The first episode of White Album started off really slow, confusing, and somewhat boring but like everyone else on this planet were watching it because of Nana-chan =D So please enjoy and I hope you survive this,lol

Summary

So the episode starts out with Touya the main protagonist having a weird dream that his girlfriend didn’t want to date him anymore because she wants to become famous or is too famous for him. We find out that his girlfriend is actually a idol in real life and her name is Yuki. Touya’s T.V wakes him up, on t.v they are talking about Eiji Ogata who started Ogata’s Productions which is a talent agency. Eiji’s sister, Rina has debuted, and also the newcomer Yuki who appears on T.V and is being interviewed, she is talking about how she considers Rina  a friend more then a teacher.  Touya is watching but realizes it’s late and he late for something so he quickly gets dress and leaves, his thoughts are written out about Yuki: “My Girlfriend, the professional idol”

Touya is on one of the payphones on the street and is yelling into the phone, he hangs up afterward and his thoughts appear: “A man worthy of Yuki! A many not worthy of Yuki! Oh well!” He then walks out,takes the train and heads to University where he runs into Yuki who is happy to see Touya and happy that he saw her on T.V. Yuki’s manger shows up and Yuki quickly goes with her and leaves Touya.

Touya goes into the University building and is looking for jobs when he runs into his two friends. The girl gives him a book that is  of depressing poetry and it’s by Robert Browning.   Touya is confused and the other boy gets mad and turns his back to Touya. Touya remembers and tries to  make light talk about it *I’m guessing he used the book in the past as a pickup line*. The other boy then turns around and starts talking about Robert Brownings and how he so interested in it *the boy knows more then Touya*. As you can see we have already two boys fighting over one girl,hey wait Touya you cheater you already have a girlfriend. The boy asks if he could lend it next, Touya says he can have it right now.

Touya and Misaki *that’s the girl* are sitting down, the boy is on the pay phone. Misaki tells Touya that Yuki is really working hard and tries to come to school whenever she can. Touya asks if Misaki has seen Yuki today and she says no. Apparently Yuki looks up to Misaki. Misaki tells Touya that now that she’s a idol she’s becoming busier and busier and so Touya needs to get a firm hold of her. Touya remembers a part of the dream and Misaki slaps her hand down and asks if he’s listening. He apologizes and the boy gets off the pay phone and comes over to where they’re sitting. The boy says that he is willing to see Touya now. Touya laughs, I guess the boy calls his boss “master”. Misaki heads off to the library and the boy and Touya walks to place called Echoes where Touya’s trying to get a job and  the boy already has a job there.  Touya tells the boy that he should  of gone with Misaki instead of not going and that he would be find on his own. Touya says he does know who the “master” is.

Touya tells the boy that it’s already been five years he should make up his mind on whether he likes her or not. The boy gets mad and tells him he’s going on his own pace. Touya then stuffs the Robert Browning book in his face and tells him to read it and give his impressions on her and to write a report, and Touya’s report.  Touya then states that because of Misaki he gets a lot of credit in highschool. The boy sighs, sits, and says here we go again. Touya starts preaching about his “goddess of the day”.

Touya thinks this is al planned, him waking up late and meeting  Misaki and getting this book it was all f ate and luck. Touya then asks the boy’s opinion. The boy tells him that he’ll be hit by another goddess and a girl on a bike shows up she is Haruka. Haruka asks if Touya wants to go for a walk, he says he can’t because he has to get a job at Echoes. The boy asks Haruka is she wants to play tennis with him, she looks away sad and rushes away. Touya runs after her until she stops.

Touya tells   her not to mind Akira *the boy finally has a name =D*. Haruka said it was because of her that Touya got to see Yuki she then takes off. Akira comes up to Touya and apologizes saying he didn’t think she’d s till be bothered. Touya says she hasn’t touched her racket since his death. Her brother’s death, she lost the most important person in her life. Akira then says it seems like Haruka is getting worse and worse each day. Touya turns around and starts yelling that, that is not true and it’s just taking longer for her to get over her shock.

Touya tells Akira that the Goddess who helped him see Yuki was Haruka. But Yuki is not a Goddess, she is his everyday. Akira asks when he last saw his “everyday”. On the train, Touya tells Akira that Yuki has move and theres no phone connection yet and he doesn’t know where it is. Akira then brings up the possibility that the Production has put a stop between Touya and Yuki.

At the T.V  station a girl called Rina is walking towards a room he sees a bunch of girls in pink who say thank you,thank you.  Rina has a bad feeling and goes into a room where Yuki is and notices that her costume is ruined by a drink stain. The girls in pink had thrown drinks on Yuki’s costume. Rina asks why Yuki didn’t refuse the drink the girls had and Yuki says she couldn’t , Rina yells at the manger saying it’s her fault. Rina asks Yuki if she wants her to tell the producers and Yuki says no she’ll figure something out and Rina should just go do her work. Rina leaves and in the elevator she thinks: “Don’t Give Up Yuki!”.

Touya and Akira are working at Echoes. Theres no customers and Touya is bored and Akira is reading Robert Browning. Touya hears classical music playing and goes int othe boss room to find that the boss is listening to it with headphones and just enjoying it =D Just then Eiji Ogata shows up and talks to the boss for a while, on his way out he thanks the boss and leaves. Touya realizes that is Yuki’s boss and runs after him but he has already left and Yuki is not there. Akira said to give it a rest and tells him we can go now. He then says the master will pay for today even if there was no customers.  Touya says he won’t take it and Akira tells him to ask his dad.

Touya gets on a payphone and phones his dad or step-mom I’m pressuming and tries to make a excuse of why he doesn’t have money but before he can asks for money the other person on the other end hangs up on him.

Rina however is on T.V and singing, Touya is watching at home because he wants to see her girlfriend little does he know that what he’s watching was recorded a while ago and so he doesn’t know about tonight’s problem. She the T.V station films a episode a few days earlier before it airs. Anyways the phone rings and he picks up, it’s Yuki he tells her she was just on T.V and she tells him that they  recorded that last week and tells him to watch next episode. We then get to see that Yuki has he costume torn and paint all over it and her hair is in a 80’s style. That’s right Yuuki decided to make everyone costume unique and that’s how they fixed  tonight’s problem. Then Yuki and  Touya just talk and in Akira’s thoughts he’s thinking: “Yuki…do you want to see me?” Time passes and he thinks: “Yuki…today I had a dream of  you.”

He’s about to tell her this when she says she has to go and hangs up. Beside Yuuki is Rina who asks to see her boyfriend. In Touya’s thoughts he’s yelling ,Yuki,Yuki, My Yuki. Just then the doorbell rings and the episode ends.

Thoughts

The thing that I like about this is the Thought things. How instead of the seiyuu speaking the thoughts they are put on words which makes it more realistic in a way that when we think  our thoughts we don’t hear our voice we just know the wor ds,you get what I mean? I like this fact because it’s realistic but it also gives a effect with the tone and emotions to me this seems like a depressing show at how it’s using it’s tones/emotions. You may think, well no it isn’t! Or it’s Shoujo, shoujo isn’t sad! But you got to remember Shoujo manga is manga that deals with real life connection and tho mostly all shoujo manga have a happy fairy tale ending some don’t. Some go more realistic and show you what really happens in life and how it’s not fair. I don’t think White Album is the most realistic anime ever but I do believe that it can be based on more realistic events then other shoujo animes and in my mind I really don’t see a “happy” ending for this show,lol.

Now the bad points: goes to slow for a first episode, it jumps right into the plot so you have to be paying attention and sometimes *mostly a lot* it gets really confusing. Characters enter really fastly so you have to remember them because it seems they’re a important part of the show even tho you could think they only get small roles. Also some stuff is not explained and that leads to confusion to. The first time I saw this I hated this and really didn’t know if I wanted to review it but it seemed better the second time around. Anyways  I’ll continue reviewing this. =D

Ratings

Episode: I explained what I liked about the episode and hated in my thoughts.

8.5/10

Animation: It was nice in some parts and not good in others I guess you could call it average. I enjoy how some of the characters are drawn and the effects and lighting stuff so in overall it’s pretty good, but average.

9/10

Music: The opening is nice and the ending is not. I didn’t like the ending. The background music in the episode really fit and match the feelings and mood so it was nice.

9/10

Plot/Character Developments: The plot has developed in the fact that Touya feels insecure about Yuki, Yuki is having problems and has become a idol, and Rina seems interested in Yuki’s boyfriend. Haruka lost her brother and  this has affected her greatly she also seems to have feelings for Touya. Akira is in love with Misaki, but can’t tell her. Misaki really is supporting Touya and Yuki but wants them to get a firm hold of their relationship she also seems to have some feelings for Touya. Character Developments happen not that much since the characters are just introduce but their background stories or their personalities are quickly shown.

9.5/10

Overall

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