This anime started weakly as a comparison to what the first series had given us, I understand that they were able to do what they wanted with it since they have left the manga story line, which shows throughout parts as it seemed like they were struggling a bit to convey the emotion. There were also bits which seemed abrupt, but I guess I can't fault them on that since they were only given 12 episodes to work with. I will have to say that this did not go in the direction that I was expecting it to be, there were moments where I thought it would go into a cheesy route, however it continued being quite serious and I thoroughly enjoyed that aspect of it.
It did redeem itself halfway through where there was more development on the characters so that you're let into the story a bit more and honestly some tears started to crawl in at this point. I only wish they had told the back stories earlier on, but even with the short amount it was still very emotional. Honestly, I started off disliking this series a lot because I felt that it did not live up to the standards given with the first series, however it managed to redeem itself. I give it quite a high score because I believe for an anime going off in its own routes is extremely brave and usually is not done well at all and the ending leaves the audience frustrated. This gave me a nice feeling at the end, true it left it on a lot of questions however, for the character development and the fact that they managed on their own, I cannot help but give it an 8 overall.
