Hinako Note (2017) User Reviews

An introverted girl moves to Tokyo

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 30 June 2017]

Hinako Sakuragi is a very introverted girl living in rural Japan; she is so introverted that in any situation that is even mildly stressful she will adopt a 'scarecrow' pose… although when does she seems to attract wild animals rather than scare them. Hoping to overcome this problem she moves to Tokyo and starts attending the Fujiyama High School. While there she resides at the Hitotose bookstore. She had hoped to join the school's theatre club but discovers that it is currently on hiatus. Determined to act she encourages the other residents of at the bookstore to form their own theatre club. Over the course of the series they work to do this and put on performances as well as getting into other amusing situations.

This is a gently paced story that has a decent number of laughs in each episode. The story is light-weight in an enjoyable way although once it is over I doubt it will be remembered for long; just like so many similar series that are churned out each season. There is a moderate amount of fan service; it isn't likely to offend anybody but came as a bit of a surprise as for the most part the characters are depicted as cute rather than sexy. The characters are decent enough although, apart from Hinako herself they aren't particularly memorable. Overall this isn't a must see series but I found it enjoyable enough.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

BAD!

[mayahochberg · 5/10 · 21 January 2021]

The story itself was boring and had no such section.

Characters- The characters were nice but also annoying from time to time, they were not interesting but they were nicely built.

Plot - The plot is a terrible disappointment! The story was boring, and I did not enjoy it at all.

Animation - the animation was not bad, I really liked it, it was understandable to my eyes and I connected to the animation.

The plot tells about hinako sakuragi a girl who moved to Tokyo and has a dream, it's not so interesting in my opinion.

~~~ I would not recommend the anime is not worth watching.

Wrong market

[Nonomemes · 6/10 · 27 September 2022]

Hinako, the girl from the countryside who transfer to the city aiming to become a theater actress.

The story begins well and proceed as expected, good characters are introduced with the episodes and the life flow peacefully.

But, at half way you start having the perception this series is not totally immune by fan service, especially with regards to Chiaki, who is subject of some "stolen shots", moreover, the last episode is regretful as she become target of the attention of many schoolmates (too many).

No worries, nothing really serious, problem is that the story looks nice and sweet for a child, for example age 9-14 but inside you get also the "shots" (and Ep. 12) which are acceptable maybe for 15+, the two things do not match, if you are 18-20 you will probably find the story not so interesting as you are too old already.

Another minus is the use of puppets (characters drown as) in many scenes, I mean I can tolerate 3-4 times in an entire series, not every 3minutes.

On the pro side, the themes (opening and ends) are awesome, one of the best I have ever watched.

Nice

[rileysimon-82070 · 10/10 · 11 February 2021]

I want much more of this post make more ep Please I beg you