Story: (8/10) The fact that not much is explained until almost the last episode is cool. I see a lot of people complain about that, but the reality is that it's from Akihito's point of view and we get to know just about as much as he does. Al though this is true, some things could have gone further explained- youmu for example. Youmu come from people's jealousy, hatred, and malice, they also range from humanoids to insectoids- that's just about all i got, why do they possess humans? Why can some take on human forms? Why are some good (ex. Ayaka and Ai)? I also would have loved to have seen different encounters with humans that were possessed by youmu, and i feel as if a lot could have been explained about Izumi and the one guy who was trying to let the kyoukai no kanata destroy the world for some reason. Another flaw in the story would have to be going into depth about the character's pasts. In conclusion, they could have gone into more depth about the characters but instead they chose not to. While reading the light novel I found lots of things that seemed crucial to the story that were left out. Other than things not being explained thoroughly enough and the slow-ish pace, I thought the story was great. Although slow-paced, It was very captivating and humorous, the episodes could make me sob one minute and laugh the next.
Sound: (10/10) The sound definitely gets a 10/10, i'm the kind of person who will watch the opening and ending once throughout the entire series and then never watch it again. This wasn't the case for this show, I love both the opening and the ending sososo much and haven't skipped it once. Not sure if special effect sounds are included in this, but I saw no flaw in those either. The background music always fit the scene, and the character songs were marvelous. Everything in the musical aspect was great.
Character: (1000/10) Geez, this set of characters is by far my favorite ever. I am super picky with characters, honestly most of the time I really don't necessarily favor any of the characters in a show or anime that I watch. There were no two characters that were two much a like, they all stood out in their own little ways. Whether you're looking for a funny, over-dramatic, cute, pervert character or a masochistic, emotionless, yet very funny character you're going to find it and everything in between. Mirai and Akihito's relationship was honestly perfect to me. I hate stories that overly focus on the romance aspect and spend too much time dwelling on it, in this story you get to see them slowly fall for each other, which I find to be the cutest thing. I love love love the occasional cute moments and act of affection that have actual motives, which is what I found here. Since it doesn't explain the characters in much detail, you get to learn about them yourself. You get to see them grow confident in themselves, fight different battles, and interact with others. For a show with a measly 12 episodes I thought the character development and character's in general were pretty great.
Enjoyment: (10/10) This is quite obvious. The mere fact that I am taking my time to write this review after sleeping for about an hour last night and continuing to not sleep just so I could watch the show, shows that the enjoyment level was high up in my eyes. I take lots and lots of time to finish an anime, especially if i'm not too interested in it. I definitely wouldn't have to look forward to watching it every week the minute it comes out (even if that means doing it in class) if the enjoyment level wasn't a 10.
Overall I give this anime a 10, with the only weak point being the story (or how they portray the story in the anime, i should say) this anime deserves a 10. I hope this review is helpful for whatever reason and I hope there are others who can find as much joy in this show as I can. Thank you for reading.
