He was in my list to watch and then, I found out that he was on Netflix and suddenly I became curious. The episodes are good and somewhat fun, but I think the development of the characters are really poor. The anime was appealing to me because of the fact that Shizuku was a cold hearted girl, who didn't care for friends or romance. But later in the episodes, she became someone who really frustrated me, with all the confusing attitude. In the other hand we have Haru, who is a "delinquent" and a really open hearted boy. He definitely got my heart. He is a little confusing in the beginning, but he became into a really sincere character and is what saved the anime for me.
Haru is fun and caring, he is the opposite of Shizuku. So this makes you think the obvious: Haru will change her.
I was hoping that too.
But what I saw was a back and forth pre-romance that didn't make me happy. Shizuku was so cold sometimes that I was ready to punch her in the face and sometimes I wanted her to be cold again. The relationship with Haru (for me) didn't move to another level. The other characters are good in their ways, like Natsume who truly wanted to be a friend for Mizutani or Ooshima, who also likes Haru, but didn't tried to ruin the couple or something. But nothing more.
I'm not saying that is bad, because it isn't. It's good to watch, but you can't expect good romance. The story has everything to be a very good piece: awesome art, sound, characters... But I guess that it's a little hard to develop a pretty story in 13 episodes. The only solution is reading the manga, that I guess can complete all the holes that exists in the anime.
Overall, for me, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun it's an anime to kill time.
