Reviews

Yahari Ore is a romantic comedy that centers around an anti-social high school boy that has no desire to interact with the real world or make friends. Instantly the main character reminded me of Keima from The World God Only Knows... and he even plays a PSP. The reason why this anime managed to capture my attention was the main character and the situation around him, as it should be. I was interested to see how it would progress and I was not disappointed. This anime I wouldn't TECHNICALLY qualify as a harem anime, although there are two girls in the group and I could see him going for either one... but really I could see them also going for each other as well.
The female characters are great and likable. Very likable and each is completely different. You don't need a harem of 10 girls, 2 great ones will do just fine.

The point where this anime loses some of its momentum is the story. While the opening premise is excellent and its execution is flawless... the series suffers from ADD and doesn't know where it wants to go. The other major issue I had was that there was no confession or romantic conclusion. I wouldn't have minded that if they hadn't set it up that there would be more explanation. He was supposed to take one of them out to dinner, I wanted to see that and how it went but it never happened as the show ended without mentioning it again. I also don't like that they didn't give enough backstory to the characters. The main female is anti-social but they never show specific examples of times she was picked on, only mention them in a sentence. She has no friends... because she just doesn't. That doesn't work for me, I expect more.

The redeeming aspect of this is the MC. He is cool when he needs to be, funny when he needs to be... and completely calm and detached 99% of the time. Nothing seems to fluster him... and that I like. There is also the matter of his amazing ability to be completely logical and incredibly cold. I got IMMENSE satisfaction from watching him completely destroy that (censored) (censored) lazy good for nothing (censored) (censored) of a (censored) (censored) (censored) chairwoman for the cultural festival. That verbal asswhooping was so good that I felt that it should have gotten its own spin off show.

STORY: Good but could have been better with more focus on the romance between the characters and exploring what happens. I want more.

ART: Fabulous. Fluid. Smooth.

SOUND: Loved the music. Intro and outdo were great.

CHARACTER: This anime really suffered from lack of backstory and lack of character development past the main characters... and even they didn't get much. There was an episode where they help a character and she is almost never seen again. Her unique appearance would indicate that she should probably have been in more episodes and a bigger part of the show. Fail.

ENJOYMENT: Very enjoyable. Some things wrong but still a great time.

REWATCHABILITY: Honestly? Zero. As good as it was, I won't watch it again.

OVERALL: Watch it. It is worth every episode and makes you have a good time. I just wish there was more. Virtus Signum gives this an 8/10.