The story at first doesn't seem to have much of a plot line, with episodes you can tell if are fillers or not until later on or they throw in a big scene where even the thickest people cant miss that it's a major story line flag. Regardless of that fact, it can still leave you wonder what the anime is really even about with how much it doesn't stick to a liner plot line. While this is by all means not a bad thing, it can cause some to dislike it because of this factor.
Art is nothing new. Those fresh to this anime may find its art style displeasing to the eye and somewhat off putting at first but these are quickly disregard if they continue on as its very easy to get used to. With the standard cell shading for main part of the art and animation while using gradients to some objects to add some eye catching effects. Then when setting a scene or environment mood is where this anime shines. Using lighting to its utmost fullest to give major impact scenes, the right feel and flow with the rest of the anime. At the same time when the environment lighting used to make an engulfing scene it's an obvious billboard in the viewers face saying its a key story line point.
A minimal use of music and sounds some may consider a downfall, however this anime seems to take that fact and make a statement that you don't need music every scene to make a good plot line. The only times it does use music in the scene is, much like the lighting an obvious key point in the story. This being said it wouldn't hurt anything if the anime did have more music in some scenes as there are points where you welcome the opening and endings simply because of their music which is actually well made. The producer of the intro seemed to go a little trigger happy with the sound effects though.
The one single, biggest and most amazing part of this anime is the character development. The first season was mostly character development and the second season is that ten fold. A few filler pieces near and far apart but almost every little thing adds up and is recalled upon in the end with how a few of the characters react in some situations that's causes the current scenes predicament, what ever it may be. Ever characters gets their fair share in progressing their relationships. Some in was you see a mile away, others take a turn that cause you pause the current episode and have to take a few minute to just realize that just happened.
One cannot help but love the anime. Its points of humor almost always pull a laugh, some even for a few minutes. It has a way of either making a really good joke and then killing it with blatant insults or a deep emotional scene and then kills it with a ridiculous out of place joke. Even with these points, it still seems to redeem itself in the end with a few pieces towards the end that no one cannot be unhappy with.
