Story line: Say I Love You is about Mei Tachibana, a girl who decided she didn't need any friends because of how people treated her when she was young. Until she meets Yamato Kurosawa whom she accidentally injures and he ends up falling in love with her and they start to date. Now this anime had a really good story-line but it wasn't really those twos relationship that caught my attention. It was how Mei and other victims of bullying took it. This anime revolves heavily around bullies and victims of it and that's what I loved about this anime. Every episode, even if it was only for one, it would talk about one of the characters past and how they got bullied, like Mei.
Characters: I liked most of the characters like Mei. She was hilarious at times and other times she made me supper depressed but because of her making new friends, her true self, the funny and shy type started to surface. Another one of the best characters and my favorite at that was Aiko. Her past just really hit me and just her character in general. She stands up to anyone that pisses her off and that's what I loved about her. I did not like Yamato one bit. Sure he did help Mei out of her lonely bubble but he was just such a prick. He would keep thinking that Mei was cheating on him and he didn't stand up for Kai when he was being bullied. He was just such a crappy character, not a crappy written one but the character himself, his personality and everything was horrible. Now the last character I'm gonna talk about his Megu. I did not like her but when her past was revealed and it was a lot like Mei's was what got to me. She was a bitch to Mei and almost a lot of other people but she sorta made up for it but I still don't really like her. Though her hair is gorgeous, oh my god.
Animation: It wasn't anything amazing, in my opinion but for the opening I think it really stood out. At the beginning where Mei holds out her hands was probably the best part of it all but I will say that not one single moment did the animation look terrible.
Music: The voice actress who voices Megu, Minako Kotobuki did an amazing job with the room scene between her and Momo. The way she portrayed the character in that scene and any other scene was amazing. I also give praise for Ai Kayano who played Mei, Risa Taneda who played Asami and of course, Yumi Uchiyama who voiced Aiko. The opening was beautiful, most likely because it was performed by the late Ritsuko Okazaki who I adore, even though she is gone, she is by far one of my favourite Japanese singers.
Overall I enjoyed myself watching this anime, for I got really into it especially the last four episodes where I couldn't stop screaming at the laptop, hoping my anger will smash into Yamato and Megu somehow.
I most definitely recommend this anime if you happen to like romance and shitty characters (Yamato) and characters that have a depressing past but still want to punched them out (Megu.)
I give Say I Love you a 7/10 and a 3.2 out of 5 stars.
