The Essentials
Name: Myself; Yourself
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Episodes: 13
Released: October 2, 2007 - December 25, 2007
Based On: Myself; Yourself dating sim by Yeti
Director: Yasuhiro Kuroda
Produced By: Dogakobo
US Distribution By: N/A
Major Japanese Cast
Sana Hidaka: Shinnosuke Tachibana
Nanaka Yatsushiro: Ami Koshimizu
Syūsuke Wakatsuki: Takehito Koyasu
Syuri Wakatsuki: Yukari Tamura
Aoi Oribe: Tomoko Kaneda
Asami Hoshino: Mai Nakahara
Hinako Mochida: Ayumi Murata
Yuzuki Fujimura: Megumi Toyoguchi
Major English Cast
N/A
Scores
Animation: 7/10 (x 4 = 28 pts)
Story: 8/10 (x 4 = 32 pts)
Music: 8/10 (x 4 = 32 pts)
Coherence/Story Arc: 9/10 (x 2 = 18 pts)
English Dubs: N/A
Gut Score: 8/10 (x 5 = 40 pts)
Total: 150/190 (78.9%)
Review
Myself; Yourself is about a boy, Sana, who returns to his hometown after being away for 5 years to attend high school. Before he left, Sana was friends with Nanaka, who was a gifted piano player and whom Sana liked, Syusuke and Syuri, who are twins, and Aoi, his cousin. When he returns, he finds that many things have stayed the same with his old friends, but that many other things are different, especially in regards to Nanaka.
Myself; Yourself somewhat suffers from a split personality, and on multiple fronts.
First off, while some parts of the story were well written and executed very well, other parts of the story just seemed to be stuck in for the sake of being stuck in, and story arcs had a tendency to end with plot twists, which is nice as it keeps one on your toes and doesn’t make thing predictable, but having so many twists creates the tendency to have each twist outdo the last, causing them to become increasingly over the top. Also, more plot holes than I would have liked were left open in the end.
Second, while the animation is, generally, OK, the character designs are, to put it simply, bad. It’s hard to put my finger on exactly what’s wrong, but I just didn’t like them.
The one part of the series which I think helps left it up more than others is the depth of the characters and their interaction with each other. While the behavior of a couple characters was kind of annoying (Aoi in particular), most of the main characters behaved in a way which made the series better.
Ultimate, I think this series is generally worth watching, as it has a uniqueness which separates it from other shows like it. However, I think Myself; Yourself is a bit of a hit-or-miss show.
First Watched: October - December 2007
Do I Own: No
Do I Recommend: Yes
2 Comments
huh? you’re annoyed with Aoi? she’s the BEST. boobsie-oppssie. :)
oh yeah joshy-boy, when will you replace rakka there above? you should put Kotonoha for a change. hehehehehe.
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