I love the originality of the story, but I've been completely bored with each episode. I keep coming back to give each episode another chance, but I get more and more put off by the male MC, Kanie Seiya. He's just a straight up douche bag. At times, he shows glimmers of potential in his actions, but he seemingly partakes in such actions for the sake of his own interests and furthering as a narcissistic individual.
I may be making a grave mistake in putting this show on hold. I see a fairly universal consensus of the gem that this show is within the genre of romantic comedy. Yet being a HUGE fan of romantic comedy, I've found this show to be a complete dirge thus far. It's been hard to watch, yet even so, I want to keep trying. I feel as if I'm missing something. I'm so detached from most of the characters and struggle with relating to them in their various facets that I'm tempted to drop it and probably will, at least for the time being.
This reaction is puzzling to me, as I'm usually not picky with anime. As a genre and means of story telling, I admire many of the ideas that are offered within the entire sphere of this art. Yet this series has been a real bore, a real pain and an immense chore to continually watch. I'll give it some more tries though, as I am hoping that the episodes to come will have more to offer.
As far as positives for this show, the originality of the story is a plus. Yet given different characters or different character qualities, I feel like so much more could be done with this series. While Kanie Seiya holds no interest to me whatsoever, his secretary Isuzu has been an interesting character who adds a level of humanity and intrigue to this plethora of otherwise mediocre to bad characters. Knowing just a bit of her backstory provides a great deal of understanding as to who she is, why she is the way she is and how she feels a great deal more than she ever lets on. Thus far, she seemingly takes an interest in Seiya, even as he addresses her tactlessly with little remorse. I hope in continuing with this anime, that their relational dichotomy can provide a grounds for Seiya to get off of his high horse. But hey, I didn't write this story. I can only hope though...
After exhausting my personal feelings regarding the story and characters, I suppose I'll briefly sum up some of the other aspects of the show...
Art- The artwork is gorgeous, vibrant and colorful. Definitely a perk to this series.
Sound/Music- Sound quality is great, music is meh. I still haven't taken a liking to the theme song at all. The vocalist sounds like a Japanese Katy Perry, and I can only handle so much American Katy Perry.
Enjoyment- I really haven't enjoyed it all that much. That aside, I think the series is well made and probably holds a treasure trove of character development and interest that I have yet to behold. I really hope that I'm wrong about this series and that it turns out to be the rom/com gem that people have told me that it is.
Overall- 5.
