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I First Did This Review On Hummingbird: Don't Kill Me, I'm Just Too Lazy To Edit Some Things, but this review still stands to be usable.

I like to eat food at new places that I hear from people that I trust. I then go to that restaurant, but end up satisfied that I got to eat, but also unsatisfied with what I received to eat. Most of the time it is like what I have eaten before but worse (I do ask for recommendations so I can get the best thing possible and end up very happy). I still take my friend's recommendations because food ... is food, but I am not usually completely happy with what my friends suggest is good or not.

This is how I felt about the highly acclaimed romance-comedy Kaichu wa Maid-Sama. I heard from many people who watched anime that this was a staple and guiding line to what rom-coms should be like. Being a huge fan for rom-coms I watched it, and I came out moderately unsatisfied. I don't completely understand why people talk this anime so highly, but that is their opinion, and this is mine.

Story: 6

To start things off, the story of Kaichou wa Maid-Sama is pretty simple. Our main female character Misaki is the student council president of her high school named Seika High, and is known as the Devil when it comes to how she reforms the school to suit the girl students better, since her first year was the first year that Seika has allowed for girls to enter. What we learn soon after is when Misaki is done with school she goes to her part job as a Maid waitress at Maid Latte. A complete 180 degree flip from her demon-ish self at school, that the boys put her as. It is here where Usui, the main male character, who is a hit with the ladies, finds out her secret that she works at that maid cafe, and starts chasing after because he finds her interesting. After the first episode, the anime starts taking an arc style approach to how it is told.

The arc style isn't trypically bad for rom-coms, but done incorrectly it can lead to having way too much time wasted, and fillers becoming rampant the anime. In the beginning of the anime with each of the arcs that come into play with this anime were interesting. The only problem is that this anime fell into the arc style trap. The plot slowed down immensely, and tons of filler episodes that play little to no meaning starting being shown. Since the episodes paid no meaning, the romance and comedy starts to get stale, and replicated itself into a Tonari no Kaibutsu-Kun (even though this came way before that) where the whole anime goes absolutely nowhere, and becomes pointless. Which is a real shame because I would have liked more romance story line instead of comedic filler.

Animation: 7

The animation to this anime was created by studio J.C. Staff, and the animation itself was pretty standard itself. The characters themselves are colorful, and showcases the three basic emotions of love, embarrassment, and happiness. I can't really say much more than that. The animation was average at best, and even the pop-out comedy animation and transitions were only okay to look at. Nothing is noteworthy, and is a little saddening since the animation plays a huge role into making this genre of anime stand out among others.

Sound: 6

I didn't find anything noteworthy either in this category either. I know some people really like this anime's OST, but this really can't hold itself up to other anime in this genre at the time of its release and before it. The main reason being because I felt like the music in the OST was mainly meant for whatever scene it was placed in, and having no other purpose than that. Since, not many scenes in this anime were memorable for me, it left the songs in the OST relatively useless.

Now onto the beginnings and endings, I can say I didn't like them. The animation for the opening, and both endings were very nice. But the songs themselves weren't very remarkable. It sounded like the standard J-Pop song with bland electronics and a semi-catchy hook in its chorus. A fairly poor showing in the aspects of sound.

Characters: 8

Whoo! I liked the characters in this anime. The characters in any rom-com should be the catalyst for getting your story moving, and this anime did that. Both Usui and Misaki were very charming characters with a lot of depth to both of them. Misaki our female lead shows the most depth with her actions to be both the hard, and integrity-ridden along with soft, and kind when need be. Usui who starts as a cold, calculated character develops into the witty, funny character who knows everything. Somehow though, this anime combined both of those characters into a dynamic and entertaining duo to watch. Their interactions are probably the best thing when it comes to this anime.

Now, there are other characters in this series like: Yukimura, Hinata, Shizuko, Sakura, the Chief, Kano, the Idiot Trio, etc. But there relevance isn't really necessary, even though some of them bring great comedy to the anime (like Yukimura for reasons), they are rarely get much screen time and are there to bring your mind off both Usui and Misaki.

Final Verdict: 7, Stream It

I know there are people who love this anime to death, Hummingbird's score is a 4.11/5.00 right now, and that means people really gotta like this anime, but I do not. I personally found this anime to be a little too repetitive with its comedy, and took too long to get anywhere with its romance, which is barely anywhere at all. But it should be reminded to people who watch romantic comedy anime that most of the time you may barely get a kiss, and have to suffice with using your imagination with happened in the end, or read the manga. I don't want to do either, so I'll just end it with Kaichou wa Maid-Sama being nothing spectactular, but it is worth the watch if you have time because you may like it more than I did.

Things are rarely good when half-finished, but there are times to make exceptions. This time the exception is named Angel Beats.

Story: 6

I love anything story-wise that comes from both Key and Kyoto Animation, and this should have been no different. The story introduced our main protagonist Otonashi awaking in a bizarre world with none of his memories. The bizarre world also happens to be the most wonderful place in a person's life: High School. This world wouldn't be bizarre though without a catch, and it is the notion that nobody can't die in this world. Otonashi learns about this pretty early on through naivete. After ... our main protagonist (Otonashi) learns this, the hard way, he joins a group called the Afterlife Battlefront or SSS. From there we go on a journey with our main protagonist that leads to some weird and fun, along with dark and mysterious experiences. This is ultimately the strongest part about the anime. Angel Beats ability to be able to evoke moods that range from happy to serious to sad whenever it needed to is truly remarkable. Despite that, there is a blinding obvious reason why this story was given a 6 instead of a 10.

Reverting back to what was written in the introduction "Things are rarely good when half-finished", is what exactly this story is: half-finished. The plot rarely develops, there are huge plot holes within the anime, there is a weird romance that doesn't get any focus (even though this is a semi-romance anime), and the ending, well for me, left more questions than answers. I've read from some online forums and sources, Angel Beats was supposed to be a 26 episode anime instead of a 13 episode anime. This shortening of the anime can probably be the reason why the pacing and writing was severely underwhelming. Nevertheless, this is a story that was rushed and left incomplete.

Art: 9

Angel Beats looks beautiful. There is no other way around it. The moe girls are cute, and the scenery and colors fit every scene very well. I can't get over the fact that the colors and animation of this were amazing. I love it.

Sound: 8

I feel odd about this score. It's a really good score, but considering how much I've listened to this OST it doesn't feel right. There are a few songs the OP, ED, My Most Precious Treasure, and Moment of Rest, that are amazing. Except, the rest of the soundtrack just seems to be meant to coincide only with that particular scene that it was used for making it one-dimensional and useless beyond that scene.

There is the band in Angel Beats by the name of Girls Dead Monster which has some catchy music worth checking out, but it just wasn't my taste. So I'll leave it up to your opinion.

Characters: 6

Most the characters in Angel Beats were bland, and had little to no depth what so ever. This is excluding the three main characters: Otonashi, Yuri, and Angel, who get the most development. This is probably due to the lack of good pacing in this anime. Very disappointing, but at least Angel Beats gave some depth to their main characters. That fact alone shows that this anime could have given depth other characters if it could have.

Conclusion: 7

This is a decent anime that could have been a great anime. The only true flaw is the writing and lack of pacing of the anime which lowered my score. I do hope one day that there will come a time where this anime gets a full reanimation to a 26 episode anime, or a 38 episode anime, or however long it takes to fully tell this beautiful story because this anime deserves it. I recommend Angel Beats to anyone who is looking for something new to watch because it is worth it.

There is a myriad of reviews for this anime both online and offline. There also seems to be sometimes a big three-esque stereotype of people either loving or hating this anime. I personally don't see why, but that's just what some people feel. There's nothing wrong with that, but this anime is neither a devil spawn or god in the anime world.

--Review:
I'm going to try to shorten this review as much as I can. Sword Art Online by Kawahara, Reki was a great fun story to read, but the anime was only about average at best. The main reason why this is because it tries ... to follow the light novel as much as possible, but in doing so made it extremely predictable, therefore hurting the excitement factor. There are other things about this anime that really hurts it as a whole are gaping plot holes, poorly transitioned love story, lack of character development, etc. Even so, those factors don't make this a terrible or even bad anime.

The best thing about this anime is its ability to make you feel emotions at almost any point of the anime, making you feel connected to them. Since, all the back stories in Sword Art Online have a purpose as to why they were put in. They tell about all the hardships people went through that blasted game. It really hits home, and it made the anime worth watching.

Among other things this anime has to offer that is good are its the action sequences. Watching those duels in Sword Art Online were gorgeous. Seeing flickering sparks flying off the swords as they clashed, the glowing lights that came off their weapons when they were about to do some sword skill, were magnificent to watch. They aren't the best action scenes I have ever seen, but they are pretty to look at.

Is Sword Art Online worth the watch? Yes and No. If you enjoy watching some drama, or romance with some action sprinkled in between then this is worth watching. It has some great romance, and tear-jerking moments. Probably making it hard to put down for lovers of that genre. On the other hand, if you don't like that particular genre or only want to watch for the action. Well, you are going to get disappointed. The action is few and far between, and nothing about this anime is going to change your mind to make you love the romance/drama anime scene.

Overall, Sword Art Online is average. Nothing spectacular, but nothing horrific. I personally enjoyed it, and am eagerly awaiting for the Gun Gale Online arch and Alicization Arc that are hopefully in the works.

... I have no words to make for an introduction for this anime. I'm just solely disappointed with the animators who thought that this was good enough to appease the fans of Da Capo (including myself) who were waiting for this new season of Da Capo to come out for three years! Then what do we get? This sloppy anime with a fist full of disappointment for three years of waiting.

Story:
This isn't really the worst part of the anime, nor is this the part that really makes the whole anime bad. I think the story could have been good if the writers made their characters ... do something in the anime. It's not like the characters don't have anything to do either. They have stuff to write, a mystery, a protagonist who could possibly get a girl, but what did the characters do? Nothing. Nothing, but walk around aimlessly doing nothing. The story as frustrating as it can be did keep one thing straight, keep up the fan service.

Art: This is easily the best part of the anime. Hands Down. If something can be admired from the anime is that it takes a page out of Kyoto-Animation's book with its very moe characters and color. The color palate of this anime was very nice and bright, and the animation itself was very fluid throughout. But, this anime is heavy on the fan service so expectations on the the art are pretty high and it pretty much delivers on that expectation. So good job Da Capo III, you didn't completely fail out.

Sound/Character:
I can clump these two together because they will have the same reaction and same review. They are nothing spectacular and nothing stands out of these two categories. In hindsight, the only thing that sticks out is the computerized twinkles, and the female character's breast that take up about half of the screen. Nothing was good nor was it bad. It was pretty underwhelming.

Enjoyment: I didn't enjoy it. I hated it.

What do I say about this anime? I hope that you grasped it from the frustration in my opening. If you didn't, here is my response: Don't Watch This Anime. There are better anime around like TWGOK, Sukitte ii Na Yo, Ano Natsu De Matteru, ef - Tale of Memories. This anime isn't worth your time, and might end up like me regretting watching this anime when I could've spent that time other ways. Please don't this anime.