Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love Review

As you may know from my other reviews of romantic comedies such as Iriya no Sora, Ufo no Natsu, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Fortune Arterial, The World of Narue, Da Capo, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, and Operation Sanctuary, I mentioned I would review Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love. I did watch it about 5 years ago so I had to watch it again to get refresh myself. Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na also known as Brighter than the Dawning Blue or Crescent Love for short, started as a 2005 visual novel by the company August. In my opinion August is underrated and has made some really good visual novel turned anime such as A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepard (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai), Fortune Arterial, and Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary, the last two I reviewed previously. Then a 7-volume light novel written by Tasuku Saika came out in 2006. August wrote a 2-volume, 2005 manga. Finally, it was made into a 12-episode anime series by Daume in 2006. Crescent Love is a romantic comedy, sci-fi anime. I loved Crescent Love and it is an amazingly underrated anime that deserves more attention. I will be discussing the ending too so...

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Summary
At a time of peace between the Earth and Moon, in the aftermath of the great war between them. On Earth, young Tatsuya Asagiri is amazed to learn that his home is to have a Lunar exchange student, for a homestay guest. Even more amazingly, his guest is none other than the Princess of Lunar Sphere Kingdom, Feena Fam Earthlight As Tatsuya struggles to deal with the ramifications of this, and as tensions between Earth and Moon, he also learns that there is more to this homestay than meets the eye, and that he and Feena have a shared destiny.

My Thoughts
I really loved Crescent Love, and while I know some people found it cliche, I absolutely enjoyed it from start to finish. Crescent Love is very underrated and deserves more attention. First, the art and visuals are fantastic which is what I expect from something made by August. The characters are pretty entertaining too and our two main characters, Tatsuya and Feena. Tatsuya and Feena befriended each other as children. As they meet again Feena is now the princess of the moon. While they both start to have feelings for each other they are also from different worlds. While cliche, he whole star-crossed lovers is something that I admire and enjoy. There are many different emotions that went through me while watching. While there were comedic moments, there's also emotional moments. As usual I found myself rooting for Tatsuya and Feena as they show how strong their love is for one another. While there are a few minor things that may have confused me, there really nothing bad I have to say about this anime. Overall, it was picture perfect.

Why I loved this Anime (**********SPOILER ALERT**********)
There is a strong romance theme throughout this Crescent Love. Earthling Tatsuya, and Lunar Princess Feena are in love with each other, but the Earth and Moon are at odds. However, they don't let this stop them and even use their love as a way to bring peace. They show that love is so strong that it can conquer whatever obstacles are thrown in their way. It's a lesson I will never ever get tired of watching. I mentioned Crescent Love in my Endings Rant as an anime that had one of the best endings. After getting shot Tatsuya is miraculously brought back to life to be reunited with Feena and the rest of his allies, friends, and family. A few years later, Tatsuya and Feena marry and bring peace between the Earth and Moon showing that their love for each other triumphs over anything. Kind of strange though that Tatsuya and Feena look the exact same they did a few years earlier but whatever. I also mention Tatsuya and Feena as an underrated couple in my 2017 Valentines Day post, so please ship them!

This is the definition of a Perfect Ending

My Conclusion
I would give Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na 3/5 stars it was alright! NO, of course I'll give it 5/5 stars or a 10/10 score! I would even give it 20/5 stars if I could! This is probably another example of a what I would call a perfect romantic comedy anime with a perfect ending. I would highly suggest Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love to anyone who's a fan of romantic comedies or has watched anything else by August who I hope creates more visual novel/anime.