Story
Set in the future, technology has advanced so far society has created artificial intelligence known as Giftia. While Giftias are very humanlike in both appearance and personality the problem is their short life span only being a little over 9 years. After their expiration date they become 'Wanderers' essentially being killing machines. Our story follows Tsukasa and Giftia Isla as they work for a terminal agency that shuts down these Giftias before their expiration date to ensure they don't become Wanderers. While the premise is interesting and set up for feels there is one problem that bothers me, why would that be allowed? I mean especially since people are reluctant to give up their Giftias cause they treat them like family there should be an army of these things destroying the city because some people are too stubborn and to in love with their Giftias, according to the anime this has only happened once which I find hard to believe but nitpicking aside the story is still ok. I like the premise and the first episode did a good job introducing the world but the major problem is the inconsistent tone the show is giving; one minute it's a drama, next is comedy, next is romance, next is freaking Psycho Pass. I am being serious there's an episode that is pretty much Psycho Pass. With this inconsistent tone that the show gives me I found it hard to immerse myself with the story, I wasn't sure at times whether to laugh or to emote because at one point where it's serious it then turns into a comedy. I do think this show has potential despite that nitpick I made earlier and feel like it would be more effective if it was an episodic series. Instead the show uses its premise to tell a pretty generic romance story and though while having development it's not anything to be amazed about in my opinion because this kind of thing has be heavily done before in the romance genre.
Characters
This is probably my biggest problem with the show the characters suck with the exception of Isla and Zack. The main character Tsukasa is your typical generic male romance protagonist being pretty beta and experiencing love at first sight with Isla. My main issue is the show uses this to execute anime cliches all over the place because his character is beta as fuck. I don't want an arrogant protagonist but the cliche's were so frustrating to get through with this guy and there was nothing that made him unique to be a main character other than to fill in the main character role. This also goes for most characters, they all generally fit some generic trope to an extreme like Michiru is the tsundere, Kazuki is the overprotective mature one, Eru's the energetic one with the speech habit etc. etc. While these characters have backstories I wouldn't say it's enough to justify their general character because this show likes to constantly remind me how generic they are especially Michiru. It feels like the show writers were just ticking off a list of characters that they thought need to be in the anime and decided to rarely work on them. Isla is probably the only decent one because she shows development, starting off as a kuudere but actually develops her own character which is a plus and I only like Zack because he fucked with everyone which entertained me because I hated mostly everyone.
Presentation (Animation and sound)
The animation probably the best thing about this anime, I'm not entirely for the whole 'moe' appeal that the show tries to give off to some characters like Isla but even so this anime looks good and has a nice style to it, I'd say that a lot of people will most likely appreciate the art style. The soundtrack on the other hand for me was barely noticeable including the opening and the ending.
Conclusion
This show had potential and in my opinion could have been something better but it decided instead to use it's premise to deliver a generic romance story with 'feels' and just because it has 'feels' doesn't mean it's instantly amazing. The execution is incredibly inconsistent and the characters are incredibly generic that I can't see this show as amazing. There is some enjoyment to be had and if you enjoy your romance stories then go ahead and check it out but if you're looking for something to watch in general I wouldn't recommend this.
