_Summer

A bit on the older side and obviously filled with cliches. Of course it is an OVA based off the Visual Novel Game. I saw the drama tag, but there isn't any drama in these episodes at all. This anime clearly attempts to create an emotionally driven show with the main theme of cherishing your important memories because you'll never be able to relive them again with also the hinted love between the male main character and his obvious love interest. While that's nice, everything falls short because of the small episode count. This honestly could have been a really good if it had ... been a 12 episode series, giving it more time to introduce characters and expand further on its ideas.

Overall the anime is cute however a lot of things are cliches nearly nothing about this anime is truly unique but if your looking for something fairly short but entertaining id recommend it :>

People might think it's pointless, but I love this OVA!

_Summer starts of in a perverted way! (Ridiculous). Takumi was forcibly dragged by his friend to peek at the girls while taking a bath. (They got caught of course, hahahaha)......

The cast consist of wide variety of personalities. From the main guy who is clueless and slow. The bestfriend who acts cool, who is insearch for a girlfriend. The childhood friend that cooks for him every morning that's quiet. The sister that's outgoing and cheerful. The childhood girl's bestfriend who is agreesive,bossy,loud and shows no interest on guys (tomboy-ish) but deep down ya know. The school girl ... idol who only talks to Takumi. Of course the most funniest of all, the weird/mysterious/robotic sounding girl, Chiwa (by the way she's my fave!). This might sound very typical but it works, great cast huh!?!

While the premise is about Takumi trying to find the girl he likes, but the show isn't about that, it's about the importance of friendship. (I think this is why people was put-off and mentioned this is stupid and pointless.)

I don't know why but I do LOVE this (for how many times now? LoL), it's very relaxing, cool, simple and great. I wish that there were more episodes but seriously I love this series!!!!! The story isn't original nor great but I love the atmosphere of it. The characters were fun especially Chiwa. It has 2 awesome episodes, even in it's shortness this anime has definitely earned a spot for my top ten list. Enjoyable episodes. Seriously I'm addicted to this! They need to do more episodes.

If your looking for a simple short series that is worth watching you'll find it in _summer. For me there is something special about this anime, that got me hooked hard into it.

I can't guarantee that everyone will like this same as me but hey give it a try.

It's catered more to the customer base who have experienced the eroge that the anime's based on since the story took little to no time to introduce the characters or elaborate in any way further than surface level on their relationship or the attraction the girls have for the protagonist.
The protagonist status of the main character is painfully obvious when every side character and harem member is calling out for his name and attention despite a strong lack of personality. Rather, he's got more flaws than merits.
In comparison, his sole male friend, the comedic relief who gets beaten up most of the time during his ... screen time, sees things more maturely and clearly than he does yet remains all that he is, as a comedic relief.
The harem members are extremely cliché with the exception of the quirky one.
I get the idea of the anime aiming for a coming-of-age sentimental angle, but it fails to deliver when you cannot relate or connect to any of the characters.
If it was aimed at new potential customers for the game, it still flops, because these girls have 0 personality aside from their cliché build-in trope of -deres.
Animation is passable, OST is forgettable.