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I found this anime through Ao Haru Ride "recommendations." It was the 4th one on the list and I had seen all the previous 3 anime recommendations above it (Kimi ni Todoke, Wolf Girl and Black Prince, Say I love you), so I thought, "Hey, why not? I'll give it a shot and watch it." I'm a sucker for romance/shoujo. So let me give you a break down of this anime. Maybe I will help you not waste your time on it.... *note: screw you those that recommended this anime on Ao Haru Ride*

[no spoilers]

Story: Scored 6 - Fair
Maybe I should give this anime ... more credit for it's story? I'm not sure, but 6 was "fair". I didn't think it was the most amazing, yet it showed the struggles of a couple and the reality that everything isn't all peaches. I felt like it was a really messed up anime also. The story was down-right depressing.

Art: Score 6 - Fair
I felt like it was very old-school styled and the whole time I kept thinking "Where's their other eye? Oh great, they have no face this time lol. Could they have just added another eye for crying out loud?!" It really bugged me and anyone that watched this anime can not say they didn't think that also lol. Also, the art style was very childish. Characters almost looked chibi like/lovely complex art style (anime I have not seen but seen art of). I was also put off by the art style and almost didn't begin the anime.

Sound: 5 - Mediocre
I felt like when the songs would pop up, that it was time for a sing a long. I felt like they could've opted out all the singing and put instrumental music or anything else.

Character: 3 - Poor
Takahashi - I quickly became annoyed with her because she became so wishy-washy and couldn't speak her mind. Someone needed to slap her. Yano - Baka. Yamamoto - someone needed to punch this girl.

Enjoyment: 2 - Dreadful
I was enjoying this anime in the beginning and then forced my way through to episode 23. At episode 23 I almost couldn't continue and had to google it. On wikipedia I got the summery and of the manga. After reading that, my thought's were "this anime is really messed up" (more than it already was). I continued the anime in pain, but I needed to finish it. Will I read the manga? I don't know. Maybe it will give me better feelings than where the anime left off.

Overall: 4 - Decent
This anime just made me sad. The whole relationship in the beginning seemed nice (if only the flow of the beginning of this anime had gone the same throughout the show or picked off where it disappointed the audience), but nothing is ever pretty. If this anime wanted to paint a picture of a messed up world then it did the job. Don't watch this if you don't want to get depressed. And I mean, there are a lot of good "sad" animes' out there that executed this type of genre beautifully like: Anohana, Honey and Clover, Clannad, Nana, Wolf Children, etc . But this one is just f*d up. But hey I will say this, I did enjoy some of the quotes and the things the characters did say to each other at times. "Ever since I met you, I feel like... I’ve lived to meet you." - Yano