Not really what I had expected. Kind of a love drama with some comedy, but instead of focussing on the love and relationships, it explores human thoughts and behaviour that stands in the way of those things. And I like that twist on this classic thteme.
This anime makes you reflect about your own life, which it an impressive feat. But the story itself is fractured and pretty hard to keep track of. It probably should have been compressed into 13 episodes. There is not THAT much going on.
Cute, funny and philosophical on a first-person level. Not bad at all.
The OVA's episode 25 and 26 ("F" & "L") are just four irrelevant comedy scetches, and not really worth watching if you have a life.
Animation
Looking pretty neat. Great character design yadda yadda. I think I have said this about like 90% of the animes I've watched. But still, neat.
Sound
The opening and ending themes are not my cup of tea, and the background music is very, veery repetetive. The voice acting is good, though, but as usual in anime there is one voice you just can't stand (Hagu in this case).
Story
There are several storylines going on at the same time, and it gets hard to keep track of them all. Often it just feels very fractured, when the directors try to jam as much stuff into each episode as possible. But still the story moves at a very slow pace. And do we get closure? Not really. It all moves on in the 2nd season though.
Character
The main cast is a diverse lot, and most are involved in at least one love triangle and a couple of other plotlines. Not many of these get very evolved, and I guess you could say character development on a linear time scale is pretty nonexistant. But you still get to know most of the cast pretty deep somehow. And they are all brilliant!
