Story 7/10 : So the story revolves around 2 characters, Aisaka Taiga, and Takasu Ryuuji, who both have a crush, Ryuuji's crush being Kushieda Minori and Taiga's being Kitamura Yuukasu. And so, after one encounter, begins their journey of helping each other to get their crush to like them. The story is well paced, and the originality is there, [POTENTIAL SPOILER] having a "love square" instead of a triangle. The story is just generally well presented, nothing much to say here.
[SPOILER RANT-ISH EXPLANATION] : Now the reasons why I hate it. [SPOILER, DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS, SERIOUSLY] In the last episode the love between Ryuuji and Taiga develops even more. Their crushes are pretty much ok with them being together, they even kiss. Then Taiga runs away, for no reason at all (maybe something philosophical) and leaves this "Harem"-esque ending. The story was built up, but then crashed down and left a cliffhanger. Yes I am salty about the ending, and that's my reason for a lower mark.
Art 8/10 : Nothing particular or Revolutionary here. The art is good however.
Sound 7/10 : The voice acting, as always is good. Taiga's voice is perfect for her character, same for all the other characters. The openings is what made this mark lower. They are, well, meh. I do not like them that much, I found myself just skipping them each time.
Character 6/10 : This is where, IN MY OPINION, this anime lacks. The only well done character is Taiga, being not a straight Tsundere, but a different kind, only having the violent side of a Tsundere. The rest however... not as good. Ryuuji : Classical "badass" MC (one of the other better done characters), really nothing special for him. Yasuko : the "young mother", I really felt weird about her, for example how is she that young if ryuuji is like 16. Kushieda : Classical tomboy with feelings, this character seemed poorly executed, as instead of character progression she had a complete change.
Kitamura : The popular guy of the class, all the girls are his. He also was poorly executed, going from the popular guy to something strange in between. I can't really explain why he is poorly executed. Ami : I have no idea what this character is supposed to be. The popular idol girl? The weak inside girl? The mature person to look up to? She seemed to have too many purposes, thus making her bad. I could go on but it's pretty much the same everywhere. The anime would be better if the characters would be better developed.
Enjoyment 6/10 : Again, because of the last episode, I now dislike this anime. It was good to watch, but I kept questioning myself about the characters. Now this is purely my mark, you may like it, I don't.
Overall : 6/10 This is not a bad 6. The anime was overall ok, with a bit of flaws. But these little flaws really ruined the anime for me. This anime is actually really good according to to other people, this is plainly my opinion.
Sorry for making this a rant-ish review.
