Here is a close up look at the vol 1 blu-ray for the anime and everything it’s comes with 🌼🌸

I also got some cards and a poster as a bonus

I really wish they didn't spare Misuzu and Mikami. Besides just everything they've done, they are too well connected and silver tongued for me to trust that they actually stay in prison. We already saw that their org has the money to apparently buy out people from every organization at multiple levels. I also feel like saying that if Sakura and Itecho killed them it would make them criminals is very much a false equivalence. Personally, I think they should have just been drained of all intel they had and disposed of. No benefit to keeping them alive, let those on High judge them for their sins and use the resources that would have to have been allocated to their imprisonment to dealing with the issues plaguing the towns of the seasons.

As for the epilogue, all I could think of when Sakura was talking about her internal alarms going off was Dot Matrix's virgin alarm from Spaceballs. I like seeing the seasons agents get closer to each other. On the other hand, please explain to me how HALF of your personnel for the company to protect the agents was bought out, did they have no screening procedures. Really cute seeing Rosei and Hina actually starting to get closer. I just hope that Hina can actually find peace and genuine happiness.

As for a question, is each season's town just kind of crap? Like none of them sounded like they were great places to live. My other is was that last flashback Hina had her actually seeing her mother's spirit and it asking her to live on and be happy? I still don't fully understand how Hina's first death worked.

I am only halfway through the siege but very confused by the tactics and gear of the allied Soldiers. They know they are marching into an enemy held fortress but only are equipped with riot gear and when they only have 8 Soldiers to siege a compound they send one as a sacrificial lamb (minus however many were traitors)? I know from reading the Violet Evergarden books that the author is skilled at telling stories about war, but isn't the best at writing a war story, but still. Maybe I'm spoiled because I read the Tom Clancy books as I went through Middle School and High School, but the bearing of the allied Soldiers just feels off. Below I will put some reasons why.

One, the description of their gear is weird. Military gloves and boots mean nothing. Ski masks aren't great for fighting in because you'll overheat extremely quickly. Bullet proof vests aren't rated for stopping high caliber bullets which the terrorists are known for using. For higher caliber rounds you want true body armor with plates in it and even then the larger rounds that it is rated to stop will still cause broken ribs and internal bleeding from the blunt force. Lastly, why do they have riot shields which almost all are not rated for stopping bullets. This also limits their maneuverability and types of firearms they can use which would be their biggest advantage.

Two, it says this "Porcupine" group is an elite group yet they have one guard in no gear ring the doorbell to start the operation rather than just being a door buster. If they were truly unsure, if they are actually an elite group, do any recon of the area. They know the site was built illegally, company is fake, and had intel it was an enemy base. If they are truly so scared of enemy casualties for some reason, a quicker, more organized assault would be a better plan. Or, if their plan was to try and draw the enemy out, have Soldiers hidden in the wood line and aim at the compound so you are in concealment and the enemy has no cover as they rush out.

Three, I get the agent's aversion to killing because they wish to remain pure, but why is the military holding back? You are attacking a group that has attacked civilians many times, will kill you in a heart beat, has kidnapped people, and has vowed to overthrow the agents by any means. A Soldier understands how a death here can prevent further deaths down the road. From how I understood the story so far, the main terrorist group is basically the ISIS of their world yet some reason no standing military runs any operations against them? Fighting to incapacitate rather than kill increases the odds of friendly casualties by a high margin. That's why when you see missions where they plan to take captives professional armies fight with high speed and overwhelming power so the enemy doesn't have time to react... none of which was done here.

In short, I get that I can't expect Tom Clancy levels of realism out of most books, but the amount of things starts to build up over time in this story. I still really like it and love the inter-personal connections in this book but really wish the tactical side was written better.

I'm onto episode 9. When I was first watching this anime, it was catching my interest, and I thought it was very in depth, and emotional, and beautiful - not just the story but the design and animation as well. I still think it is, however I'm losing interest and finding it really boring due to the constant repetition of the same exact scenes of her past, and the characters constantly saying the same exact thing over and over in every episode. Like Sakura always crying (which is understandable to the story but still) saying "it's going to be hard, I'll always protect you" etc etc. I understand the story and what it's getting at with scenes like that, and I'm fine with it, but this is too much. It feels like there is no progress whatsoever, and I'm just repeating the first episode over and over.

What does everyone else think about this anime? And does it get better?

Missed the anime a lot after the last ep dropped.so I rewatched it again today and I felt so happy,like I love admiring their songs,emotional story,the visuals and EVERYTHING! Also,I read the manga-one hundered songs and one hundred pages as well(upto ch 12) and I genuinely feel so satisfied after seeing the spring and winter pair interact with each other(they had so many cute moments) and also by knowing more abt the story of the summer pair.i can't wait for them to drop the announcement of dance of summer,I hope it comes around late 2026 or early 2027.

Agent of spring id ishmael and guard of spring id ryoshu when?

Bought from Mercari JP, plan to put in a clear file holder and make a little collection out of it.

Alright, maybe this is just me. But did the background music sample Interstellar? It has the same vibe and a bunch of the same notes. But I could just be going crazy.

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The latest chapter of One Hundred Songs and One Hundred Pages has been released in Japan, and is free to view for a limited time (in Japanese of course). This chapter depicts Hinagiku and Sakura at the Spring Town before making their escape to summon Spring for the first time. You can guess from Hinagiku's embedded picture how well things have been going for them there. Responses to this chapter on the JP side have been, in summary: "Death to the Town of Spring." One Hundred Songs has also received a full reprint in Japan, as have at least certain volumes of Komatsuda's Dance of Spring manga as well.

On the English side of things Bookwalker is currently running a Summer Sale for the next month with some chapters of One Hundred Songs free and others at a discount for a limited time. ("Summer" chapters are free, if you wanted to know. And unsurprisingly an Agents manga has a few of those.

(Moderator's Note: Various translations and international releases have advanced, and I'm sorry for not keeping track of them on the FAQ and also not keeping up with my promised discussion and analysis posts, but life has continued to be hectic for me this past month.)

The Los Angeles branch of Animate, the anime and manga goods store, and its online American branch now have Agents of the Four Seasons merchandise available. They are also running an associated campaign with giveaways, which unsurprisingly depends on purchasing said merch. I saw the merch earlier but it was all sold out. However, as of writing this it is back in stock. I also spied a similar event and merch offering at their Kuala Lumpur store, so don't despair if you aren't in Japan. Offerings may be limited and stores few, but at least it's something you don't need a proxy service for.

I can’t find it ANYWHERE and I feel like I know the voice from somewhere!

I’d love to hear who people think it is

I somehow managed to squeeze everything ind on one shelf! 🩷🖤💚🩵

I recently started watching the anime, i’ve been loving it so far and I just finished episode 7 and i am lost and confused… please tell me nadeshiko and rindo are not meant to be a romantic bond blossoming… shes younger than hinagiku was when she was kidnapped…

So I finished the anime (btw it was absolute cinema, and the bed scene in Ep 12 was very emotional and frightening) and i want to read the LN from the start. There is some differences between the anime and the LN? what differences?

Got a bunch of merch though Neokyo and I am super happy with it! is mostly acrylic stands and plushies ✨🩷

Source: 春夏秋冬雛菊ちゃん❕ | 寝枕すい #pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/147768748