Music:
The background music was emotional, with hints of classicalism. I didn't find it anything special, however, nor did I find any pieces extremely moving.
The OPs and EDs were average; seem appropriate for a shoujo romance drama. I enjoyed the first opening above the others, and didn't care for the second opening.
Art:
The art appears shoujo style. Individual hair strands are drawn, which gives it kind of a messy hair look, for everyone.
The background sometimes looked 2D. Also, sometimes the background appeared to be missing some things - sometimes telephone poles will have the tops drawn but the pole will suddenly end, as if the top of the pole is just floating in the air. The artists have odd ways of ensuring emphasis on characters - for the MC's glasses, the sides are not drawn (although I understand this is to show his eyes fully); the scene where a girl was talking to another character through a fence, her face appeared as if it was in front of the fence while the rest of her body was behind the fence.
Characters:
The female characters are extremely annoying, violent, and are quick to jump to conclusions. They're so obnoxious; how am I supposed to sympathize with them?
The main girl was not likeable at all - what kind of person bursts into someone else's life without knowing anything about him, and when he tries to explain, she says she gets it even though she knows nothing - then bosses him into doing stuff that he insists he cant do, then gets mad when he can't do it? Then she has the nerve to think she's on top of the world. One minute the MC is depressed and pours his heart out to her, and the next she just says something that isn't relevant and all, (and he eats it up and thinks she is great) and she then goes right back to abusing him.
And the secondary girl was also not likeable and unable to be sympathized with. All she does is be selfish get mad at the MC for no reason, or for reasons that are completely unrealistic - and if she's his childhood friend, why doesn't she know anything about him? She won't even admit to herself that she has feelings for him, yet gets angry if he even looks at another girl - completely distasteful. And when he finally makes a decision about his future, she selfishly doesn't feel happy for him - even though he's been stuck in the past for so long. Like what's her problem? She's so selfish.
The only characters that I ended up liking were the little girl (Koharu) and Tsubaki's friend who tries to knock sense into her.
Story:
At the end of the story, it feels like they just threw away the rival characters' stories - there was no more about them after the last plot point. What was the point of developing them, just to show how great the protagonist is? If you're not going to give them the ending, the spotlight that they deserve after all their work?
Overall, I was extremely annoyed the entire time I watched this anime, simply because of the characters. Story, art, music I found average. I personally don't see the appeal of this anime at all.
