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When I read the description of Glasslip on AniChart while picking shows to watch for the summer season, I was hoping for a more casual anime (meaning believable, realistic circumstances - a change of pace from what I usually watch) which focused on a young girl's dreams to become a glass artisan. However, that's not the case. We have seen very little time of glasswork at all. Furthermore, in the five of thirteen episodes of Glasslip that have aired thus far, the show has failed to capitalize on what it has to work with - albeit not much for how much time ... this anime wastes on situations which do nothing for the progression of the story, cliche love polygons and the main character's (Touko) ability to see the future.

Story - 3
What makes this story poor? There is very little story that exists in Glasslip so far, and for what story does exist, it's poorly paced. I'm okay if a SoL is slow paced, but because of how poorly paced this show is, something's probably going to wind up incomplete, or leave gaping plotholes. The story that exists so far is cliched love polygons that still don't seem to matter - in fact, nothing in this anime seems to matter so far. As I jokingly said to a friend I'm watching the anime with "it's as if Glasslip makes it a point to make everything meaningless."

Art - 10
The artwork and animation seems to be where most of the budget for this show went. This anime is eye candy. High detailing and a lot of stylization exists all of the time.

Sound - 7
No complaints to be made about the sound quality. The voice actors and actresses match the emotion of the characters in the animation well, and the sound quality is crisp and clean. There's nothing that makes this sound distinct amongst production of other animes. Regarding the music, nothing really stands out.

Character - 2
Touko is the only character who has had any character development that the anime makes out that you're supposed to think is important? - honestly I can't even fucking tell man. This anime's writing is a train wreck all around. Anyways, she can see into the future through a trigger, shiny objects such as glass, and she likes to draw chickens. Honestly, the bike that falls over when Touko is confessed to by forgettable-character-whatever-his-name-is, that bike has more character development than most of the characters so far.

Seriously, check this bike out: http://38.media.tumblr.com/7691e6ddb1be8a9ff7d41604c734a5c3/tumblr_n8l3bl7k101syr5r5o1_r1_400.gif

Enjoyment - 4
I'm only watching this show because I'm watching it with a friend while it's airing. If we weren't pointing out the obvious flaws in the writing most of the time and laughing at it, we probably wouldn't be watching it even then.

Overall - 5
This score is still too high, but in the 5 catagories, it was carried by animation and sound, even though the sound is only on par. Really, don't waste your time watching Glasslip. Hell, School Days probably is better than this just because the direction of the show wasn't so fucking obscure.

I'll update this review later on when the Glasslip has finished airing if the show changes any in story quality and character development.