Don't expect surfing clouds or such. Only near the end I finally realized it.
Skies are a metaphor. A metaphor for Romeo's view of life. His lightheartedness. An inner power to fly over every hardship, of which there are many, and not descend into regrets. A power to inspire everyone around and give them a feeling of flight as well (look how the friendship blooms!). An ability to see the wonders of life and feel excitement, no matter what comes. To look your enemy right into the eye, yet without any hostility, accepting him for what he is and seeing a part of him which he himself can not admit: a better part. Like a bird looks down on a street dog...
Only a few people are strong enough for that. Feel how Romeo feels, see how he sees, and you might find your life becoming a little better.
This is what this anime is about.
Now for less interesting part. Some advantages and disadvantages are these:
+ Quite a deep drama reveals itself in the end. Makes me cry a lot.
+ An artistic feel of the city. Lots of people. Street dangers. And then the freedom of roaming the roofs... cool! very romantic.
+ Good detailed visual art, especially that of the scenery of the old Italy. No caricatures.
- Often, especially at first, the story is too artificial: predictable and unrealistic. One can simply laugh ironically at how things turn out for Romeo: if there is any chance of possible or impossible trouble ahead, he will surely get into it. Firstly, because of his unbelievable naivete. Secondly, because there is a bunch of classically bad guys who is acting classically mean by all means. Though the younger audience won't notice this right away, yet for me this issue requires a bit of getting used to.
- Only a few characters are detailed. The others are just background.
- Angeletta was thrown out of the story somehow weird.
