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I will start with the bottomline for this anime: I have lost the count of how many animes with this same plot I have seen. Even if the technical part is fine (not amazing but also not bad) the overused plot, the extremely plain characters and the abuse of overacted emotions make this anime deserve a 4/10.

Story (2/10)

As I said, the story is just painful to see. The typical high school of superpowers and the typical bad guy. The plot is extremely predictable, not surprises at all. Furthermore they tried to add some complexity, making it worse, because things aren't explained at all. Besides, the ... story is bad paced, with a lot of bad fanservice (I am not against fanservice, but in this case It was so bad that I wanted to die), and in some cases I had to go back to the previous chapter to see if I had skipped something. But no, I hadn't skipped anything, It's just that the narration is that bad.

Art & Sount (7/10)

Very little to say here. Both of them are good, not impressive, but not bad. In general the art is colourful, but the CG animations aren't very good.

Characters (2/10)

The very same as with the story. All of them are beyond plain. You can expect what somebody is going to say or do. Furthermore all of them overact (if you can overact in an animation) a lot, and made me feel embarrassed of watching this anime.

Enjoyment (4/10)

I had to push myself to end this anime and not to drop it. It was boring and difficult to see, with very bad jokes. I think I didn't laughed at all. I give a 4 here just because the female characters are cute, and I enjoyed that... But for the rest...

In spite of what people say about not seeing this if you haven't played the game, I would recommend this anime for the non players. I haven't played the game, and I probably won't and I haver really enjoyed Kantai Collection. In any case, as this anime is based on a game of WWII ships it won't make any harm knowing a bit of history and the kind of ships that were used. A bit of Wikipedia will help you understanding certain things and enjoying the anime.

Story (4/10)

This is one of the main weak points of the anime, the lack of story. I ... wouldn't say that there is no plot, but is too ambiguous and bad connected. Most of the things are not explained at all, so you'll have to deal with it and imagine things on your own or checking them in Wiki's. I give it a 4 just because at least they didn't invented a complex story and if you take it as a some kind of slice of life it isn't so bad.

Art (10/10)

I can only thing of the art as superb. It's difficult to review it just because everything in this regard is just perfect. Character design, animation, light, color... all of them are of the highest level. This anime uses a lot of CG, even on the characters, but in a such a good way that enhances the animation without making the characters look bad. I specially liked how the planes were animated. I love WWII planes (more than ships, I'm sorry) and I want to marry the people that animated them for this anime.

Sound (10/10)

Same goes here. I don't usually like the opening and ending songs of animes. I know there are people that like them but I don't. But in this case the opening was, in my opinion, even good, which is a lot to say coming from me. Apart from that the voice acting is really impressive and the sound of the battles just amazing. I would recommend to see this anime with a nice sound system (or good headphones) so you can fully enjoy the battles.

Characters (5/10)

There are a lot of characters. Really, a lot. I find this both good and bad. On the one hand you won't get bored of the same characters all the time, mainly because they are to plain, but on the other hand is impossible, at least for me, to know all of them.There were times when they were talking about somebody and I didn't know who. In any case there is almost no development on the personalities, and I give them a 5 because most of them are funny and different.

Enjoyment (9/10)

I really enjoy seeing this anime. It is very funny with a lot of jokes, a lot of stupid characters... It made me laugh plenty of times. The battles are really well made and I also enjoyed them. There is even a bit (or more than a bit, but nothing hardcore) of yuri which is always well received in my case.

Summary

My overall mark is 8/10. The lack of plot and the simplicity of the characters contrast with the outstanding art and sound. From a technical point of view this anime is just amazing but it won't change your life in the slightest. In any case is funny so if you have some free time it's a nice idea to give it a try.