Yes, the promised Haibane Renamei Review is here. The Excitement! As is well know Haibane Ranamei is an anime about a Haibane called Rakka. A Haibane is a strange being who hatches from a cocoon and develops wings his or her birth. They also a receive a halo from some silent monk like beings called Our Heroine is hatched from a giant cocoon inside a complex known as Old Home, on the outskirts of the town of Glie.

From there, like our Heroine we are made to discover this slightly odd world. A giant wall surrounds the town of Glie and it's environs, that will cause bad things to happen if you even touch them. The Haibane can not have money, but they must work to support themselves. Instead of money pay with sheets from books they receive from working.

All the Haibane have a dream when they are in the cocoon and Rakka is no different, her dream involved falling and the seemed to be a bird. Discovering the whole dream and it's meaning is one of the central struggles for Rakka (or any Haibane ). If they discover the meaning of the dream and reconcile with it, they will find salvation on their day of flight. They only have a limited time to do this and if the their time of flight passes and they have not reconciled their dream they will fall in to darkness and vanish.

Conclusion:

The search for salvation in this anime along with the darker second half contrasting with the early episodes innocent exploration. I really enjoyed this anime, and feel that is was very well done from start to finish. I've run into so many shows that have a decent premise or at least interesting first couple of episodes, but then plummet into depths of lameness. (Like zero no Tsukima)