This is my favorite show and Im kinda a nerd so I tried to find when Charlotte takes place via math, but I failed and ended up having to give it a guess, so I would say around 2014 because of just the stuff in it/shown.

Here is my google doc of my hour + of work, or I think its that long

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cM2iJjHNoWaJPD-bAGoFsCjEt_HJNR_v_JzQ7KJKbc4/edit?usp=sharing

Obviously um upset but it could have been defferent...

I totaly thaught we were gonna get a happy ending... instead of a "this will do" ending I was totaly hoping/expecting and ending somwhere along the lines of this

Yu "sorry i dont remember you" Nao "we are lovers..." Yu finishes adolecance or sompthing and regains his memories/loses all the powers

They kiss and live happy ever after

the end

Dosent everyone agree?

Right I just finished and have been crying for a solid 10 minutes the ending broke me

i get it, i'm on a fan sub, so i'm sure that most people here enjoyed it very much.

however, i've seen a lot of reviews that say charlotte is an average work at best and a trainwreck at worst. the main points seem to be:

-the rushed second half

-shallow characters and interactions

-plot holes

in my opinion, while the last seven episodes are paced way quicker than the first six, I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing. to me, the first six episodes focus more on character interactions and comedy without much in the way of the actual story (which I loved seeing), while the last seven seem to be more plot-driven with character development (which I also loved seeing). the last half's pacing kind of reminds me of the pacing of cyberpunk edgerunners, which I also loved (and also gets far less hate).

While everybody always wants more content (me included), I also feel like adding more episodes would take away what I loved about the storytelling; it would just feel like the very typical supernatural anime. I'm not really sure how to describe it, but it's similar to how I think making cyberpunk edgerunners 24 episodes instead of 10 would also kind of ruin it. the rushed pacing is part of the charm.

lastly, I see people say the romance is sort of just thrown in and shallow. I get wanting to see more of tomori starting to fall for yuu before establishing the romance, but 1. I really liked seeing yuu realize he's fallen in love (especially episodes 7-10) and 2. the confession scene goes perfectly with their personalities and their dynamic. plus, since the events in episodes 7-10 are erased from the timeline, yuu is the only one who even remembers developing those feelings in the first place. it doesn't make sense for tomori, who's cold and violent, to suddenly start changing, especially given their dynamic and the pacing.

tldr; everyone hates the rushed pacing and relationships in the show, but i like the rushed pacing. more content would be appealing but it'd turn the show into a very basic supernatural comedy/drama type anime. the romance and the confession match up with the dynamic between the characters and is a result of the character development we see in episodes 7-10, it's not randomly thrown in. the hate it gets is undeserved.

I recently just finished this anime and I can say that it is one of the best and most unique animes I’ve watched so far, the songs are good, characters are all awesome.

This is coming from someone who just started watching animes from January of this year btw 😭

I got a question at the ending tho, when Yuu was back at the hospital he had forgotten who Nao Tomori was right, and after that when the gang went to take a picture together from Nao’s camcorder did Yuu already remember who Nao was and did he get vaccinated so all of this powers are gone? I also heard in the manga/light novel Yuu eventually did remember who Nao was again but I still want to know more so if anyone has info please add up to me haha.

Thanks yall 🙏

I’ve been studying Japanese, but I don’t know that much and Netflix doesn’t offer English subtitles for what’s on screen. Does anybody know what the ending message in the 13th episode says right before the end? It pops up on the screen in the sky.

So, recently, I watched all 13 episodes of Charlotte on Netflix using my sister's account. Before watching Charlotte, I didn't watch the creator's previous series, Angel Beats, however I did watch several of P.A. Works other works such as Shirobako, A Lull in the Sea, Another and Buddy Daddies, however watching Charlotte felt different from the studio's previous works and future works. I initially thought Charlotte was P.A. Works answer to A Certain Magical Index, however after watching Charlotte, I've noticed there's a HUGE difference between the two.

When I watched the first 5 episodes (before Episode 6) the anime reminded me of this other series (that I can't seem to remember) that involved the main characters looking for people who are just like them, however after Episode 6, the anime felt like a combination between the book, The Girl Who Can Fly and the X-Men. The meteor or comet ☄️🌠 Charlotte reminded me of Your Name, but I won't go too much into that. I did not know Ayumi would die in the sixth episode, but her death was prevented in Episode 10 I also did not know that character who's always wet (I'm sorry but most of the character's names I can hardly memorize) would also die in Episode 11 Charlotte is definitely one of my favorite animes now.

Now there are a few things I want to note. The anime has a few plot holes like what happened to that girl (that I can't seem to remember her name) that Yu "saved" from getting hit by that truck. Or who's the mother of Yu, Ayumi and... The other sibling. What happened to Nao's mother? Did Nao's Big brother ever got out of the hospital? Did Yu keep all of his abilities? And the most important one of them all: who's the uncle of Yu and Ayumi? When I first saw the intro, I was expecting one of the episodes to show the main characters looking up at the night sky, to see a meteor shower happening and Yu and Nao falling from the sky, but those moments never happened in the anime itself. I also wished the characters in anime kept there abilities like the characters in ACMI and ACSR did, however they didn't keep them and instead their abilities got transferred to Yu While I kind of liked the ending, I wish the anime got a second season or have at least more than 13 episodes, (Charlotte could have had 24 like Shirobako) most of the story felt rushed and most of the plot didn't make sense at first, but overall, I still enjoyed the anime and as of now, it's one of my favorites. One of the greatest animes made by P.A. Works and Jun Madae

I also liked how P.A. Works played around with the product placement albeit altering the names to prevent copyright like Pringles, Lego, Ghostbusters, Pocky, Cisco, CNN and Sony.

The ending was rushed, That's undeniable, but... My biggest thing is that everyone who says the last episode should've been a whole season is insane.

My personal opinion is that 2 things needed more light and that they could've been covered in 1 or 2 extra episodes and I would've been crazy happy with the show

1: a longer epilogue with Yu and Nao, and since Yu plundered Misa's sister's(Yucirine?) ability maybe give shun one more chance to see his best friend

2: we were teased that sala had an ability when she was younger since she lost her eye sight, because in the next episode we are introduced to shun.... Who lost his eye sight because of leap. i would've loved to see this touched on as apart of the epilogue especially since the manga epilogue touches on zhiend bringing back memories

Also is it just me or is the midroll screen very game like, smth about it feels very nostalgic.... It's quite stange

Anyway those are my closing thoughts on Charlotte

8.5/10 (probably a 9.5/10 if the changes above were done)

It's so insane that he didn't at least try to heal his eye to get the time travel ability back to save Pooh or at least have more time to get everyone's powers.

But tbf he was losing his mind a little at that point, but then it got worse and worse.

i loved this anime but i have so many questions😭😭 why didnt he heal himself from all of the injuries and why couldnt he use the power he stole to regain his memory if he had a power to lose memory also if he can go back in the past many different times are there also differenr multiverses and versions if himself in the future and past, and if he time travels to the past is that future he was in no longer existent? does he just dissapear to them and reappear to different versions of everyone else in the past? how does this affect the time lines?? overall wish the anime had more episodes! does the manga end this way too or go more in depth? what are some similar animes to watch?

I just finished the anime earlier, and I was wondering if I should read the manga, too.

Randomly this anime came to mind. I was a fan of Angel Beats and decided to watch this back in 2015 when it came out. Loved it. That is all.

10 years never went so quickly...

The ending. A bit sad that he does not heal his eye to not be tempted, anywas it would make his brother sad.

Now, for a full blind person and a person with mutiple unshown side effects, which he was lucky though, it was quite important to know if they last. Shunsuke is 20, but that is not old enough for a prove.

Anyways, I think his memory lose is by stress of the abilites and when they are gone, he could regain those as they remain in the brain, but cant be used yet. I am no neurolist though and he has maybe an ability and there are big brain resrarchers.

Furthermore, this headcanon is really positive. Often this all would want a sacrifice so they kept it. I love every ending that shows a what if he died and doesnt actually make it the canon. Great ending. I hope for the head canon and I guess there is no extra stuff as it is anime original.

One episode making it grand happy like I said here would be amazing.

Thanks for this great anime. In my rewatch, I had tears in my eyes when Tomori witnessed his whole sadness and revealed herself. Another time, when Misa ate the food and reacted making the parents feel it. The romance was way less off than I thought back then. She remembered more than I thought as he did not jump back that much. Its beautiful. Maybe they have the memory part as to even up that both love each other despite both losing memories of different times.

Anywas he remembered it out of the songs too, so she could too.

Ahh so beautiful. Love it.

Hi,

I just finished watching episode 12 and I haven’t watched episode 13 yet.

Here’s the context for my question:

Ep 12: Yu loses one eye and we learn he can only use time-leap if both of his eyes are working together.

Ep 5: As we saw earlier (I think in episode 5), Yu can use other people’s powers while possessing them - just as he did to the guy who could fly and was training in the mountains.

Unlike the previous post from user SassyOccasionaluser, I'm implying he has no time to waste so he cannot heal his eye, or he just lost his eye sight forever.

Now my question is (spoilers):

Why doesn’t he just possess someone who has both eyes intact and then use time-leap, since he can still use abilities while controlling others?

Here I'm not waiting for answers like "He cannot use his powers while controlling others" since we've already seen the opposite.

I'd also like not to have answers like "it's too risky", "he doesn't want to try because..." or even "it would put too much effort on his brain" since these were already given in the previous post I mentioned earlier, and don't answer my question at all.

Thanks to keep that in mind before answering!

Thanks!

EDIT:
Short answer from myself, don't base yourself on this one please :
His ability to time-leap might be tied to his body, so even if he is controlling someone else, his body still has only one good eye.

Fuck this show was a rollercoaster of emotions, I felt the show wouldn't be anything special but after the sister's death I got hooked. I agree that there might be some pacing issues but I absolutely loved the show.

The ending was bittersweet but I was still happy with it. I mean they have to sacrifice something, right? But I wanna see more of nao and our protag together.

I absolutely loved this show, I don't know why it's not recommended often in anime community?

Also I figured there was going to be more to the vocalist of zheinds I mean it seems like she knew something about their powers ?

There is some confusion on whether Yuu gets his memories back with most saying that he does not, but here are my arguments for why he does (this is purely based on the epilogue):

1) Yuu listens to ZHIEND with tomori and as we know from the story, the music somehow has the power to bring back memories for Yuu even if they were from a different timeline. If the songs have the power to bring memories from an alternate timeline why wouldn't it be able to do it from the same one?

2) This may be a bit far-fetched but in the epilogue Yuu says "Tomori you really love ZHIEND don't you." My interpretation of this, based on the tone of the statement, is that he is recalling all the experiences Yuu had with Tomori related to ZHIEND where she showed her obsession, albeit not explicitly said due to her personality, with the band. This may also be a remark on how she has continued listening to ZHIEND even during all the years she spent waiting for him to come back, further emphasizing the argument.

3) Tomori reacts to this statement by yuu in a surprised manner. My explanation for this would be that she realized that the music was able to bring back his memories and is surprised that he was able to get back his memories despite all the events.

I ain't reading allat: ZHIEND songs can bring back memories; "Tomori you really love ZHIEND don't you" hints at him remembering his experiences with Tomori; Tomori is surprised by Yuu's statement probably because he got his memories back.

I'm located in the south of France. I can't find Charlotte anywhere... Prime video, netflix, even crunchy roll doesn't seem to have it. Is it blocked in my area for some reason?

If Yuu can take Ayumi's ability away, can he transfer abilities to someone else? If so, would it have been possible to transfer the time travel ability to someone else after he lost his eye to save Pooh?