History Anime / SakuraQuest

* StockholmSyndrome:
** The senior citizens living in the nearby Warabiya village take Yoshino "hostage" and declare their intention to leave the kingdom of Manoyama due to the bus route they rely on being cancelled. Yoshino decides to happily play her role as hostage, much to the frustration of Sanae.
** Yoshino's development as a whole can be seen as this. [[spoiler:Forced by her year-long contract and a a sense of obligation, Yoshino reluctantly accepts the job of helping out the town of Manoyama, only to find herself enamored by its people.]]

''Sakura Quest'' follows Yoshino Koharu, a young girl trying to look for a job in TUsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, but who is only met with a series of rejections. However, she has a seemingly lucky break when she receives a job offer to work with with the tourism board of the economically struggling Manoyama town as their "Queen." With no other choice, Yoshino accepts the offer and travels to Manoyama only to find out that she was hired based on a case of mistaken identity and that her contract term is for one year instead of the one day, as she had initially thought. With nowhere else to go, Yoshino reluctantly becomes Queen of Manoyama.

''Sakura Quest'' follows Yoshino Koharu, a young girl trying to look for a job in Tokyo, but who is only met with a series of rejections. However, she has a seemingly lucky break when she receives a job offer to work with with the tourism board of the economically struggling Manoyama town as their "Queen." With no other choice, Yoshino accepts the offer and travels to Manoyama only to find out that she was hired based on a case of mistaken identity and that her contract term is for one year instead of the one day, as she had initially thought. With nowhere else to go, Yoshino reluctantly becomes Queen of Manoyama.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Sandal-san speaks flawless English, as he's voiced by a British actor.

* RecurringExtra: The unnamed, bald employee at the tourism board that's always angrily glaring at his computer (he's playing Go).

* SceneryPorn: Well, it won't be a Creator/PAWorks series without it.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Ririko's social anxiety and intense, narrow interest in cryptids indicate an unnamed autism spectrum disorder.

''Sakura Quest'' is a 25-episode anime original SliceOfLife WorkCom created by Creator/PAWorks for the Spring2017Anime season. ''Sakura Quest'' is something of a spiritual successor to fellow PA Works series ''Anime/{{Hanasaku Iroha}}'' and ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}''. Through the protagonists' attempts to revitalize the town themes that are examined as a side effect includes the culture clash between City and Rural living, tradition vs adaptation, and the desires of what the young adults protagonists want out of their lives.

* CryCute: Plenty of waterworks to go around.

* AnAesop: People must respect and learn from each other. Outsiders shouldn't push their values on others, while those they're visiting should be open to changing themselves if necessary.

* AdultFear: As with Anime/ShiroBako, the protagonists have their own issues to deal with:
** Yoshino: [[spoiler:About to graduate with no job and no money lined up, and being forced to move back to the country.]]
** Sanae: [[spoiler:Nearly working herself to death in a corporate job, then idling into depression in a freelance job.]]
** Maki: [[spoiler:A childhood interest in acting leading to a fruitless career, eventually quitting in disappointment.]]
** Shiori: [[spoiler:The town she loves fading before her eyes as people age, close shops, and move away.]]
** Ririko: [[spoiler:Living a life of isolation and rejection, with only her overprotective grandmother to talk to.]]
** Angelica suffers this in Episodes 21-22. [[spoiler:Her eldest daughter runs away from home, and her younger son later goes out into a snowstorm to try to get his sister to return home]].

* TheRunaway: [[spoiler:Kadota, Oribe, and Busujima planned to all run from home together to play music in Tokyo, but gave up when Kadota chickened out at the very last minute. This sparked the enmity between Kadota and Oribe that persisted for fifty years.]]

* OverlyLongName: Sandal's real name, Alexandre Cena Davis Celibidache, is quite a mouthful. No surprise that [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname he's mostly known by his nickname]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It is an anime, but with the exception of Yoshino, everyone has pretty normal hair, and she doesn't seem to be dyeing it pink as she had it as a child.

* Surprisingly

* GratuitousEnglish: Sandal slips in English words during the episode or during the previews, which he narrates. Unusually for this trope, his pronunciation is perfect.

* RealityEnsues: The main ethos of the series. In spite of their efforts of revitalization, the girls find that they're fighting an uphill battle against the public's apathy and the limitations that the bucolic setting brings them.