Kimi no Iru Machi - Anime - AniDB (2025)

There are just so many shows this season, I’m definitely not able to watch all.

For a change of pace, this season, I will be covering this show, Kimi no Iru Machi; A Town Where You Live.

While looking through the pre season show forecast, this show caught my eye. It does not belong to the ‘blockbusters’ this season, so I would not be surprised if people did not know this was screening this season, (the episode 1 started later than the rest as well, so some viewers might be confused on anime streaming sites). To add on to the confusion, based on my personal experience, I realised that there were already 2 OVA episodes available, so audience, be careful when clicking on ‘episode 1′ links of Kimi no Iru Machi.

After reading the synopses of various sites, I don’t think it really helps with viewers like you and me in understanding what this show is about. Moreover, after checking out comments on forums, many comments stated that ‘newbies’ to this show would definitely not know what is going on in this episode 1. Apparently, the show does not start from the beginning of the story. Instead, from a certain middle not-so-interesting arc, and skipped all the character development in the earlier arc. Well, again, for new viewers like me, I have no idea what is happening. I have not caught the OVAs (and manga) yet, as well.

Thus, from a totally new viewer perspective, as a reviewer, I shall introduce this show from scratch, and as a viewer, I really hope that this show picks up well!

Episode 1 started with this scene, and it was reiterated at the back of the episode. Although we see that blue long haired girl here, we hardly get to see her at all this episode. But as much as this goes, she is most likely the heroine in this series, (if she gets such an opening scene, I don’t see how anyone else can be the main female character….)

The genre of Kimi no Iru Machi, based on what I see in the first episode, would be Drama, Romance, (a little ecchi?).

While watching this episode, I keep getting the sense of ”kimi ga nozomu no eien’. Of course, I only watched a few episodes of the show before dropping it due to the ‘tragedy’ genre it belongs to (not a fan), but I get a similar feeling when watching this.

I felt that the voice actors were pretty good so far, and the artwork is pretty soothing to my eyes.

And I shall introduce the characters with this picture. The guy lying on the floor is Kirishima Haruto, from Hiroshima, voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya. The girl pinning him down is, Asuka Mishima, voiced by Ayane Sakura.

The playful character of this series, Kazama Kyousuke, voiced by Daisuke Ono (seems like a really fitting role HAHA).

And a quick reference to the ‘go-home-club’ anime this season, which I have yet to catch as well.

She is probably the girl at the start of this episode, but she is only seen in such angles for now. Based on what Rin said at the end of episode to Haruto, this blue haired girl might be avoiding Haruto, for reasons that have yet to be revealed. So for now, she is the mysterious heroine.

There were a few oddly coloured scenes throughout this show, but this scene, and the purplish scene before it somehow made me feel very tense, or should I say nervousness for the characters in the show. Normally we viewers develop this sense of apprehension as we approach the climax, or really low parts of shows, but i’m getting it right at episode 1, so something feels a little odd (experienced kimi no iru machi-ers would say that this is actually not the starting of the story anyway, so it wouldnt be odd to have such a feeling).

Very conveniently, as Haruto’s sister casually drops him a message about not coming back home for dinner, Mishima joins in to feast on Haruto’s fine dinings.
And before I forget, there are way too many food scenes this episode I’m thinking whether this is a show focused on Haruto’s chef skills. I have just had my wisdom teeth extracted, and my mouth is pretty much numb from the anesthesia, but looking at all the dishes throughout the episode makes me really crave for it (i’m actually feeling a little sick, but my appetite’s increased after seeing all them dishes…..). My mouth is actually still numb by the way.

This is probably the most ecchi part of this episode, well other than the OP sequence.

And there we have it, a blush right at episode 1, of course, nothing compared to the likes of Sukitte Ii Na Yo, if ya’ll get what I mean :P , or rather -3-. heh. Mishima’s short hair is really nice, if i may add, she’s pretty cute when she happens to re-use her accent as well (Haruto’s spot-on on this).

And another girl appears. She’s Rin-chan as I mentioned earlier in this review. Her name’s Eba Rin, voiced by Aoi Yuuki. She seems to know alot about Haruto, and the blue haired girl, who seems to be her sister…

Of course, I do not really catch any plot this episode, so I will have to tune in to find out more.
Generally, episode 1 gave me a pleasant feel, and when the OP sequence came on, I felt really refreshed. Then at the end of the episode, the ED sequence made me go woah, this is another nice song.

The OP and Ed are:

Sentimental Love (センチメンタルラブ)” by MimimemeMIMI (AstroVoice).
Kimi no Iru Machi (君のいる町)” by Haruto Kirishima (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)

If there’s one thing that caught my attention this episode, as well as make me wanna continue watching this, would be the OP and ED songs.

Overall, episode 1 did not explain much to me, so I wouldn’t be sure of what’s happening at all. But the artwork is good, the voice acting is good, and the songs are top-notch. For those of yall who have just started watching this, and are deciding on whether to continue or to drop. My recommendation would be to give it 2-3 more episodes grace, and see how it develops. It definitely is not the run-of the mill anime, and personally, I have not watched many shows of such a genre that I can boast about. I seldom cover such ‘serious’ shows as well, so being my first time doing this, I would be happy to take up this weekly happy challenge, and I hope that Kimi no Iru Machi viewers will give my reviews a try, as I embark on this dramatic series.