Shuuzou "Shuu" Matsutani lives his ordinary life in peace. He has friends, a crush, and a passion for kendo. Dejected after losing to his kendo rival, Shuu climbs a smokestack to watch the sunset where he finds Lala-Ru, a quiet, blue-haired girl wearing a strange pendant. Shuu attempts to befriend her, despite her uninterested, bland responses. However, his hopes are crushed when a woman, accompanied by two serpentine machines, appear out of thin air with one goal in mind: capture Lala-Ru. Shuu, bull-headed as he is, tries to save his new friend from her kidnappers and is transported to a desert world, unlike anything he has ever seen before. Yet, despite the circumstances, Shuu only thinks of saving Lala-Ru, until he is thoroughly beaten up by some soldiers. As he soon finds out, Lala-Ru can manipulate water and her pendant is the source from which she is able to bring forth the liquid, a scarce commodity in his new environment. But now, the pendant is lost, and Shuu is the prime suspect. Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku is the haunting story of a dystopian world, and of Shuu, who has to endure torture, hunger, and the horrors of war in order to save the lonely girl he found sitting atop a smokestack. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Bokurano is just about the only tragedy I’ve ever even considered rewatching, and I’d almost go so far as to say I liked it. It’s not really possible to “like” something that relentlessly tragic, but there’s just something noble and admirable about it that really impressed me.
Just watched 7 episodes then realized it has a manga. Most people seem to prefer the manga. I am switching to the manga, apparently the anime toned down the story.
Bokurano is just about the only tragedy I’ve ever even considered rewatching, and I’d almost go so far as to say I liked it. It’s not really possible to “like” something that relentlessly tragic, but there’s just something noble and admirable about it that really impressed me.
Just watched 7 episodes then realized it has a manga. Most people seem to prefer the manga. I am switching to the manga, apparently the anime toned down the story.