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Having read the reviews of this anime prior to watching it I was ready for the big "downturn" half way through the series that was reported. I personally, didn't see it at all.

Kannagi is full of laughs and fan service, serves up plenty of predictable scenes but does it with stellar, crisp art highlighted with a few characters who step outside the box (albeit not the main characters) that keep it from falling into typical harem/comedy cliches.

While I enjoyed most of the jokes and the eye candy, the story and romance I had issues with. Of thirteen episodes, eleven of them are mostly ... devoid of serious drama and the final two episodes ramp up the emo, drama and "romance" so high it blindsides you and causes the complaints about the ending feeling rushes that several reviews have. The romance too felt rushed, undeveloped and shallow. In one episode the main love interest is giggling on the sidelines as she forces the male lead into a "love square" that doesn't include her and the next suddenly the two are torn apart, can't live without each other and end up "let's be together forever" land within forty minutes.

Kannagi is light hearted and entertaining, spiritual at moments but could have benefited greatly from a few more episodes or a bit more direction in the early episodes so that the drama and romance at the end felt less fake and rushed.