Meiji Tokyo Renka

Title:Meiji Tokyo Renka
明治東亰恋伽
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Notables: Animation - TMS Entertainment
R1 License - FUNimation
On the night of a crimson full moon, high school girl Mei Ayazuki, lured by the magic of mysterious magician Charlie, enters into a box. When she awakens, she's in Tokyo during the Meiji Period. The lost and confused Mei is aided by Ougai Mori and Shunso Hishida, who take her in their carriage to the Rokumeikan, a lavish ballroom full of powerful high officials. where she meets historic figures such as Kyoka Izumi, Otojiro Kawakami, Yakumo Koizumi, and Goro Fujita. In this world, during the "Misty Hour" between sundown and sunup, "mononoke" appear. Those who can see them are called "Tamayori," and Mei herself possesses this power. As she navigates an unfamiliar life, romance begins to bloom between Mei and these men -- and the power of the tamayori will only strengthen their bonds. She may choose to never return to her original time.
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12-episode TV anime that premiered on January 9, 2019.
Animated by TMS Entertainment.
Licensed by Funimation.
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Watch 8 7 8 6 6 6 Ggultra2764 [series:4570#1552]
Being based on an otome visual novel, Meiji Tokyo Renka has the familiar trappings of it with our teenage lead Mei whisked to Meiji era Japan and having several attractive men becoming interested in her to varying degrees. The series offers some development of its characters with main focus on Mei and her growing bond with writer Ogai Mori. However this getting main focus does come to the detriment of some of the other male leads as episodes are focused on Mei helping to resolve any personal problems they deal with, as aspects of these aren't fully resolved due to the anime attempting to cram as much as it can into a 12-episode runtime. In addition, the series doesn't do a good job of focusing on Mei's ability to interact with spirits as this largely felt secondary to the focus on Mei and Ogai's relationship, when this ability was a contributing cause to Mei's social problems within modern times. As it is, Meiji Tokyo Renka is an okay adaptation of its source material, though does suffer from the typical issues of a visual novel adaptation in that it can't fully adapt its story arcs within the limited number of episodes provided for its TV series run.

Last updated Sunday, October 30 2022. Created Sunday, October 30 2022.

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