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This is your classic shounen-ai/yaoi anime and I love it. If you're not a fan of the genre or are new to it, this may not be the one you should start with. It's not lightly sprinkled with the yaoi but the core content of the anime is.
This review is biassed as I'm a huge fan of this genre.

First up, for the yaoi fans, don't fret, the anime definitely has adorable scenes you won't regret waiting for. The get slightly more at the end than what you would have noticed at the beginning. Watching the mangas scenes animated on screen was adorable af. ...

The story is great. It's based on the characters Kaidou Haru and Kaidou Ren who are step-brothers who try to find a way to accept their place in a family and their growing feelings for each other. It's interesting especially as the art, with the multiple and frequent chibis, enhances the comedic aspects of the plot. Some of the important events of the actual plot line do end up rushing by so a complete grasp of the plot cannot be taken. But that's no complaint as the actual art and the colours of the show make up for it.

The characters are super relatable, the story mostly does revolve around their very human feelings and their flaws. Despite their classic bishounen and overly appealing features, I would expect most of us to relate to at least a few of their traits. You see an adult, sort of, working to help support his younger brothers and hence get a glimpse of the work aspects and taking care of a family. On the other side, you see our unsociable and slightly stoic Ren get attached to Haru and try to come to terms with this development in his life. The others characters such as the high school twins Aki and Shima are quite strong characters themselves. Haruko is also shown to have a distinct strong personality of her own adding a flavour to the mix in the anime.

The opening and ending themes are quite catchy too and I personally loved the ending theme. I sat through it every time.
Overall, I loved the anime! Honestly, I expected it to be a longer series. When I updated MAL and it showed that I've 'completed' the anime. I wasn't ready for it to end. At all.
For all the veteran yaoi fans, no way you'd miss this so I have nothing to say to you.
For those attempting this genre, you can give it a try and it's lighthearted enough for you to be able to enjoy it, especially if you love cute romance animes.

I'm going to be honest with you, I started this for its colours. I'm a sucker to pretty colours in anime. This anime hit all the right boxes for me, shounen ai, pretty colour, short, sweet and adorable plot line.

Disclaimer: This is my first review, sorry if it isn't what you were looking for.

Story: 8
Afterall, it is a four episode long anime. You wouldn't expect long elaborate things from it, and it gives you what you should expect. A simple plot line, a clear progression to the end. The story is about two men in a world where some can use magic. Personally, ... I thought it played pretty well in four episodes with this idea, specially when linked to its character development.

Characters: 8
The character personalities were well made to match the theme of the anime. Without giving any spoilers, the characters personalities had a good flow with the plot and were easily lovable.

Sound: 8
I loved the opening theme of the anime and the voice actors did pretty well too. I don't have any complaints but nothing stood out too much either other than the opening song.

Art: 10
This is probably why I watched the anime at first. The animation is not meant to be flow-y and smooth, the characters don't move much but their design is adorable. This is a refreshing and cute change from the normal style of animation and is definitely supported by its colours. The portrayal of magic looked brilliant and was really well done.

Enjoyment: 9
This is probably the most subjective category. I enjoyed it as it fitted well with the fact that I love shounen-ai, pretty colours and unorthodox animation. If you're not too fond of any of these, I recommend giving it a cautious try.

Hope this helped! :)