Koizora is an anime I'm not used to. It's not just sad...it's tragic. It even goes by "Love Sky: A Sad Love Story". But what's weird about it: I've never (not once!) cried while reading this. Now, I cried reading Fruits Basket, Full Moon Sagashite, and especially Sword Art Online. WHY?? Fruits Basket
set up a slow story, but an enriching one. It wasn't just about a shallow girl whose obsessed with boy (and would do anything for one ), but someone who could be relied on by other people. We grew with Kyo and Tohru and all the characters. When we watched something tragic happen to them, we would go through that with them. When we saw something heart-touching, we'd cry tears of happiness. It was that deep, often tediously made connections that we had with the characters that made it so emotionally fulfilling.
Koizora lacks exactly that. We're thrown into a story where the main character is just a desperate teenager looking for a boyfriend. When she finally does find one, she falls in love with him, looking past his bad reputation and into the person he really is. But her pathetic personality just isn't something you can grow really close too. A story is more engrossing when the character doesn't act like such a victim. Tohru didn't give up when her mother died, and Full Moon didn't wallo in self pity when she heard she could never sing again. But Koizora is just surrounded with tragedy for the sake of tragedy. Now, don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful story with many twists and turns and actual tragedy. But the sadness and emotional attachement that comes with a great manga, wasn't there.
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