A Bridge to the Starry Skies

Kyuutoryuu★ 7

Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi is an anime based off the visual novel of the same name. I haven't played that visual novel, more specifically I don't play visual novels at all, so I cannot comment on the coherence of the adaptation. Instead, I am going to analyze and critique this anime as a standalone work. Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi tells the story of two brothers who are in the process of moving homes. As they're looking for a place to stay, the older brother (Kazuma) gets lost in a forest. He meets a girl, and of course, he ends up "accidentally" kissing her. This is thebeginning of the girl, Ui, and Kazuma's romantic relationship. They also happen to go to the same school; good lord, the coincidences. And that's about it. The entire story is about how Ui and Kazuma will manage to confess their love for each other; exactly why I give the story a "5". Not surprising, though, as this is a visual novel adaptation after all. This isn't to say that the story is completely smooth as I made it out to be; there are a few edges in this anime's romance, it isn't just a straight line. In the end, you could see where the story was going, and the characters were fairly easy to read. To be honest, Hoshizora could've been something great if it weren't so linear. It has beautiful art, an amazing opening, and a likeable set of characters. It's just a shame that its story is so bland; don't expect too much when you're watching this anime. There is also never any sort of major conflict. Despite that, it is still a refreshing anime that you can unwind and relax while watching. Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi is not a bad anime in the slightest, and there are some bright moments within it. Overall, an enjoyable watch that is unfortunately shallow.

Kynov★ 7

"Dont judge anime if you havent watching all the episode" LESSON LEARNED~ Why would i say that? First, like the other reviewer said, the first impression that you will get was "Incestous Homosexual" but praise to the lord and the creator of this anime, the anime wasnt about that. Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi or A Bridge to the Starry Skies (kinda weird name) is like your usual generic harem anime which we have a bunch of cute girls and one boy that being liked by many girls. what means "like your usual generic harem anime"? USUALLY or we can said ALWAYS, harem anime didnt have any romanticending or get laid (based on all harem anime that i have watched). and not just that, USUALLY my perspective about harem anime was : - Have a little sister that have brother complex - Being liked by ALL of the girls in anime itself (sometimes they liked without any logical reasons) - Surrounded by beautiful girls - The girls usually have their own uniqueness (tsundere, dandere, and kuudere) (if you're looking for yandere, then it wouldnt be a harem anime, it would be a horror anime) LOL - The MC usually at the end didnt get laid or girlfriends (For all the harem lover will know what i mean) And why i am saying all that meaningless words? FYI, HoKaHa (since the title is so long) is really crossing my perspective about harem anime. its something unique yet its not so amazing too. Why? for the first i have a problem with the story itself, while watching this anime episode after episode, many question clinging into my mind "What is the actual story/main story?" "Did this anime focus on the LUCKY BASTARD kiss incident or about the MC's little brother sick?" and until the last episode i still dont get what this story about, what i know is the last episode is really surprise me. A LOT. "Oh so this anime didnt have any main plot, so whats so good about this anime since you rated it 7?" Calm down, yeah it doesnt have any strong plot or main plot, and just what we know is when we're watching this anime was the MC moving to that village because of the little brother (he is have some MYSTERIOUS disease that until now i dont know what disease that he have) and then he got a kiss incident with a stranger girl. Ok you can imagine that.... i give you a time for imagining it. Done? lets process to the reason why i think this anime was good, for the first HoKaHa really suprise me in many ways, it crossess all of my expectation about what harem anime was (see all the list that what my perspective about harem anime in beginning of this review). then HoKaHa was surprising and sometimes it have a touchy and some moments that will make us smile or maybe jiggle a bit. i must say it was amusing and really worth of my 300 Minutes or 5 hours (12 episode x 25 minutes). After we talk about the story, lets talk about the other aspects, Art. I can't say to much about this one, but for sure, the quality of art in this anime was so amazing, On the first episode we can see a beautiful drawing in the forest, amazing scenery and even the water flows was like the real one. Well, its not the best, but atleast it will not make your eyes bored. Moving on to the sound section, well it was so - so. since i dont find any amazing sound that happen in this anime, from the OP, the ED or in the voice actors it was like any other harem anime, it was not really good and it wasnt really bad either, so we can said "normal". LOL And for the closing, i must said it was very amusing harem anime, what else do you need? - Harem,check ; romance, check; comedy, check; dere girls, check; GET LAID; check! if you're looking for an unusual harem anime, this maybe the right anime for you, cheers!