Story:
While the plot is sort of generic and has been done a million times before, this series handled it differently than other shows which made it a bit more interesting. Basically, a girl turns 16 and a mysterious guy shows up on her doorstep and turns out to be her fiance, an arranged marriage setup by their grandparents and the girl had no idea. In the typical rom com, the girl will usually be completely against the arranged marriage and the 2 main characters probably hate each other and don't get along. However, that's where this show gains some points because they don't take it in this direction. Instead, the girl, while not completely thrilled about the arranged marriage decides to give the guy a chance and the 2 actually get along.
The premise may seem a bit boring because it's usually that friction between the 2 main characters that add comedy to a series but this comedy is instead introduced by the girls older sister, who seems to have some weird obsession with cute little sisters, and the guys little sister who follows him to his fiances house to help nurture the engaged couples relationship.
Art:
The art is nice and matches the genre quite well, which I guess isn't surprising from a fairly new series. The characters are attractive and the animations flow naturally without any awkwardness.
Sound:
The music in the show is nice and easy on the ears. I also found myself watching the end credit song every time because it wasn't jut entertaining but it was catchy too. I found the cast of voice actors to be quite appropriate as well. I found the voice for Hakuyas little sister to be exceptionally well done and the voice for Hakuya himself to be fitting for his personality.
Character:
This is a tough one to evaluate, mostly because it's the characters that make this show good, but it's the characters that make it bad. What I mean is, Benio (main girls older sister) and Mashiro (Hakuyas little sister) are awesome and add lots of comedy to the show. Benio is a hillarious older sister that is obsessed with doing lots of cute things with her younger sisters (including her now sister-in-law). She's so obsessed that she ends up being creepy and causes Mashiro to run in horror. The interaction between these two characters is fantastic and keeps you laughing constantly.
However, the sisters personalities heavily overshadow the 2 main characters. There's nothing wrong with Kobeni (the main girl), she's actually pretty likeable and a well rounded character. Unfortunately, Hakuya is one of the worst main characters in the history of rom coms. He is incredibly silent, has almost no personality, is incredibly stupid (his sister does all the thinking for him), and only has a line or 2 per episode. I didn't have a problem with this at first because characters like that usually go through some character development and become more likeable. Hakuya on the other hand does not. He stays the same throughout the entire season.
The interactions between him and Kobeni are boring and never lead to any real relationship development. Not only did I find myself feeling sorry for Koberi but I couldn't really understand how anyone could fall in love with someone like Hakuya. It's different when you have a mysterious, silent main character that is constantly proving to be reliable but that's not Hakuya, he's mysterious sure, but he's lacking common sense, he's indecisive, and he's just not interesting.
Enjoyment:
The 2 sisters made this show really funny and stayed pretty consistent in their humor throughout the show. However, the show started to lose momentum around half season and while the comedy was still there, i think it's because the romance never really picked up momentum. Their romance for the most part stayed pretty neutral throughout the entire season. While I loved the sister comedy, it just wasn't enough to carry the entire show. About half way through the season, I was used to the comedy and while it was still enjoyable, it just wasn't as enjoyable as the beginning. This is the point where romance starts to gain momentum and make up for that initial lose of enjoyment. Unfortunately, that didn't happen in this show and the episodes became a bit stagnant.
Overall:
Overall, it's not bad for a rom com. It had tons of potential to be a really lovely slice of life rom com but it's squandered because of a poor male lead. I'm not saying it's bad, I don't regret watching it but it wasn't spectacular either. It's one of those shows that start off really good and just keep gradually losing steam. It never hits that point of being bad but it's certainly disappointing after having such a promising beginning.
