The characters had distinct personalities and that made them more relatable than an entire series full of the same boring attributes. Firstly, Yukino and Arima were great. I am over one character being the strong and silent type and the other being a girl who'll run an internal monologue for five episodes about whether or not she's going to confess to someone. The mere fact that both of them didn't give up on the other and instead of letting one run away from a problem they confronted them together (usually within one or two episodes of the problem being introduced) was fantastic. They also delve into an area of teenage romance that not a lot of other anime's like to tread - the idea of a couple sleeping together. It was a change of pace and one that, while not expected, was a mature and completely inoffensive aspect of their relationship that made it seem a little more realistic. Clap clap* for that and their characters!
That being said there were parts in this anime that had me wondering whether or not they were going to resolve scenarios that, in my avid binge-watching brain, I felt were intense (you'll know that scene when you get to it). Sadly that's where this anime fell short for me, a few underlying things that I wanted resolutions for never happened and because of that the ending left me wanting more from it. In particular I wanted a more comforting resolution on Arima's apparent psychological dependancy issues which were presented earlier (again, not resolved) and were reintroduced at the end (and not extended on or resolved).
Some episodes (maybe two or three) were fillers that I truly felt could have been used to progress the story in order to develop a stronger ending but overall it moved at a good pace. It was funny, it made me cry, the main characters not being wussy's (most of the time) about how they feel, the interesting animation and the personality diversity made this show a pretty good watch for me. I definitely recommend giving it a go!
