The story flows well and while at times, it does try too hard, the anime does well in inducing honest sympathy from the audience towards the characters. It is a slow moving anime, but in this case, it has to be and in the end you'll understand why.
The music scores a well-deserving ten, naturally, selecting some of the most beautiful pieces of classical music. I expect that this series will inspire many of it's viewers into becoming fans of Chopin and Tchaikovsky easily.
The category of character is where I believe this anime lacks. Minus the beautiful ending, I often felt annoyed often with the main character, Kousei. The way the creators illustrated his piano playing phobia was aggravating and unbelievable, so instead of inducing sympathy, just made me mad. I wish they showed his struggles differently.
