Story: 6/10
I was honestly going to skip this anime this season, but everyone was raving over "the feels" of the first episode. I was convinced to check it out. The premise of the show is very interesting. I LOVE the concept, but much like Glasslip of the summer lineup of last year. it has SO much WASTED potential. You think the plot will focus on the sci-fi element of the series, but it doesn't. It focuses on this forced relationship between the two main protagonists. Isla's personality does a complete 180 from episode 11 to episode 13. I can't stand horribly transitioned personality changes in characters. It's poorly written and to be 100% honest, I could write a better story than this. People will argue and say the feels are strong in this anime, and I have to agree somewhat. There are a few scenes that are heavy on the heart, but the ending for the anime, for me personally wasn't emotional. If you're going to do an anime on provoking the viewer's emotion, you need to build the characters into a define element and have a compelling story, and frankly, this anime didn't do that.
Art: 7/10
The characters lack expression and there is several "derp" moments when the animation doesn't hold up just right. The eyes really bother me too. I wasn't too impressed by the character designs. I'd say it's pretty average.
Sound: 8/10
I actually like the OP and ED song. It's shocking, I know. It seems a lot of people dislike it. The osts are also well placed in certain scenes.
Character: 6/10
Much like the story, the character's are poorly written. They have either no personality or they're generically bland. I didn't like Isla, she is nothing special about her. She's a typical moe archetype. Tsukasa is really no different. Michiru is really (pardon my language) fucking annoying. Every time she talks I wanna punch her in the face. She might be slightly developed with her backstory about her dad, but that's pretty much it. It's the same thing for Isla. All the characters are too one dimensional for my tastes. I only liked them at certain points in the anime, but it wasn't enough to win my affection over wholeheartedly.
Enjoyment: 7/10
I did enjoy how they started off the anime. Much like Owari, they had a strong beginning. But I was disappointingly led astray from what I thought the plot was going to be about into something that didn't really fit into the premise of the series.
Overall: 6/10
With all this lost potential with robots and memory processing of what could have been a great sci-fi , it deserves this score. Which in all honesty isn't as nearly as low as you may think. I really don't recommend this anime.
