Senryuu Shoujo

QUICK
-it's short
-it's wholesome
-no drama
-nice characters
-easy to watch
-not overdone
-little amount of fanservice

This is a short anime based on not-so-short manga. The manga consists mostly of short 4-panel strips mostly, interweaved with longer stories arranged traditionally. And the anime follows that with 12 10-minute long episodes. There's no overarching plot. Episodes are self-contained. There is the beginning and ending however, which is important given the format. If you need more, you can hop on the manga train and get more.
That aside, this is one of the nicest series I've seen. And by that I don't mean it's overflowing with cuteness, moe, pouring sugar into your eyes ... and ears and all that. It's just reasonably nice and it doesn't try too hard.
FMC is Nanako - she isn't mute as some claim, but she communicates with 5-7-5 text instead of talking. Komi instantly comes to mind as a comparison, but Nanako is so much better. She's not overly shy, she's open and friendly, like a normal girl would be. She likes the MC very much. I must say the english VA gave her the most endearing voice I've heard. Fits the character perfectly.
MC is Eiji, a thug-looking guy. He's intimidating to most, a bit oblivious, but very kind hearted and friendly.
Other characters I'd say are your typical mix of high-school individuals with various traits, having various adventures and shenanigans. There are no villains, noone is irritating, no screeching girls.

Technical aspects are just fine, nothing to write essays over, nothing to criticise. Animation is okay, music fits. Dubbing is very nice.

But the biggest value of this show is it's ability to make me smile. That's the most important thing I want to pass to you, dear reader.

I gave it a 6 just because, after I've read the manga, I came to the conclusion that this anime, despite its beautiful production regarding animation and colors, does not do justice to the original story.

In the anime, Nanako is a perfect girl: cute, cheerful and pure. In the manga she's all that, but also she's actually funny because some of her poems are hilarious, and sometimes misfortunes happen to her (like in one chapter that she injures her finger, and starts spitting incomprehensible poems like a broken printer!).

I don't understand why they decided to make such a short anime. It's cute but kinda forgettable ... compared to other slice of life/romantic comedies.

I really wish the same studio would just do a full adaptation of the manga, I'm sure it'd be a great success because the characters are enjoyable. It could be even bigger than Kom-san.

I dropped this at 3 episodes. I've enjoyed this type of "nothing really happens" Slice of Life anime many times but this is not one of them. It's very tropey/stereotypical. Seems like it's trying to be a romance comedy but I wasn't invested in the romance at all and didn't laugh once.

If you want something similar in terms of genre go watch Acchi Kocchi instead. It's also a nothing really happens tropey romcom, and while there's not really much to the romance aspect it at least makes me laugh.

Sincerely confused on how this has a score of 7.37 as of me writing this.