True Tears

Synopsis

In "True Tears," Shinichirou Nakagami appears to have an enviable life, living under the same roof as the talented Hiromi Yuasa. But ever since Hiromi's mother died, the once lively and cheerful Hiromi has become distant and withdrawn. While his classmates mindlessly envy him, rumors spread after Shinichirou becomes friends with Noe Isurugi, a girl known for actually casting curses on her peers. When Noe places a curse on Shinichirou, a pair of pits form, making the curse rebound and turning her beloved chicken, Raigomaru, into a raccoon. Strangely, Noe does not cry over this; her tears have been stolen from her. To regain her ability to cry, Noe needs someone else's tears, and Shinichirou identifies a person whose tears he intends to take.

Background

While technically based on a visual novel with the same name, True Tears has an almost entirely anime-original story. The anime is set in Jouhana, Toyama (where P.A. Works Studio is located) and locations from throughout Toyama Prefecture are used as models for the anime.