At first glance one would think that this is a yaoi anime but even without the shounenai tag its not. Its one of those rare romance anime where the main characters are the same gender but the romance is heterosexual. When I first saw this anime I thought probably the same thing as anyone else who was unfamiliar with this anime before it aired This is going to be another borderlineyaoi anime is it? Then I read the description and my curiosity was piqued. For that reason I ended up watching it when it premiered and I must say that it was a fun anime to watch. Ladies and gentlemen here is my review of Nijiiro Days. Nijiiro Days follows four high school boys Natsuki Hashiba Tomoya Matsunaga Keiichi Katakura and Tsuyoshi Naoe as they go through their high school lives. One Christmas Eve Natsuki gets dumped by his girlfriend and as he is crying about it he is handed some tissues by a girl wearing a Santa outfit at that moment he falls for that girl. He later runs into the girl Anna Kobayakawa at school and he tries to get closer to her while his friends try to meddle in their relationship. Every once in a while the focus shifts from Natsuki to one of the other three boys as they deal with their own loverelated problems Mari Tsutsui is Annas manhating best friend who Tomoya ends up liking Nozomi Matsunaga is Tomoyas younger sister who has feelings for Keiichi while Tomoya does not approve and Yukiko Asai is Tsuyoshis cosplaying girlfriend. Its a rather easygoing story with comedic moments sprinkled in here and there. Its really a breath of fresh air though after all all of the main characters are male but since all of their love interests are female there is no way one can consider this a borderlineyaoi anime at all. Luckily these heterosexual relationships are for the most part believable. The one exception may be the one between Tomoya and Mari I honestly felt more hate than love in their relationship but at the very least it was given a bit of development. I really liked Natsuki and Annas relationship though it was fun to watch as their relationship grew. However I really would have liked some more development on the relationships between Keiichi and Nozomi and Tsuyoshi and Yukirin however I guess what we get is what we have. Hopefully there is more development to those two relationships in the manga.... The animation done by Production Reed wasnt anything too groundbreaking but for an anime as simple as this one its more than acceptable. It definitely had bright colors and with a title that translates to Rainbow Days I think that fits quite well. As for the voice acting the voice actors did a great job with their respective characters. The music was also great too I liked every single one of the opening and ending themes. The best one however was the third ending theme I Wanna Be Your Knight by Takuya Eguchi Tomoyas voice actor it just sounds so cool with an amazing singer to boot Overall Nijiiro Days was a good anime. If youre in the mood for an easygoing sliceoflife anime with romance sprinkled in this is the anime for you. These rainbowcolored days cannot be forgotten about
84 /100
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