Seeing things through: A Hikkigaya case

      Perhaps one of the more interesting animes, albeit underrated, is "I knew my high school love comedy isn't real."  The anime follows the life of a self-proclaimed loner extraordinaire, Hikkigaya and his experiences in high school.  The other characters that played a more prominent role in this anime were Yukinoshita and Yuigahama, they provided a clear contrast between a loner, an egoist and a vocal person.  Throughout the anime, we could see the gradual change in Hikkigaya as he embraced the idea of being a group person but towards the end, we could see that Hikkigaya's compassion towards others simply wouldn't allow him to do so.  Don't get me wrong, in terms of cognitive ability, Hikkigaya outshined all the others and because of this, he could give valuable advice and opinions in the most crucial moments.  However, all these were done at the expense of his own reputation.

     The anime's usage of background music, setting and cast was excellent!  All these gave the anime a very humble atmosphere while maintaining its vigour.  The anime doesn't contain any action scene, so if you're a fan of action animes, then I'd suggest you sit this one out.  Nevertheless, a few valuable lessons could be reaped from this anime and perhaps the most important one is "you have to see things through", like literary.  Hikkigaya truly portrayed that quality as he helped those in need and saw to that he kept all his words.  This may be less important to some people but to me, this quality defines a person whom you can truly confide in.  We could also see in this movie that sometimes the most outgoing person may not be the most helpful, endless facades and enactments in society could be observed in this anime as it exposed human's most derogating behaviours.  

      The plot by itself was very solid too.  No sudden "power up" or "misconduct" was visible throughout these 12 episodes and I must say, for an anime veteran like me, I was truly impressed.  If there's one complain, then I guess it would be the one where the main character didn't get the recognition he should have gotten otherwise in the end.  It is truly disheartening to see that people who stood by their principles get shunned by the society and not even given a chance to explain himself.  Then again, this anime is based on the Japanese culture, so whether it holds true to the other cultures in the world is still a question mark.  

     All in all, I would definitely recommend this anime for anyone who wants to watch something that is close to the heart and has excellent story telling.

"Some scenes from the anime"