Characters/Development: 10/10
The reason for me loving this anime so much was because of the characters at Sakurasou. I think why I enjoyed these characters so much wasn't because of their individual personalities because honestly their personalities who pretty cliche with the crazy-energetic girl, the shut-in, the quit innocent girl, the womanizer (at first), and the normal guy just goes to high school, but with all that said I extremely enjoyed the relationships between the characters. How everyone interacted with each other and cared for each other why quite outstanding. It was joyous and saddening to see what these characters went through TOGETHER and how they developed as characters TOGETHER. This is what makes this show great in my eyes. Just how the relationships all have an important and crucial meaning to the anime and helps with the overall enjoyment of the show. I really wish more shows had this kind of style with their characters. Also each character had a decent past/development time to get to know the characters even more and understand why they make the decisions they make. One of my favorite cast's ever along with Steins:Gate.
Story: 8/10
This was probably the weakest part for me about the series. But that doesn't mean it was lacking. It just seemed the story wasn't very clear to me. Basically things came up and the characters got involved into some activity and did whatever activity it was or some character had an issue to be solved and it was solved. I don't want to say too much more or else I will spoil everything. Do not worry too much about the story going into this, the characters are well enough to make up a good story and all intertwines together. In short though, Sorata (the male protagonist) doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, so he thinks of something and wants to work really hard as everyone else at Sakurasou and thrives off of their hard work to work hard by himself, all the while having to take care of Mashiro.
Here's what bugged me about the story, I didn't like how the romance was played out. Without spoiling anything, the romance in the anime seems confusing and all out of the place and it made me disappointing because some characters weren't treated fair or payed any attention to when they should be. I may sound confusing right now, but if you should ever watch this all the way through, I think you'll understand what i'm trying to say.
Oh, there's a lot of feels and drama in this anime, which can be a good or bad thing. I personally liked all of it and I don't even like this kind of stuff. But I had the waterworks almost runnin at times. This anime is saddening but in a good way. You'll like it.
Art 10/10
I didn't have any complaints with the art or animation at all. It seemed very fluid and crisp to me at all times. Great choice of colors throughout the anime and the character designs were fantastic. Nothin much to say here. One should not be disappointed in this category. No scenes ever lacked any detail. They always put the most detail into every scene which I liked.
Sound 10/10
I looooooved the openings and ending in this series. Especially the first opening and ending. I could listen to them all day! The second opening was good as well and the second ending. They fit well with the series quite smoothly. The OST's were excellent as well. They played a "serious" song when things got serious and were completely appropriate for the times. They had "comedic" songs during comedic times. Basically, they played the right music at the right times to fight with the current scene.
Overall I enjoyed this anime so much due to its characters togetherness's development. It was great to watch what they went through in a good way and how they accomplished their tasks. Episode 23 was hands down one of the BEST EPISODES IN ANY ANIME I have ever seen. I LOVED this episode more than any other one and 22 was good too, but 23 was AWESOME. The emotions were running VERY high and I just loved how well-executed this episode was. During the middle of the series you might start to get bored, but trust me if you do, just wait it out. It only gets even better. I would say the enjoyment levels are high towards the beginning and end of the anime, not to say the middle wasn't enjoyable, it was, but not as much in my opinion. With all of that said, I enjoyed this anime thoroughly from start to finish.
Now please, just watch this and enjoy some Mashiro
