Due to the dramatic rise of the sea levels, humanity has lost a significant part of its inhabitable lands, forcing it to rely on pre-existing technology to survive. Among the many people affected by the tragedy, Natsuki Ikaruga, a brilliant recent graduate who had lost a leg in a submarine accident, is now reduced to living a miserable life on a near-deserted island. After Natsuki encounters a mysterious woman named Catherine, he uncovers an advanced humanoid robot that belonged to his grandmother Nonko, a renowned climatologist. Atri, the salvaged robot with the appearance and demeanor of a young girl, reveals to Natsuki that Nonko has tasked her with an important mission, but she has forgotten what it was. Although Natsuki was initially planning to sell Atri, the opportunity to connect with his grandmother's research through Atri makes him rethink his decision. Natsuki once had to sacrifice his dream to partake in a prestigious scientific mission. But as he opens up to his fellow islanders, he discovers that he can still make a difference in a desolate world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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This show comes out of the gate presenting some really interesting concepts with it's "near future science fiction", however, instead of exploring this world in debt, ATRI is more of a character based show that takes place around the interesting world it presents, which isn't a bad thing in it of itself. However, this show is about a loli robot and her romantic relationship with our adult main character. Before anyone starts going at me for complaining about something that has been a common discussion for years in the anime community, let's get one thing straight: Atri looks like a child, dresses like a child,acts like a child, thinks like a child and learns like a child, so she IS A CHILD! And her relationship with Natsuki is CREEPY! i don't care how many times this show tries to tell me that "she's actually 33 years old" or "she's a robot so it's different", it's creepy either way! And since the show revolves mainly around this relationship, it's no surprise that the good elements the show has have absolute no impact on me
Atri: My Dear Moments – Can humans and robots ever find kinship amongst one another, let alone be accepted by the masses for whom the latter really are, given their history? Oh, the glorious days of visual novels…that without fail, NEVER seem to translate well to the anime spectrum, in one way or another. We’ve had quite a few shows over the years with their oh-so-appealing PC game mediums that, on the outside, looked just as promising as their key visuals, and then their anime adaptations came and went, just to be shells of their former selves. Think of shows like studio Feel’s adaptations of Summer2018’s Island to the grandfather of all VNs: Spring and Summer 2019’s Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shoujo YU-NO a.k.a YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, but those adaptations were just bad, and as much as I would recommend Island over YU-NO if you need to gander at anime’s past records of VNs (which both shows I would not recommend to watch more when you reach a certain point of the anime counterparts), there’s actually, finally, a somewhat faithful adaptation of the medium itself. And that, my friends, is Atri: My Dear Moments, courtesy of the same developer as Island alongside Makura (creator of one of the best VNs of all time: The Fruit of Grisaia), written by Asuka Konno of 2012’s VN If My Heart Had Wings, and published by Aniplex under their Aniplex.exe brand. The visual novel that was released in PC back in June 2020, I’m not going to dive any deep into the plot, because either the anime’s synopsis or its own Wikipedia entry (which is actually quite extensive) tells you enough of what to expect out of the anime as it follows its plot very closely, and to the T. The TL;DR of the anime, with the closest comparison being that of Spring 2015’s Plastic Memories, is that it tells its story of the cognitive memories that once lay dormant, which slowly gives way to a richer plot of what it means to be human through love and affection. That is the relationship of its central duo: the one-legged MC of Natsuki Ikaruga, who, after losing his loved ones and even losing a part of a body in an accident, relies on a prosthetic to get by in his small house of a submarine, as well as the android that he found, sunken in what used to be a part of the world that’s now threatened by a rise in sea levels that could cause the end of humanity, of a regular young girl named Atri. The girl who was once touted as a way to settle off a debt, soon becomes part of the rag-tag group of Natsuki and his friends of caretaker Catherine and childhood friends of Minamo Kamishiro and Ryuji Nojima, and the revelations soon follow as the humans try to ascertain what this “high performance” of a toaster robot has in store for them, despite having amnesia and developing her own sense of self-consciousness in the process that leads to the romance between the human and the half-human, half-robot Humanoid. I’d already mentioned that Atri is similar to Plastic Memories, and for those who’ve seen said series in the past, you’ll find a lot of similarities between the Sai Corporation’s Giftia Isla and the android herself. Both girls are “reasonably” aged like teenager/middle-school selves as much as possible to get us, the audience, to slowly warm up to them and see what they’re capable of, having been risen to the surface and/or awakened to a hidden ticking time-bomb on their lives: being only able to function on a certain set period of time. And Atri is no different in that regard, as we see her being the bubbly and lively girl who doesn’t seem to present any concrete evidence about her true functionality from the beginning, right as the series progresses to find that Atri is no mere android that left a wave of catastrophe behind the back of her creation, and of how the nonsense robot that’s the ire of Natsuki’s numerous infamies, had quite the impact on him and his family tree. But most certainly, being around a group of middle-school kids to the college dropout that is Natsuki, Atri’s maturity feels a bit wishy-washy, almost as if the producers want her to age fast within the span of the anime, which almost pushes her to the brink of being forced melodrama (which the VN has the same plot, but thankfully hours of gameplay to go through every minute detail of). For sure, you can say that even the romance between Natsuki and Atri just feels pedestrian as compared to the likes of Tsukasa Mizugaki and Isla, but as much as both series serve their own purposes, it’s nothing to be scoffed at since the revelations of Atri only sully Natsuki’s heart all the more, giving him a reason to re-evaluate his heart of what does it mean to love and to be loved, aside from his rather serious and grumpy no-nonsense personality. To be fair, as much as I like the kinship of the friends around them, it’s still Natsuki and Atri’s story of humanity through grief, loss, friendship, and ultimately the romance between the two, which feels earned, despite the negative connotations of the relationship between human and humanoid. Being an Aniplex-backed project, it’s no surprise given the great amount of detail and lustre that the anime had, it’s just great to see such stunning animation that perfectly captures the vibes from the VN in all its glory, thanks to veteran scriptwriter Jukki Hanada. But then again, apart from the show neither being its subsidiary studios helming the anime, this is a standard that studio TROYCA and one of its best in-house directors of Makoto Kato have been working since his days as an episode director for the Aldnoah.Zero series, to becoming the full-blown director that he is today with nothing but consistency of his class for at least a long decade now (if you forget the poorly written anime of Spring 2022’s Gunjou no Fanfare a.k.a Fanfare of Adolescence, yet another Aniplex show). TROYCA’s chief director Ei Aoki’s influence is undisputed in the studio’s philosophy since its creation more than a decade ago back in May 2013, and Makoto Kato is certainly one of its successors who kept the vision alive with the anime, and Atri’s production values are certainly on par of what we’ve come to expect from the studio. The music is rather apt for the anime, though I’d be kidding if it serves as one of the highlights of the show overall. The OST’s certainly there that’s definitely ripped from the VN itself, but I felt as if the anime didn’t really bring or add anything new to an already emotionally gripping series such as Atri, though I’d argue that it’s playing too much on the safe side. And of course, despite having Aniplex’s own Sony Music idol groups of the renowned Nogizaka46, as well as one of its newest groups of 22/7 (which had its own anime back in Winter 2020), these are songs that play the very part of gripping the audience with its thematics, but even not as a fan of both groups, I can still tell that they’re quality songs that speak the anime’s story of a thousand pictures. Alas (and this is just IMO) both the former’s OP and the latter’s ED are just decent songs at best, but quite forgettable at the same time as well. If you need an adaptation that knows what the anime medium is set out to do and replicates its source material as close as possible, you can’t really go wrong with Atri: My Dear Moments. It is to date, the most respected source material adaptation that the VN medium has so far seen, even though you can’t quite takeaway the feeling of the few-hours-long gameplay that Makoto Kato, Jukki Hanada and the staff team had to cut down just to make-do for the anime itself, that in the end, replication in a summary form is always better as promotional material for the game itself, just like with all AniManga. It’s just that the balance of tension for a series like this that just sets it off-kilter for me, and while weighing a moderate duration game (like within less than 8 hours) against the span of 13 episodes is no easy feat, I kinda felt that Atri was intentionally written to be a linear series rather than one with its multiple, complex branches that gives more content and flavour (or maybe I’m just too fixated with better anime adaptations of VNs in the past decade or so) that other mediums can adapt easily, and this is most likely the case with the anime. Atri: My Dear Moments is a solid show that goes back to the heart of humanity, be it with comedy or romance in general, but while I’ve definitely seen better VN anime adaptations in the past, it's still a show to pick up and watch if you've haven't already done so.
Man, it seems like visual novel adaptations are starting to come back. Not a whole lot compared to the previous decades, but the fact that some are still being made is nice to hear. I previously played and reviewed the original game for Atri: My Dear Moments, a little after an anime adaptation was announced (You can find my review of the game here: https://joyousmenma93 .livejournal. com/710659. html). Short version: While I did enjoy parts of the game, I did feel other parts could have been improved upon, but it was a valiant first game for Aniplex.exe to start with. With the knowledge I gleanedfrom the game, I was curious as to how the anime would adapt it, especially since the game itself is a fairly short 10-13 hours. It's inevitable that long visual novels would need to leave things out in the transition from a game to the TV format, especially a 12-13 episode series. On the whole, I do think the anime adaptation for Atri succeeded in its goal of adapting the game to a TV format, but it did make quite a few changes from the game. Some I liked, some...not so much, and the ones that didn't work are the anime's biggest problems. In the near future, a sudden rise in sea levels floods the majority of the world and ends human civilization as we know it, forcing humanity to eke a living on what little dry land remains. Natsuki Ikaruga, a boy who lost his mother and his leg in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea. Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts. His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother's laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there. What they find is not riches or jewels; but a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea. The girl, Atri, is a robot, but is so expressive and human-like that she could easily pass for a real human being. As thanks for salvaging her, Atri declares that she'll serve as Natsuki's leg until the end of the summer. The time they spend together over that summer changes the both of them. I won't go into every single change the anime made from the game, as that'd make this review way longer than it needs to be, and I won't belabor a lot of what I said in my review of the game. I'll stick to my usual format before going into the nitty-gritty, starting with the animation. TROYCA, famous for Idolish7, was picked to do the animation, and while they couldn't quite replicate the finer details of Yusano and Moto4's character designs, they make up for that with kinetic character motion and fidelity to said character designs. They did, however, succeed in bringing the game's backgrounds and setting to life without compromising on the details. I also appreciate that the animators gave characters who didn't have sprites in the game actual designs, so it definitely has that going for it. On the sound front, I definitely appreciate that the anime decided to make its own original soundtrack as opposed to just reusing background tracks from the game, with the exception of a few, with one of them being important to the plot. I wasn't a fan of the overly chirpy ending theme, but as someone who usually doesn't like idol songs, I really liked the opening theme, Nogizaka46's "Ano Hikari." I never skipped it every time I watched an episode, it's that good. Hikaru Akao is still annoying when she sings in her squeaky voice, though. A lot of the changes the anime makes is rearranging some events to make them happen either earlier or later than in the game, which does make some sense considering this is a 13-episode anime as opposed to a 13 hour game. The characters and their respective development remain the same from the game, even if a lot of aspects that put them on the path to getting it are either changed, downplayed, or cut out. Unfortunately, a few changes I didn't like were removing huge chunks of several characters' backstories, with Natsuki being the biggest victim of this. While his personality and development are the same as in the game, some really important parts of his backstory are cut out completely, such as leaving the Academy due to a combination of his own arrogance and a teacher being ableist towards him, both of which form the backbone of his development. By cutting those parts out, Natsuki comes across as much more needlessly angsty and mopey potato-kun. On the opposite side, Catherine and another character are made to be much nicer, with their more questionable actions watered down compared to the game. The anime seems to speed-run through the slice-of-life parts just to get to the plot faster, and while I can understand why they did this, as many who played the game complained that the plot should have happened a lot earlier, they kind of diluted the parts of the game that were genuinely good, such as the whole arc about the kids building a generator for the school. There is one change that I definitely liked. In the last third of a game, there's a new character who gets introduced named Yasuda, who hates Atri and wants to kill her. He's universally despised by fans of the game due to a combination of his appearance completely lacking any established build-up or foreshadowing so it feels like he comes out of nowhere, and for being a generic villain whose motivations are really weak and tenuous at best. The anime doesn't change his characterization nor give him more depth and nuance, but it does go out of its way to address the first issue with him in that they add in whole new scenes where he's not only going after Atri multiple times, he even goes after other characters directly and using different methods, whether it be appealing to their guilty conscious or straight up trying to kill them, ranging from shooting them or unhooking Natsuki's submarine to wash him out to sea. While I do wish Yasuda's backstory had been fleshed out more, or given a stronger motivation for hating Atri than what he has, I definitely appreciate the anime's attempts to make him a more constant presence and a genuine threat, and it seems like the manga is doing the same. But there is one addition the anime made that I really, REALLY wish they hadn't. Remember how in my review of the game, I mentioned that I absolutely hated the scene where Natsuki slips and falls into Minamo's boobs because it felt like unnecessary fanservice? The anime removes that, thank God (As does the manga)...but it also adds in new scenes involving Atri being sexualized or offering herself up to Natsuki in what's clearly meant to be a sexual manner, when she clearly looks and acts like an elementary schooler! Like, TROYCA, did we REALLY need a scene where Atri flashes her nude body to Natsuki several times when she's wearing nothing but a bath towel? I mean, it's at an angle where we can't see her nude, but come on! The game at least kept it limited to Atri jokingly calling Natsuki naughty and jumping to conclusions before she gets conked on the head! It's like the show is worried that we won’t care about Atri (and her death flags) unless we’ve been assured she’s a potential sex object, and it does a disservice to the story’s stronger emotional beats. Who thought deciding to openly sexualize Atri MORE was a good idea?! Because it isn't! Basically, Atri the anime traded one form of unnecessary fanservice for another, and it just makes me cringe into a singularity. It's honestly a shame the anime decided to implement a lot of those more questionable changes, because I did enjoy the rest of my time with this show, and I want to recommend it to people who don't want to play the game or are unable to for whatever reason. I like the animation, the music, the opening song, most of the characters, and some of the better changes Atri: My Dear Moments made. But the not-so-good changes leave a pretty big black stain on what on paper is still a fairly decent adaptation of Aniplex.exe's first visual novel. Personally, if you want the better experience, I recommend just playing the game, if you're able. The anime is fine if you're into it or can't play the game for whatever reason, but I really wish I could recommend it more enthusiastically.
If you look for a wonderfull story. Something that will move you emotionnaly and also make you smile, its a story for you. The anime story surprise me on more then one occation. And the lasts episodes did surprise me a lot. The story really grow episodes after episodes. You end up watching the next one, wanting to see that will happen. The visual and the story is wonderfull. More the story was developping itself, more you could feel those emotions the anime was making you feel inside. You could feel those in you while watching. Its the reason, i fully recommend this anime toyou if you looking for something who will make you feel a lot of emotion. - When i start watching i wasnt expecting a lot from the first episode. But i had hope it would get better and it did. More i was watching and more i was feeling those waves of emotions. I will say. This anime make me feel those emotion i rarely feel in my chess while watching something, those emotion i feel only sometime in my life. And it made me cry. It wasnt tears of sadness or joy. But tears of emotions if i can say. Personnaly i loved that anime. And i will rewatch it.
Not horrible, but still not recommendable. "Atri: My Dear Moments" is an anime that really could've been good, but always came across as being a somewhat poor adaptation, plus it misses a lot of the earlier episode charm that made the anime good in the first place. Lets start off with the good. 1. Good animation: Visually, this anime is a win. The animation is smooth and vibrant, with real attention to detail. Unlike many low-budget animes that cut corners on backgrounds and character movement, this one actually looks like some effort went into it. Props to the animators for making it look this good. 2. Great episodes (For themost part): The first six episodes are actually pretty strong. They’re well-paced, the characters feel fleshed out, and the story is cohesive. Plus, the romance isn’t overly forced, which is a nice change. These episodes really had me interested, and I thought the show was setting up something good. Well that's it for positives from me... Onto the negatives 1. Missteps in Character and Romance, and a wish that it adapted a different route from the VN: (Here's a long one) One of the major issues with Atri: My Dear Moments is its choice to make Atri the romantic lead despite her characterization being built around the “loli” trope—a divisive feature in anime. I don’t usually mind characters with a youthful appearance, as it’s a common anime style, and it can work when handled maturely. However, in this case, it’s hard to ignore how uncomfortable it feels. Atri doesn’t just look young; she’s written with the behavior and mannerisms of someone who’s basically a preteen, making it unsettling when the show pushes her as the protagonist’s love interest. Compare this with Isla from "Plastic Memories." Isla has a similar appearance to Atri, but she’s portrayed with emotional depth and a mature outlook that makes her romance with the main character feel more genuine and less problematic. Atri, on the other hand, stays in this immature, comic-relief role throughout, which only highlights how strange it feels when the anime tries to build her up as a love interest. It’s a tough pill to swallow and is likely to turn off a lot of viewers who prefer their romance characters to feel age-appropriate and emotionally developed. Continuing on, Atri’s comic-relief personality and childlike innocence make her work well as a fun, side character, but when she’s placed in a romantic context, it clashes awkwardly. Usually, when a character like this transitions into a love interest, they gain a bit more emotional depth or maturity to make the relationship feel genuine, but here, Atri stays in the same immature, playful role. This lack of growth or adjustment only highlights the discomfort, as her behavior doesn’t align with the romantic angle the story tries to sell. In contrast, Minamo—the protagonist’s childhood friend—would’ve made a much stronger romantic lead. She has a maturity and emotional depth that could have balanced the main character’s journey, making the romance feel more grounded and believable. Shifting the romance to Minamo would’ve let Atri shine in her role as comic relief without forcing her into an awkwardly mismatched romance. 5/10, While it’s not a bad anime, I can’t say it’s one I’d recommend. It has its good moments and some solid animation, but it ultimately doesn’t deliver on its potential that I once saw in it.
As someone who's generally a fan of visual novels, I was interested in ATRI: My Dear Moments since it was written by Konno Asta, who also wrote some of my favorite romance visual novels like If My Heart Had Wings and A Sky Full of Stars (if only THOSE got anime adaptations). Despite its popularity, I was weirdly hesitant and never actually read it. Maybe it was because it’s a linear, all-ages VN or because it’s 10+ hours long. My gut told me I’d stall it since it felt like it’d fit an anime adaptation better. Thankfully, the anime adaptation came out, and as someone who’swatched my fair share of anime adaptations of visual novels, I’m glad this one turned out to be pretty competent. It helps that it’s linear, so there’s no need to worry about cutting routes. I looked up lists of differences between ATRI’s anime and VN and, while I’m kinda disappointed by what didn’t make it in, I’m overall satisfied with what we got. Konno Asta, to me, is a master of creating wholesome, emotional moments, and when the anime focuses on the emotional development of Natsuki, Atri, and a few others, those are easily my favorite parts of the story. Some of the buildup to these memorable moments reminds me of the best parts of the common routes in If My Heart Had Wings and A Sky Full of Stars. The characters, in general, are fairly likable. None of them are close to being my favorite visual novel or anime characters, but they fit the setting and plot just fine. That said, the pacing and plot convenience are definite weak points. Considering the original VN is around 13 hours long, which already feels too stretched for this story, the anime’s ~4-hour runtime still feels all over the place. Even with cuts, the execution is uneven. While the wholesome emotional character development is nice, everything else is much more hit-or-miss. The first half of the show is mostly slice-of-life. Some parts are kinda nice, but others feel padded out. Apparently, this was even worse in the VN, so I’m glad I never read it. The worst part, for me, is the melodrama. In the visual novel world, there’s a genre called nakige—stories meant to make you cry or at least hit you in the feels. Sadly, this story doesn’t handle its "sad" moments very well. A central theme is whether Atri, as a robot girl, has emotions (a heart). It’s a nice concept, if unoriginal, but the obstacles thrown in to explore this theme feel contrived. A few "villains" pop up just to create conflict and question Atri’s humanity, but the drama feels insincere—like it was forced into the story without proper buildup. I liked the setting of a high-tech world where a city was devastated by rising tides. However, outside of a few great flashbacks, the story does a poor job making me care about this world. Most of the focus is on personal struggles and growth within a small part of the city. So, when the plot suddenly shifts to world-level stakes, it feels out of nowhere. The forced nakige ending—why does every robot girl story need one?—felt too predictable. At the end of the day, I still enjoyed the ATRI anime well enough. The likable characters and their emotional growth carried the show. But the forced melodrama, poorly built-up plot elements, overly padded slice-of-life, and predictable nakige stuff made it a lot less consistently enjoyable than it could’ve been. If this had been a ~2-hour movie focusing on personal growth with properly paced setting drama, I’d have liked it a LOT more. As it stands, it’s an enjoyable enough show, just a bit messy.
I have some reservations about ATRI: My Dear Moments, and here’s why. At first glance, the show introduces a fascinating "near-future" world that feels like a refreshing take on sci-fi, but instead of really diving into this setting, the anime seems to merely skim its surface. The plot is heavily centered around the relationship between Atri, a robot who resembles a young girl, and the adult protagonist, Natsuki, which is a bit... unsettling. I get that it's common in anime to portray characters with unusual dynamics, but Atri’s childlike appearance, behavior, and personality make the relationship feel awkward. Additionally, fans of the original visual novel may feelshortchanged here. The anime cuts out crucial plot points that were pivotal in the VN, losing a lot of what made the story and its characters feel deep and compelling. Not only did it miss out on some impactful scenes, but it also downplayed the emotional weight by turning secondary characters into mere background figures. What was once a dramatic, heartfelt story in the VN gets overshadowed by attempts at comedy in the anime. While the anime’s ending somewhat mirrors the VN’s, it lacks the same emotional resonance. If you're hoping for a complete experience, I highly recommend reading the VN to get the true depth that this anime adaptation struggles to capture. Overall Rating 7/10
As someone not familiar with the source material, I still really ended up enjoying this one. Its story had a lot of ups and downs, but as this one wrapped up I couldn’t deny this one had a lot more good than bad. I liked the central romance and the debate of humanoids and their emotional capacity for a variety of different things. While it isn’t a new idea by any means, it still works extremely well and opens the story up to a lot more interpretation for the viewer and allows them to feel their own way about the events. The animation quality itselfwas really strong, and the character designs worked really well. My only issue would be that I felt like the ending rushed things just a bit too much. While I loved the ending and sometimes things are better left unsaid, I can’t help but feel like taking a bit more time at the very ending scene would have helped wrap up some plot threads that I don’t feel were closed off particularly well.
Animation: 7/10 Character Design: 7/10 Main Story: 8/10 Main Heroine: 8/10 Supporting Character Development: 6/10 Protagonist Development: 7/10 Soundtrack: 6/10 Final Score: 7/10 ATRI: My Dear Moments is an anime that blends drama and science fiction with strong elements of romance and slice of life, based on the visual novel of the same name. The story is set in the near future, in a world partially submerged due to an environmental catastrophe. The protagonist, Natsuki Ikaruga, is a young man who lost one of his legs and lives disillusioned with the direction of his life, until one day he discovers a mysterious android named Atri, sealed inside a submarine left behind by hisgrandmother, a scientist. The heart of the story revolves around the relationship between Natsuki and Atri, and how the two gradually begin to change emotionally. Although Atri is an android, she displays a surprising level of humanity, raising thought-provoking questions about feelings, existence, and purpose. However, the early arcs are light and focus more on comedy and the day-to-day interactions between the protagonists and the other characters. Their relationship follows a familiar pattern seen in many similar works, where the girl is more open about her emotions while the protagonist tends to hide his feelings behind tsundere-like behavior. This can be entertaining at first, but may feel repetitive to some viewers. The animation, produced by Studio TROYCA, is clean and pleasant, with a soft color palette and aquatic setting that fits the overall theme very well. The character design is simple but faithful to the original material. Facial expressions are nicely done, and Atri naturally stands out in every scene she’s in, as she’s the central focus of the story. The soundtrack is competent and serves its purpose well. The compositions help enhance the atmosphere, especially during the more melancholic moments, without being overbearing. In quieter scenes, however, the music can go unnoticed. The opening and ending themes aren’t particularly memorable either, but they fulfill their role. When it comes to character development, Atri clearly takes the spotlight. Since the series only has 13 episodes, it’s understandable that the supporting cast doesn’t get much time to shine. Even so, it’s possible to feel empathy for them through their small individual stories, which are interesting but underdeveloped. ATRI: My Dear Moments starts off as a school romance with a sci-fi twist, featuring lighthearted interactions and a calm pace. From the midway point of the season, the drama becomes more prominent and the main plot takes center stage, delivering more intense and emotionally reflective moments. For those looking for a sensitive story with emotional growth and a touch of melancholy, it’s worth watching. However, for those expecting a strong emotional drama right from the start, the slow pace of the early episodes might feel a bit sluggish.
Loved it. The story was unique and very enjoyable and it explored many different emotional themes in different episodes. Part of the uniqueness is through the idea of a flooded society and I also haven't seen many protagonists with a prosthetic. Interesting well thought out characters that I grew more and more attached to as the series went on. I think the animation was great and I like how the landscapes were done. The characters and their responses to different struggles and situations were impactful and realistic. This show was totally an emotional rollercoaster that had me laughing one minute and tearing up the next.I think it is a great watch especially if you enjoy romance or drama.
This is a romantic version of "Moby Dick," where Moby Dick isn't that terrifying opponent anymore but a little girl. I think it reflects a kind of Japanese-style religious perspective. You can see from ATRI's actions the character's greatness as a robot, or a god, along with its curiosity about humans. The visuals are quite heartwarming. The protagonist is a modern reincarnation of Captain Ahab, and their relationship with ATRI is much closer compared to the original. Compared to the game, the anime references "Moby Dick" more, leading to a more dramatic development, and the characters' personalities are less stable. If you're a fan ofEVA, you'll notice a lot of familiar elements in this anime.
This is an anime for the ages in my book. When i started playing ATRI the visual novel like a year or two ago (or longer i don't even remember) it was like a bright light shining into my pretty damn dull life. This concept is well, can be pretty interesting or really weird and creepy to some. The act that Atri is a robot creation and Natsuki is a man... well you can think of a few things why it could be weird, especially cos Atri is technically dressed and looks like a kid BUT let's look past that and see the anime forall its intended glory. To be honest I started off the anime trying to reminisce the Visual Novel and how it compared to the anime, 1 episode in i scratched that. No, this anime deserved to be watched purely, with no comparisons, no knowing what's to come. Just pure enjoyment in the moment. The characters in the anime were seriously well built and had really amazing backstories, personalities and unique characteristics. I'm talking about all of them: Minamo, Ryuuji, Ririka, Catherine and more! And what can I say about the music in this anime, it was just perfect for everything that happened. But what I really want to talk about is the story, it really stretched that idea of post-apocalyptic into our heads and still managed to make it feel like happiness was just brimming there. Kinda makes me feel like "If I were actually in that situation... life wouldn't be as bad as one might think." The build up to the ending, the tension, the realisation of the past and everything was just so eye opening and I just couldn't stop watching. The end had me ugly crying, i mean this was a perfect way to sum up an anime we would have our heart attached to. If you're looking for an anime that gets you in the feels and is a rom com but its got a bit of a twist in it (that twist literally being a robot and human) honestly give it a try. It's got scenes of slice of life in it as well and hilarious parts all throughout. Trust me, its good and the robot and human thing won't even bother you after the first or second episode just cos of how adorable Atri is. All-in-all, if you have played the visual novel, please if you want to watch this anime watch it with a clean slate of mind and heart i promise you it's worth it. And if you are watching this anime without knowledge of the visual novel, enjoy every bit of episode you get from this because it is beautiful cinema.
THE GOOD: The setting is very interesting: the sea level has risen so much that humanity has lost most of the inhabitable land. Technology is so advanced that humanoid AIs were developed, but people are forced to live in nearly deserted islands because of lack of resources, with little to no commodities. While it's not the most original idea, I'm a sucker for this kind of sci-fi premises. The MC also has a deep background, with his disability and everything that comes with it. The first half of the show, based on his character development and the progression of his relationship with Atri, is the best interms of writing (despite the "loli issue", see below). If we talk about production, character design is worth of mention, as well as the OP by Nogizaka46, which is catchy and has a lot of personality. Animation is most of the times above the seasonal anime average. Unfortunately, there's not much else to praise. THE MEH: The cast is the first weak point of the series. All the supporting characters are defined by a single motivation (if they have any), and a single trait. This makes them one-dimensional and, in the end, boring and predictable. And while this might be somewhat acceptable, although not ideal, it's unforgivable when it affects the FMC, Atri. In her case the problem partially lies in the plot: due to her amnesia, her true motivations are unknown to her and to the audience until pretty late in the show, but nonetheless she is "programmed" to act as if she knew them. This makes her the least relatable character of the bunch, since she does "things" but neither she nor we understand why. With amnesiac characters authors need to take extra care so that the audience can sympathise with them: here they failed egregiously. It's a pity because Atri's antics and quirks are fun to watch, but in the end she feels shallow and more of a comic relief (or a plot device) than a protagonist. Moreover, her apparent age can be a bit problematic: a loli-robot acting like a pre-teen who is the love interest of a college student? It was not the main issue of the show for me, but I can understand if viewers are turned away by it. THE BAD: And here comes the real boogeyman: the plot itself. It doesn't really develop the premise, which is a sin in and of itself. The worldbuilding is kept generic, with little to no explanation. The story heavily relies on "stupid characters doing stupid things" in order to progress: see for example Catherine's act against Atri and Natsuki on the boat, or Yasuda half-assed attempt to recover Atri. Plot points simply "happen" without being properly anticipated. With the exception of Yasuda's goals, which are hinted at from the beginning (and end up in a disappointing fashion despite all the hype), events occur out-of-the-blue, sometimes derailing the plot from its apparent path, they often feel like deus-ex-machina and are awfully written, heavily relying on infodumps. The last few episodes of the series are unwatchable because of them, and that's where this show's rating took a nosedive, for me (it was a solid 7 until ep. 8). If the story only had Natsuki's and Atri's development as the main focus, instead of trying to pull off lacklustre sci-fi crap in the second half of the season, it would have been a lot better. FINAL THOUGHTS: One of the most disappointing shows of 2024 for me. As I said, I usually love premises like the one used here, and I tend to enjoy the end result regardless... the authors must have botched the writing quite miserably for me to give such a low score. Recommended only if you are in withdrawal from sci-fi and no other shows are available.
An impressive show, a beautiful slice-of-life, +1 robot to love First of all, it is necessary to say that, yes, at first the show may not please everyone, this is normal nowadays, with our busy lives and things like that But the story is excellent, the journey full of challenges, and all the feeling of a robot, yes, a robot can have feelings. Or simulate, because an operating system can calculate reaction to actions around it. From a programming systems point of view, yes, it is possible But after everything Atri and the others go through, you become attached, and want the best for her. In truth Watch it,the show is worth every minute, watching the scenes at the end gives you the feeling that you wish it were different, but the ending is still very good
I could see this emotionally destroying me if I had watched it 20 years ago. (I was gonna type 10 years ago, but then I remembered how old I was, oh noooo...) Uh, anyway! I'm very surprised I wound up liking it as much as I did. For the first half or so, I was fairly confident it was gonna be just ok from beginning to end, but it just kept getting more deep and emotional as time went on. Probably my biggest complaint would be that I kinda wonder what the show would've been like if it entirely took place during the flashback segmentsthat got revealed near the end. I found myself getting more and more invested in the big reveals of Atri's past and the past events of the world the story takes place in, but by the time we learn about them, we're thrown right back to present day. I feel like a prequel series would work really well! The chemistry between all the characters was nice. No annoying overdone tropes or love triangles, which was much appreciated. Also HOLY COW, A BEST FRIEND OF THE MAIN CHARACTER WHO DOESN'T BECOME AGGRESSIVELY JEALOUS OF THE LOVE INTEREST AND IS JUST HAPPY FOR THEIR FRIEND'S NEWFOUND HAPPINESS! This show deserves a 10/10 for that, alone! Overall, I really like a lot of the topics and themes explored in this series, but I've also seen other shows with similar premises that did a better job with it, in my opinion. I liked the characters and story, but none of it tugged at my heartstrings as much as I would've liked it to. Like I said, I feel like if I had seen this earlier on in life, it would've had a much bigger impact on me. But I'm still very happy to have watched it and would very much enjoy getting to see another story in this world, later down the line. 7.5/10
feels like i was watching someone else's fetish lmao. a loli robot? hell yeah its creepy. if only atri is not a loli, my rating could be a little bit higher. story - its OK, cool concept but flop at the end. feel abit compressed but yah its fine. character - i really dont like the relationship between our MC and Atri. and again if only atri is an adult humanoid it would be fine. every one else other than them are OK humor - OK vibe - sad, because the theme they chose is realistic and possible to happen that bring hopeless atmosphere to the story overall - 6/10- rating this because im high perfomance after all!
Was one of my most anticipated anime of the year even much so that I didn’t watch it until all the eps were released. But maybe because of that wow was I disappointed, if you are like me and expect a sad anime about man and robot learning to coexist with one another then do not watch. The first few episodes were great until the show turned into the main character falling in love with this little girl robot and being cringy about it for 8 or so episodes. Decent ending but in the end I really could not care less about what happened due tothe blandness and really how it just focused on him falling in love with a robot and nothing else. Do not recommend even as a romance anime, plenty of better and less creepy and bland ones out there.
If you want to watch something easy that isn’t too bad but also tugs on the heartstrings ever slightly and a bit of a romance person then this could be good for you it had all the romance you’d like without it being too weird and the characters are good. It’s technically a high school romance anime but without the school (even tho there is a school just watch it you’ll know) but it’s a good show watching the characters feelings develop and all the jaz Overall tho it’s nothing special and is a very cut copy paste of your generic romance shows that beingsaid tho the robot human thing is new to explore but it’s still pretty good to watch 6/10
I have REALLY mixed feelings about it. I will write it without spoilers so everyone can read that beforehand. As you may know, it was first a visual novel, which I really enjoyed, even tho it had its own problems. The anime may seem OK for an anime-only, but I highly suggest you to read the VN before watching the anime for the following reasons: * the anime can be 1/4 considered as original, because it killed the two most important plots of the story, and tried to cook something to make it still consistent on its own. * it also killed a lot of charadev, by making secondarytwo tertiary characters (before skipping one of the two lol) and by orienting the anime further as a comedy than a dramatic story, to the point I didn't even cried once during my watching session (while I did it several times during the VN, and I cry easily). Ah and it even killed a lot of what makes the character Atri so endearing... * the ending remains *practically* the same as the VN's, even tho it diverged slightly (it's still fine to me, halfly). So, yeah, go read the visual novel PLZZZZZZ!