is in this world for letting me live right now and enjoy this. The story is pleasantly enjoyable and the op is catchier than a super charged version of the common cold. People tend to overlook shows like this, they say there's not enough action, or character development/plot, well I can tell you that when you reach a point where you think your time is limited and you won't see tomorrow, the big adventures and great stories never matter, what does was the love, and this show goes straight to the heart.
Fircoal
Gimmicks here, Gimmicks there, Gimmicks everywhere. There is no problem that Hinako Note has more of then letting the Gimmicks take too much space in the show. The gimmicks themselves aren't the worst but they get repeated so often that it clearly becomes a crutch of the show. Maya is small and childlike, Hinako is a scarecrow, Kuina eats EVERYTHING (especially books), the gimmicks can be somewhat creative, the scarecrow, but there's so forced that it's hard to see anything good in them. Especially when one's like Kuina's have been done so much before. It's telling when standard tsundere is one of the better charactersof the story, although that may be due to my own like for tsundere.
Sadly the gimmicks get in the way of character development. Rather than give them depth and shine, time is spent using this gimmicks and setting up weak comedy skits. The characters are mostly the same throughout the show, they don't change nor do they get any depth. They're shallow and the roles they're introduced as are pretty much what they are. The only exception is Mayu who does get a nice episode that focuses on her, but even then it doesn't add much to her character.
Adding to the weak gimmicks is an OST that makes me cringe. The songs are fine, but the sound effects are the most cliche and corny things they could possibly find, complete with BOING BOING and Moos when they focus on Hinako and Chiaki's large breasts. There is something about the sound choice which makes it feel that much more offputting to watch. The fanservice wasn't even the worst but the sound effects that they chose did a good job of making it seem as sleazy as they could. It was a terrible choice.
The show tends to switch off between well-designed episode ideas and bad jokes, the plot itself is decent enough to provide a sort of idea of where it's going but not good enough to be immersive itself. The acting itself was covered well enough as well as their reasons for why but the actual development of that plot feels lackluster. That may be a side effect of the adaptation blues though.
The interactions between the characters are pretty cute though, and if anything it does succeed at being a cute show. If one wants to watch something just for the cuteness this wouldn't be a bad choice, but for any other reason, it doesn't have much merit. That said I'd personally suggest skipping it, there are much better CGDCT shows that don't force their gimmicks every couple of minutes.
P.S. What were they thinking with Ruriko and her age?
