Reviews

Coming into this show, I wasn't sure what to expect. The characters seem like any other from a harem. You have the sometimes self-aware, but mostly dense main character, two love interests, one being the tsundere, and the other being the kind, caring one, followed by all the side characters that may or may not show romantic interests in the MC. Standard layout, so it should be fairly enjoyable, no? Not really. There are very few shows I have watched where I felt frustrated watching it, let alone having to force myself to continue through most of it. Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka was one such show.

From the get go, there are two characters with the silliest hair design I have ever seen. It was to the point that I would be agitated when I saw them just because of how ridiculous their hair was. Other than them, the characters all look rather nice. The voice acting for them was also rather enjoyable, but I am no expert in that area. The one thing I will say is that sometimes the main character's voice sounded rather stuffy.

There are some episodes where the show really just shines, and was a blast to watch, where you're really invested, and others where you feel like you have to slosh through them just to get to more of the good ones. To be honest, the episodes between 2 and 10 are completely skippable, where random stuff happens but there's little to no character development. You could skip from 2 to 10 and, for the most part, understand what is going on in the show. You should watch them, they do add some important details, I'm just making the point that they're basically filler. Episodes 10 and above are the part of this show are the parts in romances everyone has been waiting for, the parts with the actual romance. By ep. 10 you, more or less, know how the show will end, but it's being able to experience it and watch how it unfolds that really grasps you. All of these episodes were fantastic, so much so, that I was talking to the characters and yelling obscenities when one thing or another happened.

While I am not going to spoil who ends up with who, I will say that the ending was absolutely ruined when the character who was not chosen barges in when things are about to get good, and declares that she will be staying with them to keep an eye on them. What? Why? Why would the writers do that? The viewers do not get any pay off or reward after all of that. It's so bad that the girl who was not chosen, received more time than the one who was. How is that satisfying? It's not. The ending left an awful taste in my mouth, enough to get me to write this review, my first one. Overall it wasn't the worst show I have seen, but it had gotten my hopes up only to not deliver on a satisfying ending.