Haibane Renmei is about
Rakka, a new "Haibane" coming into existance in this story's world. From her
dream of falling (Rakka = Falling, how she got her name), to hatching out
into this new world, she has no memories of who she was, or what happened,
just like all the other Haibane. After the painful process of her wings
sprouting and the awkward period of adjusting to her wings and halo, Rakka
sets out to show us the world she fell into. In this medival looking
world(complete with mopeds and school uniforms), the winged and haloed
little angel people help out and voulnteer their services in exchange for
goods and other things in the small town and countryside area surrounded by
a giant wall. No Haibane is allowed outside the wall, and is represented by
a person in a ghibli-esque mask from the outside world for unknown reasons,
but it all is accepted as normal. The other Haibane, all named for their
type of dream, seem happy in their work. Reiki, the oldest (who looks like
Kotomi from NieA under 7), seems to be the boss and shows Rakka thee ropes.
from here, episode 3 picks up, probably bring much more confusion and
questions to this weird story.
(Synop. Taken from
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The series starts off really confusing. Even at
the end of the series. This series will never answer your questions. There's
not much of a plot too. Its just what a girl does in a new world. Nothing
special. Nothing new. Just daily things a girl does. Like shop for clothes
and do work in this strange place.
The fact that the series answers none of your questions is a big turnoff. A good thing would be the music. Very nice stuff. The animation is good. The series seems to have a lot of symbolism and lots of hidden meanings but I'll leave that for you to think of.
I didn't like this 13 episode series
after I finished it.
Overall: 2 Stars **
