The first thing I really liked about the show was Amu herself - she's a 10 year old with sass and I really liked that. I mean okay, when she immediately fell for Tadase I was kinda annoyed but then I remembered that she was only 10. That's a thing about this show - you forget that they're just elementary school kids. Amu is actually really mature for her age and that's why I sort of looked up to her in a sense, despite me being 7 years older than her, because of the way she tries her hardest in life, how she gets along with her friends and family, how she goes through everything.
The second thing I really liked about the show was Ikuto. Tsukiyomi Ikuto was definitely my first anime crush - I shipped him and Amu from the first episode! As well as the Amuto shipping feels, however, Ikuto's character has quite a lot of depth, especially considering the fact that this is a Shojou anime aimed at a younger demographic, and it's because of him I think that I was able to enjoy this anime so much. The way he took the burden of everything on himself, the way he felt trapped by Easter... it just helped me identify with him and the way he and Amu interacted just put a smile on my face.
The Chara's themselves were another thing which I really liked about the show - so it seems to be a sort of recurring Shojou theme to have little mascot-type characters but the Charas are just... I don't know how to describe it but personally I was able to identify with both Yoru and Miki in a way and I have no idea why! The fact that the Charas are born through a person's desire to change themselves is actually a rather brilliant idea, because I think it sort of shows how if you have that wanting to change and better yourself within you, you'll be able to.
It's an anime which gives you hope and puts a smile on your face while telling you that you can change if you really want to, that the world has a happier side to it. That's why it's always going to be one of my favourite animes.
