Reviews

Never have i been so frustrated at a main protagonist. Self centred,naive and oblivious are some of the characteristics i would best discribe Yamato,a high school first year student who in order to "chase" a girl he likes (Asahina), joinned his school's track and field team. The reason i called him oblivious is that he fails to read suituations and react like any normal human being would do. Case in point,which guy in his right mind while giving his current girlfriend her birthday present, actually says while getting that said present,had such a good time with the girl that he used to like.Even though he admitted lying that he had an appointment with someone else,rejecting a date with the girlfriend (Honoka) in the process, one has to be pretty naive that he doesn't realised the reason why the Honoka might be angry and sad after what he had just said.There are also other instances where Yamoto doesn't know why his friends are reacting in the way they did,like Yasunobo getting angry for making Honoka sad yet Yamoto thinks he is wrong (self centeredness).I think that the writers of this anime is trying to portray Yamato as someone who is ernest but its to the point of making him look fake.This is the first time i actually felt that the male lead in an anime should just fail in everything he does so that i can see him cry. Even though the main protagonist is irritating,what saved this anime was the supporting cast like Yamoto's good friend Yasunobu and also Asahina's friend Miki whose views of the suituation involving the two main charactors,are level headed and often giving good advices. Overall,this is pretty ok given that it has sports element incoperated into a rommance anime but i think the writers could have done better with the way how Yamoto should have better closure with Honoka. 6/10 (would have been higher if not for the main protagonist)