One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e

I will put this plain and simple. This is an OVA intended for those who have played the game(One Kagayagku Kisetsu e). For those who don't know the game was a pivitol piece which started the whole so-called Nakige genre and lead to the creation of Key.

Putting aside introduction, overall the OVA is average, nothing stands out about it, but it does what an OVA is suppose to do, animate a bits of the game for the fans of the game. In this case, the OVA covers essentially the ends of the different scenarios, which is probably why everyone finds ... it soooo confusing.

Overall, if you played the game, it's not a bad way to kill 90 or so minutes, it is kinda nice to see the game you've played come to life with an upgrade in art(the game came out in 1998. Otherwise, I highly doubt that you'll find it all that enjoyable unless you wanna experience a small part of the piece that made Key Key without going through the hassle of playing the game.

Story
It was pretty confusing all the way through though. There wasn't much of a plot that was easy to discern, it was like watching a muddled dream. It kind of told separate stories for the characters (much like in other Key animes), but it skipped around a lot, and the tales for each character were very rushed and confusing. It did pretty much show how the main character Kouhei was trying to make up his promises to each other girls though. (Even if it was kind of vague, like the rest of the story.)

Art
Anyone can see from watching just the opening that it doesn't have ... the greatest character designs, but personally I thought that some of the background art was pretty nice for an older anime. Hence why I gave it a 7.

Sound
The sounds were pretty clear, and the music really added to the "mood" of the story. The music is pretty nice and relaxing, but it does get a little bit overwhelming from time-to-time because the music is pretty much always playing. And in the parts whenever Kouhei was playing an instrument, it was hard to tell whether or not it was the music or him playing. I don't know, that was a bit confusing to me. o_o So, basically the music is nice, it adds to the mood, but can be overwhelming.

Character
I thought the characters were pretty interesting, and kind of unique. Some of their personalities were slightly similar, but there were a couple of unique characters. I thought that the blind girl, and the mute girl were pretty unique, you don't often see characters with those kinds of disabilities in animes (well... at least I haven't seen many ^^;), and I just thought that was kind of interesting.

Enjoyment
There are some enjoyable parts, (I really thought the ending was cute), but with the confusion and the vagueness of the story it can get a little tedious. But I though it was worth watching out to the end.

Overall
Overall, I thought it was an OK show, definitely not one of Key's best but pretty unique anyways. If Key decided to remake it to longer and more detailed, I would definitely watch it.