Wind Breaker (Anime) - Review

When I remember a few years ago, I liked films or anime with the theme of fights between groups or schools like Crow Zero and High n Low, these two films are still one of my favorites. In my opinion, only Japan can make films or anime with strong characteristics that are difficult for other countries to imitate, like fight scenes between gangs or groups in crowded which look very realistic even though if you look in detail there are still scenes that are leaked or not. Accordingly, I think Crow Zero and High N Low would be very different and less epic if they were produced by a country other than Japan, that's what I think.

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Even though there are many aspects that I praise, there are also anime with gang-fighting genres like Tokyo Revengers which in my opinion, is one of the worst and most annoying anime. From the start, I tried to follow all the storylines about the story of Takemicchi, who wants to save the people closest to him by going back to the past, as I watched it became more and more uncomfortable seeing the behavior of the main character, who was mischievous and always complaining, and the storyline was boring in my opinion.

I was hoping there would be a new anime with a genre like High n Low, and finally, I found it and immediately liked the first impression. A few days ago, while looking for new anime references, I saw the title "Wind Breaker" which had just aired this month. I immediately looked for it about this anime, and in this post, I will discuss it. This anime was produced by Aniplex, which is already famous for its many successful works, visuals, and designs by the CloverWorks studio, which is beyond doubt in terms of the visuals and quality of the anime.

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Wind Breaker tells the story of Sakura Haruka, a boy who has just entered high school and wants to become strong by fighting, with an unpleasant past that makes Sakura move to another city, and enter a school called Furin, which is famous for being a school filled with boys who like fighting.

When this anime first aired, I wasn't too enthusiastic because I didn't know that Wind Breaker was adapted from a manga that was released in 2021. When I saw the fight scene of the main character, Sakura, I immediately felt nostalgic for the fight scene in Crow Zero when a group of students at Suzuran high school started brawling.

I thought the main character would be a silly character like Naruto or Luffy, but it turned out to be very different from my initial impression of watching because Haruka Sakura came to the city just to enter the Furin school which was full of delinquents who liked to fight. The fight scenes in Wind Breaker are very acrobatic but not too excessive, the scene when Sakura fights a group of street gangs with a crowd of troops. At first, I thought she would succeed in defeating it herself, but when the senior students at Furin school came to help her, that's when I became more interested in Sakura in Wind Breaker.

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Another aspect that I like about Haruka Sakura is how the boy faced mental problems from a young age. After all, he was ostracized by the people around him because his physique was different from most people. He had never felt happy before, and when he first received thanks from people who loved him. he helped, Sakura felt strange because she had never felt a feeling like that before. When Sakura's first physical appearance reminded me of the antagonist in the film Dalmatians 101, I didn't know her hair was real, and her eyes were a different color. I can't reveal the other characters from this anime yet because Wind Breaker is still ongoing for 2 episodes. If you don't want to be exposed to spoilers, please watch it first, and then let's discuss it together.

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I recommend this Wind Breaker anime for those of you who miss fighting scenes or vibes similar to Crow Zero or high and low, and for those of you who want to move on from Tokyo Revengers, maybe this is the time to switch to Wind Breaker.

Everything I write in this blog is my personal opinion after watching, if you want to provide input or correct my review we can discuss it in the comments column, I'm just someone who likes anime, and after watching I write an honest review without anyone's intervention, so This is purely what I thought after watching. So, in conclusion, this article might be a spoiler or reference for those of you who are looking for a new anime with the high school fighting action genre to add to your watchlist.