Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi

The best mid harem romance ever???
Many people might get put off by this anime stereotypical-ness and things that have been done to death by thousands of harem romance anime before this already in the first episode, but let me tell you dear reader, they are self aware of the fact, and it get better later on, this is much better than you think.

Recommend for: Chillness+Comfy > Fan service > Harem > Gimmick+settings+story > production quality
Not Recommend for: Serious romance
Mid: Character

FULL REVIEW:
First of all let me start off with the DECIDING FACTOR of weather you might like or dislike this show. Many people seem to have ... the tendency to rate comfy, normal, fun shows low, and I get that. However, there's audience for it, and sometime, you just need the comfy show after work to cheer you up, and forget about the hard world a bit. This show is exactly that.

Compare to other harem romance show, this is one of if not the most chill and comfy one ever. While there's a bit of drama, just a bit, at most it's only lasted half an episode, and return the heart warming comfyness later on (at least as of first 3 episodes, you can observe my score under this review compare to the one I written at the bottom later if that changes(get lowered)). With the chilling theme, some fan service then and there, the undertone comedy and chill dialogue, and the very light looking and pretty good production quality, this show can be for you.

Though this might contradict my before point a bit, there's a underlying back story of the male mc and some drama in that department, but I wouldn't take anything more from it as it looks to not that dramatic, and actually will be wholesome, and likely will only be revealed at the end, or not even this season.

The gimmick and settings is also a breath of fresh air from all the school romance we mostly got. It's a shrine setting, with little amount of character, chill atmosphere, further supporting the things I said before even more. The story also look toward the future more than the present, which is something new for romance anime, rather than just encountering stereotypical events in the school, most thing are about the future of the shrine, the characters, and the status quo of the group, and their action work toward that.

Other point such as character right now, is pretty mid for harem romance anime. While not bad for harem standard, and all main character don't have 1 dimensional thinking and personalities. It is enough for the comfy settings, with not too less, but also not too overboard that it got too heavy.

And of course if you don't get the gist from all the things I said above already, this show romance while is pretty in your face, is pretty slow and chill. So don't expect some overly dramatic events and deep story to follow

In conclusion, it is a pretty beautiful show, with comfy atmosphere, story, settings, and characters. Best to watch for chillness, some wholesome healing moments, and don't expect much of it. So if you like or need that kind of show right now, this will highly likely heal your heart.

My rating as a Harem Romance: 8.5/10
My rating as an overall anime: 7.68/10

So to clear out I'm a manga reader and I have watched 3 eps already so here's my quick review:
- The plot isn't as expected as everyone usually say. This show fills with a lot of myths, legends and supernatural stuffs as the extra material in order to make the story better. Although fan service is really a big problem of this show (seriously, you will see at least 3 or 4 scenes featuring girls with underwear for the next few eps istg), it's still quite worth it to try if you are a kind of person who likes to watch those harems "feels like ... Gotoubun".
- This story will introduce more girls, which is quite annoying to me.
- And ofc, because it's Gotoubun-like harem, we will have the wedding scene at the end. And for me, it's much more likely for the main protagonist to marry those 3 girls rather than choosing the best of them. I swear, I don't want to believe this, but I have to admit this after all.

Speaking of anime, I would say that it's good until now. The anime is doing well as a typical harem with a "predictable ending" (if we watch this kind of anime, it's better to enjoy the inner-plot rather than just thinking the whole plot "the same as others"). Though you might have given up watching this anime after seeing those beginning eps, you could try to enjoy your time with the few next eps as the story continues it gets much more interesting.

Overall, I think that "maybe" you should try to watch it. But be aware that as the story goes on, it will get attempts featuring some kind of fancy stuffs, so it's not that boring after all.

The major significant flaw of this anime that completely kills any potential interest in watching it is, to put it mildly, a rather unintelligent decision to force the characters to spill each other's motivations out loud instead of showing it to an audience or letting figure it out themselves.
Wanna know why MC became cynical and focused student? Don't worry, the sisters just tell you in ep 1 by the power of psychoanalysis. Wonder with MC why tsundere suddenly acting tame? Just wait a bit, they tell you exactly why.
It's like watching Dora the Explorer, where they explain every motive in detail, as if they're afraid ... I won't be able to put 2 and 2 together by myself.

Add to that the bland fan service and the lack of flaws in the main characters, and you'll understand why this anime turned out to direct equivalent of a plate of spaghetti that you'll be lucky if you even get to salt.