Sana Hikada moved away from the town he grew up in when he was 10 and left all his friends behind. Now 5 years later he is moving back. The story itself revolves around Sana reconnecting with his old friends as well as making some new friends. Nanaka, one of his original friends, used to be very warm and caring but is now cold and unfeeling towards him, even though she still wears a bracelet he gave her when they were kids. Nanaka has her reasons for the way she is acting but all of Sana’s other friends change the subject every time he tries to find out why she changed. But Nanaka isn’t the only one with a secret in her past, Sana seems to be hiding something about himself too, like why he suddenly came back to town all alone? Will Sana and Nanaka ever be able to be friends again like they were as kids?

The story is really good. I enjoyed watching this show both times I have seen it. Like most good Anime shows it is too short, at only 13 episodes you are left wishing they had made it longer. While the primary story revolves around Sana and his friendship with Nanaka it almost takes a back seat to the other sub-plots in the show. Every episode touches on their story but usually just enough to make you wonder what is really going on. The sub-plots do not leave you feeling like they were filler for not enough main-story, just interesting ways to tell the main story without ignoring all the other characters.

The content is remarkably clean for an Anime whose story revolves around boys and girls whom are interested in each other. There is one “panty scene” in the 2nd episode that lasts about 2 seconds. I actually appreciated the way they did this scene. One of the girls wants to try fishing and, failing miserably, catches the back of her skirt with the fish hook. A short view from the back is where the panty scene is and then the rest of the scene is from the front, where you can’t see anything, while the guys are trying to get her to stop pulling so that her skirt will fall back down. Most anime shows would just leave the camera view from behind to let you watch the panties while the comedy sequence ensues. I appreciate the fact that this show decided to just give a quick flash and then the comedy sequence doesn’t actually continuously show what is happening. There is one other “fogged out” scene of one of the girls in the bathroom during the 6th episode. You can’t actually see anything but it is one of those “you know what is there even though you can’t see it” scenes. Lasts about 10 seconds probably.

Finally, there is some hinting at an improper relationship. I won’t go into specifics as it would be a spoiler of the show, but I will say I again appreciate the way they decided to approach the subject. Most shows (including non-anime) will try to rub your face in a “socially unacceptable” relationship in an effort to desensitize you to it so that it becomes no big deal. While the argument would still stand on wether or not they should be doing anything to desensitize you to something that is inappropriate, the way the approached this subject was to basically say “it could be happening, the story doesn’t specifically say” and they leave it at that. They don’t throw it in your face.