Suki desu Suzuki-kun!!

I've heard it said that anime is often just an advertisement for the media it's adapting, be that a manga, light novel, or visual novel. I don't agree with that take all that much, but Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! takes this phenomenon to the next level. While you can tell there's something there, at the very least a passable romance plot, the execution of this anime is simply just terrible. From what I can tell, the manga itself isn't bad at all, and even has somewhat of a beloved status among its fans, so it's not what's being adapted that's the problem, it's the adaptation itself. ... It is choppy, confused, and generally feels very, very cheap. The only excuse I can see for this being played anywhere is at a store which is selling the manga, and even that might hurt sales. beginning with the story, the audience is presented with little snippets and vignettes in the first episode which establish the main cast, featuring a truly bizarre meta commentary by the characters on their own scenes before and after they play. The second episode is an even more bizarre vignette featuring a delusional premise and fight scene with the world's most embarrassing gang of high schoolers who accost our protagonists. It is all handled very poorly, and feels like a soulless advertisement for the manga. The art is broadly terrible, with awkward, stiff animation, atrocious CG, and even horrendous, low-quality scans of the manga itself. The only halfway redeeming aspect is the character design, but that credit should go to the manga, not this empty husk of an anime. The sound just barely meets all standards of quality, with sound effects and a soundtrack which feel corporate and artificial, though the OP in the second episode is pretty catchy. The characters are the strongest part of this anime, but once again, this credit should go to the manga. In the anime itself, they are weird, stiff caricatures of full characters, featuring bizarre dialogue and overreactions which don't often make much sense at all. At the very least their archetypes have been conveyed, which I suppose is the least you could ask from an ad. Of the cast, Hoshino and Shinobu are perhaps the least terrible. Overall, Suki desu Suzuki-kun!! shouldn't exist. It is an insult to the source material, a manga I am not even vaguely familiar with at the time of this review. It's just obvious that's the case because of how bad it is. It's almost like they tricked the mangaka into giving this the green light or something. It feels like a tax write-off, a scam. In any case, it's clear the people behind this anime didn't really care about how the finished product would turn out, and that is abundantly clear from start to finish in its mercifully brief run.

Yes, I get that it is an honor to have your work turned into an anime, but really, Go-sensei should have been more strict with what was done with her manga.
They took an adorable manga and clipped it into an OVA that's completely disjointed in plot and incapable of being enjoyed seeing as you do not understand who any of the characters are.
The artwork is still true of Go-sensei's manga, which I gave the series points for. It's still beautiful when it has to be and chibi/silly where it should be. The animation itself seems cheap and lazy though, which is frustrating, but I guess ... it' just an OVA.
The inclusion of episode 2 seems really weird to me considering it is following some sort of plot, and even references parts of a plot we do not see, but it is a good way to get to know the characters. I liked episode 2 way better than the first, but again, it's a little disjointed in plot, but at least you get a better feel for the actual series.
My advice? Read the manga. You'll have spent your time better.

Instead of watching the anime go read the manga. It's so cute and adorable. The anime is horrid.

Story: The story itself is okay, since I read the manga I understood but if I hadn't, the story wouldn't make sense. Jumping from one big moment to the next.

Art: The anime art is eeh okay. Didn't like all the extra little weird way you made each character. For example sometimes how they walk.

Sound: The characters' voices are a bit odd. For example when the characters were 13, they sound like they're already going through major puberty changes.

Character: I understood each characters' roles. But ... again it's always jumping from one big moment to the next.

Enjoyment: I dreaded watching this. It's not a fine piece of work.

Overall: I did not like this. I would not watch it again. In fact I didn't even bother to finish both episodes. It was poor work. Why would anyone decide to publish this. Just tarnishes the manga and author. JUST READ IT!!!