Say I Love You is the story about a girl who is never noticed falling in love with a guy that everyone noticed. In other words, it is the even more basic version of every high school drama series ever created.
Story: 4
The storyline isn't the worst and at times it comes off as quite adorable. It is also a storyline that many of us can relate to, if you were the kind of kid who was never popular in high school.
Basically, Mei (female protagonist) is a very antisocial girl who decides not to make anymore friends in high school. That all changes one day when she finally meets this guy, whom for some reason she has never seen before despite them going to a high school where everyone knows everyone, and he changes her outlook on social activity. Hooray!
Art: 8
The art is the only really good thing in this show. The characters are drawn well and everything looks very calmly and peaceful, which sets the mood for this kind of series.
Sound: 7
The music is nice and the overall sound is very appealing. However, it is still not all that unique comparitively speaking. Voice acting matched the characters well, but nothing special enough for me to write about.
Character: 2.8
The characters, all of them, are completely stagnant and poorly developed.
First you have Mei, which we all know to be antisocial, but I mean she could have at least tried harder in life. I watched the entire 13 episodes hoping I would watch her blossom into this mature woman, but nooooooo. She is beyond passive, and despite gaining a bit more confidence she still has the same mediocre tone to her personality.
Then you have Yamato, the king of "marty stues". He is not only the best looking guy in the world, but he has messed around with every single girl he's met yet manages to still treat them with respect. Aw, how thoughtful of him to treat a human being like a human being, that must mean he is the most absolute perfect boyfriend in the world.
The writers are trying to fool you into thinking he is this perfect guy, but he is completely docile and clueless when it comes to the poor behavior of himself or the people around him. And sure, he is a good boyfriend (at one point) to Mei, but you quickly realize he lacks the perfect qualities you are fooled into believe he has. However, it is still played off as if he can do no wrong and it makes the entire theme feel completely phony.
Then you have everyone else, who is either beautiful and stupid or beautiful and rude. Either way, you are forced to believe that beautiful people cannot have bland personalities, that's for ugly people. I mean, this is why Mei is ugly, right? *rolls eyes*
Enjoyment: 4
Some of the scenes were very adorable to watch, and it is nice to watch shows where someone makes friends and their bond grows stronger. However, the entire series feels so fake when it comes to those strong bonds of love and friendship.
All of Mei's friends are still better friends with Yamato, and they truly behave in the way of putting Yamato before her. She doesn't define her relationship and she never defines her relationship, Yamato is their relationship. This makes the series very frustrating to watch, especially since none of the characters really improve in terms of quality.
Overall: 3.9
Welp, it's not the worst anime I have ever seen...
