Fureru.

Aki, Ryo, and Yuta, childhood friends who grew up on the same island, are 20 years old and start living together in Takadanobaba, Tokyo. Even though their living environments are different: they work part-time at a bar, work as salespeople at a real estate company, and are students at a vocational school for clothing designers, the three are always connected in their hearts. The reason is, the mysterious creatures brought from the island, Touch, have mysterious powers similar to telepathy that connect them with different hobbies and personalities. The friendship between the three should continue, but they discover another hidden power of touch...

(Source: MU, translated)

Onoda, Aki Main

Nagase, Ren Japanese

Sobue, Ryou Main

Bando, Ryota Japanese

Inohara, Yuuta Main

Maeda, Kentaro Japanese

Master Supporting

Ogata, Mitsuru Japanese

Shimada, Kouhei Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Wakita Supporting

Minagawa, Sarutoki Japanese

Asakawa, Nana Supporting

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Kamozawa, Juri Supporting

Shiraishi, Haruka Japanese

Nagai, Tatsuyuki Director

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

YOASOBI Theme Song Performance

Okada, Mari Screenplay

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Jan 13, 2026

AaraBeloved

Recommended

One of the anime you watch on a plane type of thing, never heard of it prior to that. I really wanted it to be so much more than it was. The story and concept is so solid, and the animation is tier, very enjoyable. The potential for this film is so high, but there were parts of the story I didn't get to appreciate or enjoy as much the first time watching because of how chaotic all the concepts seemed together.

But maybe that was the point of certain scenes, where you felt like the writers wanted to convey a lot of thoughts at once, ... in such a chaotic, unorganised manner.

I really enjoyed the film overall, and I think it carries a very important message when it comes to relatinships of all category.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 7, 2026

riceis_good

Mixed Feelings

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The beginning of the story was captivating and the premise made for an interesting first act. That being said. around the midpoint the writing takes a nosedive as the plot stops making sense after character conflicts that could be resolved by talking to each other just happen in sequence. One of the side conflicts with a stalker ends up going absolutely nowhere, despite having more than a few scenes that set it up as something major.
Of course, Cloverworks visuals were stunning and the music was all around good. Fureru itself was always doing something funny when onscreen.

Overall though, it was an entertaining watch and a ... good enough time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 29, 2026

Ghrln

Not Recommended

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The premise really had potential but the drama did not carry the weight of the potential.

I think the portrayal of relationships in this anime is "very japanese". And by that, I mean misogynistic. This causes the "intended to be a heartwarming movie about connection" to feel really confusing. Sure not everyone is perfect (and good people can say the wrong things) but the way the show brushes off heavy topics... like calling a girl who got stalked how she "asked" for it by not being able to refuse a guy who was pushing himself on her a "bitch (slut)"... creates a whiplash most ... people will find extremely disorienting. The resolution to this conflict is a short montage of the male characters apologizing.... All right... The entire move is like this. The relationships feel superficial and surface level. It is almost like watching a bad sitcom where suspension of disbelief keeps being violated because the acting is so bad.

Major Spoilers below:

I was curious to how this "fureru" thing works and that carried me throughout the movie. The revelation that "fureru" does not JUST allow people communicate their raw thoughts but it actually removes thoughts that may spark conflict was really interesting and fit with the narrative of its lore -- that it was worshipped as a god of the island because of it's ability to bring people together and minimize conflict.

This was interesting. This was good. I really liked this idea. However, as I said previously, the rest of the movie that should've worked on building the connection and drama where this premise can finally blossom into something phenomenal... but instead we got a really confusing montage of 5 people living together. We never get enough time with the characters to actually learn about them. We never get to organically learn the truth behind fureru's abilities. It's just all blurted out at the end.

How about let the characters fight or have something that they are trying to communicate via fureru but only for it to not reach the other person. And for that to cause the person to get hurt even more. That -- it feels like their words were forcefully disengaged DESPITE the fact that the other party should've known (due to fureru sharing their thoughts). And let the relationship to spiral and spiral.

We get something resembling this in the part where aki confesses his feelings to jyuri only to discover that jyuri's dating ryo or whatever his name is. This is like super short and confusing and this "misunderstanding" caused by fureru's ability is just resolved immediately by them figuring out what it's going on with fureru.

Wow. So riveting.

Anyways. I would not recommend this. The characters are as interesting as a cardboard. The execution of the narrative is trash. The premise had its potential ruined by lazy character writing. But the art is good -- i guess. Oh and the ending theme is really cute.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	Fureru is now streaming on Crunchyroll! Zeldameister - Jan 16	0 replies	by Zeldameister »» Jan 16, 1:39 AM
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