Tari Tari is a heartwarming slice of life, music anime that came out in 2012.
The anime is about five students forming a choir club and while doing so, shows how the club effects their life. It shows them really practicing together and on their own.
Tari Tari is not much about dancing or playing instruments. It's all about singing and getting to know the character's stories and struggles.
All the main characters have very likable personalities that seem realistic. None of the main characters were too over dramatic.
None of the characters have to give up anything to join and just focus on the Choir Club. They all can still do any other clubs or hobbies they are into and enjoy. There's no unnecessary fan service or a change in the animation, like, turning chibi style or having angry big heads or sharp teeth. The beautiful animation stays the same.
The music was beautiful and the singing was great, it makes you want to sing with them.
It's thirteen episodes. It's perfect. It doesn't feel too short or too dragged out.
Even though, we all never want the anime we really love to end, this one had the most perfect ending I've seen in an anime in a while.
The joyful mood setting of Ellie reading pun jokes to her best friend while there's a sad melody in the background, made me cry a little. Because that music seems to be there to remind me that their moment wasn't going to last forever.
I was happy seeing them enjoying the jokes and making fun of the stupid ones. But it's still sad because we know Riley is going to die soon. If we didn't then I don't think that scene would have been as powerful.
We now know where she got that joke book from.
During the main game, she takes out that book and starts reading it to Joel a few times. When I replay the game, those parts will have a bigger impact on me since I know what Ellie is trying to do. She's trying to recreate that happy moment. She wants another friend to laugh with. But Joel isn't as interested in jokes as Riley was, so that's going to make those parts depressing. Even more so when she shares those jokes with Sam. Someone around her own age who actually likes to hear jokes but we know he doesn't live long after.
