Anonymous Noise (also known as Fukumenkei
Noizu or Fukumenkei Noise)
centers on Nino Arisugawa, a girl with a captivating voice. As a child, she experienced a heartbreaking
parting with her first love, Momo Sakaki. Soon, she became friends with Kanade “Yuzu” Yuzuriha,
but he, too, had to depart. Both boys promised
that they would someday find her again through her voice; hence, she has always
been singing ever since.
Years later, all three of them
meet again in the same high school. Momo
is now secretly a successful professional composer, while Yuzu is a member of
the masked band in NO hurry to shout. Both of their musical careers are driven by
their love for Nino and her voice as inspiration, but both also keep their true feelings to
themselves. Meanwhile, Nino is recruited
to become the vocalist of in NO hurry. She accepts in the hope that her voice will
reach Momo.
Angst. High school drama. Professional musical acts with secret
identities. Music industry
rivalries. A knotty love triangle. That’s what Anonymous Noise is all about.
As a shojo, it has a pretty
complicated and ludicrous premise. And I
think this makes it difficult to get immersed in it. It’s not necessarily unappealingly messy and cheesy. But it does tend to make the storytelling convoluted
and choppy rather than interesting.
I also didn’t like the J-pop rock
music it centers on. And for a girl who
supposed to have an enchanting voice, her singing is honestly not that good. There are times I feel she was out of tune.
Since it’s a music-themed teen
drama anime, I initially had high hopes for Anonymous
Noise. Unfortunately, it’s not a Sound! Euphonium. Nor a Your Lie in April. And definitely not a Kids on the Slope (which I realized is an anime
masterpiece after a few more viewings). It doesn’t have the same
offering of delightful plot, gorgeous visuals, and stirring music.
Overall, Anonymous Noise isn’t a bad anime.
Just weak and slightly pretentious.
It can be occasionally entertaining and endearing. But it doesn’t have a lasting oomph and
invitingness. I did hope to like it in
the end, but after watching all of the first
season’s episodes, it really did nothing for me.
I won’t be watching the second
season.
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