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TopicRobazoid Ranks 275 Anime and Top 100 Anime Characters 2 (Average and beyond)
Robazoid
10/02/22 4:18:29 PM
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104. Celestial Method
https://myanimelist.net/anime/23209/Sora_no_Method
Fall 2014 (13 episodes)
My Score: 6/10, MAL Score: 6.76/10
Best Character: Noel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovc0PpxTVBQ

Premise: A group of five friends are broken apart when Komiya Nonoka moves away. Now she has returned and strives to bring everyone back together, along with figuring out their connection to a strange girl named Noel and the massive flying saucer thats loomed over the town for years.

The Good: Celestial Method is a drama about friends coming back together. A mysterious girl named Noel seems oddly eager to help them, and shes somehow linked to the UFO hovering over the town. I liked the setting. The flying saucer is pretty and gives an otherwise typical small town some flavor. More than anything, however, its the concept that resonated with me. Im a sucker for stories about old friends reuniting. Its always fun comparing how they were in the past vs how they are now, and heartwarming whenever they manage to overcome interpersonal drama. This isnt the greatest example of that, as Ill cover below, but I still enjoyed it. The strange girl Noel really carried the story whenever it started to drag, too. Who or what she was kept me engaged the whole time, and she was also very cute and fun as a character.

The Bad: I like stories where friends come back together, but Celestial Method isnt written as deftly as it could be. A whole bunch of their problems could be fixed if everyone just sat down and had a conversation. Theyre fractured more because of misunderstandings than any real hurdle they need to overcome. I blame that on Komiya having forgotten everything about her time with them for some reason. I usually like amnesia plots, but here its only included so she has to recall what happened with her friends bit-by-bit rather than solving everything right away.

Overall: Celestial Method is a nice anime about friends coming back together. Id have preferred if the reason for their schism was more substantial. The fact that Komiya could fix most things right away if she didnt have amnesia is a letdown. Still, Noel was always cute and fun to watch even when everything else was slow. The central concept of friends reuniting also appealed to me, which made me more willing to forgive Celestial Methods flaws.

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