Sakura Trick

Having been best friends since middle school, Haruka Takayama and Yuu Sonoda plan to attend Misato West High School together. However, despite being assigned to the same class, a cruel twist of fate has them seated on the opposite ends of their classroom! To make matters worse, their school will shut down in three years, making them the final intake of first-year students. Undeterred by this chain of unfortunate events, Haruka is set on sticking with Yuu, striving to create many wonderful memories with her.

Much to Haruka's jealousy however, Yuu's easygoing demeanor quickly attracts the attention of their female classmates. Sympathizing with her friend's growing insecurity, Yuu ends up sharing a deep, affectionate kiss with her in an empty classroom. The act intensifies their bond as "special friends," gradually revealing a different aspect to their unique friendship while also inviting new conflicts.

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Takayama, Haruka Main

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Sonoda, Yuu Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Ikeno, Kaede Main

Fuchigami, Mai Japanese

Iizuka, Yuzu Main

Toda, Megumi Japanese

Noda, Kotone Main

Aisaka, Yuuka Japanese

Minami, Shizuku Main

Igarashi, Hiromi Japanese

Sonoda, Mitsuki Supporting

Fujita, Saki Japanese

Otokawa, Sumi Supporting

Asakura, Momo Japanese

Sakai, Rina Supporting

Endou, Yurika Japanese

Yamada Supporting

Kawashima, Yuumi Japanese

Tanaka, Junichirou Producer

Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Producer

Takatori, Masashi Producer

Urasaki, Nobumitsu Producer

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Feb 11, 2023

MyDogTige

Recommended

I'm honestly a bit surprised, but I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It has your typical rom-com aspects and Yuri content is there in spades beyond just the main characters. The side characters are well developed and fit just exactly what the plot needed. I was surprised at the comedy part of it and how much it made me chuckle out loud. There was something in at least one half of every episode that got me. The only had to be small things and subtle things, but they delivered.

There are only a few complaints that I have, most of them ... being with the fact that we have way, way too much lip lock in our faces rather than trying to develop full formed relationships. We can all see where Haruka and You are headed and there's finally inkling of what you can expect in a relationship at the very end, but I think it's a little too late. It should have been introduced gradually rather than as it tapered off. Meat ski is a terrible sister and shame on her for acting like she did. Thankfully Yu was extremely tolerable what she saw. No matter where it landed them in the end, that should have been enough to destroy that poor girl's heart. I would like to have seen a little more development of Kotone and Shuzuki They were more what I was hoping for rather than just being a snog fest. I honestly believe they could rename this "the make out anime" and it wou cover everything we would need to know about it.

And now, I have to address my absolute favorite and critical part of an anime, the visuals. I think the colors did a wonderful job setting the feelings and the moods behind the characters. They were bright and solid, enough to warm up the scenery while still highlighting the characters, no matter who they were, as they were needed for each different scene. The backgrounds changed to fit times of stress specifically, especially around Mitzuki. The music also accompanied each scene and set the mood very deliberately.

Soft piano at the right times to convey the romance while including sharp strings delivered at a high pitch while giving you the feeling that there was a sharp and cold feeling going down someone's spine

I can't say that it would be something I would rewatch, but I most definitely would recommend it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 29, 2026

himalaysia

Mixed Feelings

the perfect anime if you just want to watch cute girls cutely kissing, but there's not much more past that.

my biggest problem with the anime is that the honestly heartwarming scenes that it has seem like aren't taken seriously. as soon as it gets genuine, they immediately follow it up with boobs animated at 500 frames per second taking up your whole view, essentially softening the impact of anything meaningful that could possibly come through.

there's not much progression. other than the passage of time and the graduation of mitsuki's class, nothing changes. haruka and yuu kiss in the first episode and they're embarrassed. haruka and ... yuu kiss in the last episode and they're embarrassed. a year has passed between those two scenes, if you could believe it.

i enjoyed the pacing quite a bit. whereas other shows love dragging out scenes for comedy, sakura trick usually cuts them short. there are less drawn out overreactions than a typical anime, and that was a nice change of pace.

the characters are overall fine. none stand out particularly, but at the same time, none of them are bad or unlikeable, though i do wish there were more one-on-one interactions between them. the main 6 get into pairs in the first episode and nothing really happens to mix it up in any way.

the small interruptions of the characters depicted as different objects was cute, although it felt as though they used it more and more as the episodes went on, which was pretty distracting after a while. it felt like the animation was interrupting the actual interruption. odd sentence.

enjoyable, it's fine, but there are enough shortcomings to the point where i'm not sure how much i can recommend it. there are better stuff out there with basically the same everything that this anime offers.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 25, 2023

Cure-Pastel

Not Recommended

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ah yes. sakura trick. thats one i havent thought about in a good couple of years.
little eight year old me found this anime and was absolutely mesmerised. yes, this anime was quite literally my gay awakening.
....then why am i writing a bad review? well when this anime suddenly popped into my mind again i thought to myself "....wait...this anime was...so weird."
of course, i am no longer eight years old. now, being almost a teenager, my mind and opinions has grown and matured with me. and what is my opinion on this show? it's mediocre at best and weird and fetishy and worst.

this show ... holds such a special place in my heart, as mentioned beforehand, but i simply cannot say that this show is good nor do i recommend it to anyone okay, the plot. i havent watched this anime in a good three years so forgive me if i get something wrong but if i remember correctly, our main protagonist haruka gets jealous of her crush, yuu, making other friends and then they kiss so they can make their relationship special or something. now right off the bat, WHAT??? i relate to haruka, i really do, i have major jealousy issues but i dont make a big deal out of it, i just watch it happen, because it is what it is. also, how the hell do you kiss like every day and still be like "oh yeah nah we're just friends though." i mean, you gotta kiss the homies goodnight i guess!! respect. /s.
ummm....nah thats the plot. im not even joking that literally the whole entire plot. nothing happens. you know what the real plot of this show is? haruka and yuu kissing. i kid you not, all their kissing scenes adds up to atleast 25 minutes. the reason people watch this show (presumably men who get no bitches) is to look at two girls--who are CHILDREN--kissing and they probably jerk off to it because they're some greasy freaks. thats wrong on like, two levels. stop sexualising lesbians and stop jerking off to children you sick fucks.

the characters are not much different to the plot. they are as bland as a sheet of paper. hell, i cant even tell you the characters names, let alone their personalities. oh, but if it couldnt get any worse, no. it CAN get worse. you see, theres two side characters who have their romantic subplot of their own, awww....AAAAAAA?!!?!? well apparently not because THEY ARE COUSINS. YEP. COUSINS. im not even gonna comment any further.

the voice acting wasnt bad but jesus christ they put so much effort into the kiss scenes like their rent was due.

overall, it has a special place in my heart but with all due respect this show is icky and if you like it im going to assume you smell bad, have no girlfriend and i would kindly ask you to stand atleast 6 feet away from me <3

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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