Campus youth love is a theme that always flourishes in anime, and the representative work of P.A.WORKS dedicated to high-quality original animation production is the Youth Story series, and "Blossom Iroha" is one of them.
The plot of "Blossom Iroha" revolves around the 16-year-old ordinary female high school Matsumae Ogaka left her mother, left her beloved Race Koichi and the familiar city that she had just confessed to herself, came to the hot spring hotel "Kizusho", where she had never met, and lived while working, and met girls of the same age, such as Tsurulai Minko, Oshimizu Naoko, and Wakura Yuina, telling the daily life of these girls and the growth story of facing the future.
At the same time, this animation also has the characteristics of a tourism promotional film, the background of the animation is based on the hot spring street "Yuwa Inuyasha Onsen" in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture as the background stage, the surname of the characters is also taken from the local place name, the station, school and hot spring hotel in the play have corresponding prototypes, and the local also set up the fictitious "Yu Nailu" station station name plate in the play on the station platform, so that fans come to the "Holy Land Tour", so as to drive the local tourism industry.
As one of the trilogies of the Youth Story series, the youth depicted in "Blossom Iroha" is more ordinary and extensive, in addition to love, friendship, family affection and life parts are quite average, "Blossom Iroha" gives me a feeling that is not as strong as "Tears of Truth", but it is more long, these girls seem to be a friend of their own, the process of watching the movie is like a friend sharing and talking about her life with you, will feel very kind, for the uncertain future to face and choose, after reading will also think, I want to be different like them, but what is it like?
This animation style full of youthful atmosphere is very beautiful and fresh, the thick atmosphere of life makes people feel very kind, not relying on chicken blood inspiration, there is no dog blood plot to heal, almost no charming house elements, the tone of the whole drama is generally relaxed and pleasant. From the vision of several young girls, you can not only see the stories of their age group, but also the experience and perspective of adults such as xicuizhuang employees, Oshia's mother, uncle and grandmother, even if they have the same experience and growth environment, they can grow into a variety of people.
Although there are many viewers who like "Blossom Iroha", and the evaluation of this anime is not low, almost no one calls it a god work, and there is no polarized evaluation, and everyone's shining points and shortcomings can be said to be clear at a glance.
Tsurulai Minko should be the most controversial role, her setting is a high-value iceberg beauty in the school, there is no lack of suitors but they all refuse, she is a chef trainee in Xicuizhuang, Minzi likes her predecessor Miyagishi Toru, and Toru likes Oshi, coupled with Minko's personality that is not good at communicating with people, she is always hostile to Oshika and does not hide it at all.
Later, although she accepted Ogasa and the two became friends, her views on Oghana and other things changed in her heart, and her tone and attitude did not change much except for the change in wording.
The role of Minzi is actually very different, especially this kind of warm and joyful youth animation, as the main character, even if there are big shortcomings in the early stage, it will slowly change with time, otherwise add some new pleasing attributes, Minzi seems to be like this from beginning to end, her change is not enough to make people like or even no longer hate this role.
However, in daily life, isn't this often the case? You hate someone, but the person you like can accept her, and she won't change because of your dislike. Even if it is a second dimension, it is impossible to do everything satisfactorily. Learning to accept or face it is also part of growth.
It is also worth mentioning the music of "Blossom Iroha". The OP and interlude sung by the band nano ripe have a refreshing and cheerful melody, the rhythm is very strong, and the continuous guitar ensemble is combined with the lead singer's unique and cute Lolita tone, which is as full of youth and vitality as the animation.
The ending of the story is inevitably a little sighing, Xicuizhuang is no longer brilliant, the capable are unwilling to take over, those who want to take over are not recognized, and Xuhua is still growing. I think Grandma's decision was both to let Oshina pursue her dream, and to hope that Oshina would grow up enough to make a decision and come back here.
"Blossom Iroha" is both the growth of Ogami and the youth of each of us, and I hope that we can all grow up to be what we like. #花开伊吕波 #