Is ef: A Tale of Melodies. good to watch with a friend?
A quiet night. ef: A Tale of Melodies. (ef: A Tale of Memories 2nd Season) is a TV series from Fall 2008 by Shaft Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.8 hours in total, finished, 7.98/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged psychological, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- TV series
- Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Total time
- about 4.8 hours — a weekend
- First aired
- Fall 2008
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Shaft Inc.
- Score
- 7.98/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- urban fantasy, drama, gaming, ghost, school, love triangle, mystery, nudity, psychological, romance, seinen, supernatural, tragedy, violence
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: ef: A Tale of Memories Second Season.
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More like this: urban fantasy · drama · gaming · ghost · school · love triangle · mystery · psychological · romance · seinen · supernatural · tragedy.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of ef: A Tale of Melodies.?
- About 4.8 hours for all 12 episodes at 24 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
- How many episodes does ef: A Tale of Melodies. have?
- 12 episodes of 24 min.
- Is ef: A Tale of Melodies. finished?
- Yes, ef: A Tale of Melodies. is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is ef: A Tale of Melodies. good for a group?
- Better for two than for a crowd. ef: A Tale of Melodies. is tagged drama, psychological, romance, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
- Where is ef: A Tale of Melodies. listed?
- ef: A Tale of Melodies. is on AniList (id 4789) and MyAnimeList (id 4789); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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