First things first, I went into this anime expecting some real deal romance, thinking 102 episodes should be enough to bring on some real development. So if you're going into this anime for that, I don't recommend it, it's as slow paced and dragged as a 12-24 episode typical shoujo anime in this day. Note it is also involve love triangle/squares. The annoying thing about this anime is they lead you on with the romance, right when it you think it's going somewhere... the anime is diverted in some other direction!! which is a shame since there was so much potential for the romance, Sana and Akito had truly great chemistry!
If you are here more for the drama and comedy. This is for you!
This is drama and comedy show at it's best, the best part is it's NOT CLICHE. This is what make's it so great, it's quite refreshing.
There are very few anime's around that can actually make me laugh out loud, and this is one of them. The first half of the anime was hilarious but as it goes on it does start to die out. The drama is so crazy and silly all the time, the plot twists are so unexpected, I love not knowing what's going to happen next.
It;s a emotional roller coaster, you will cry, you will laugh, you will be angry and you will also be touched!
The art is old school style, although I think it was good for it's time! I actually like this style because the characters look realistic, like real people. No crazy hairstyles here, and not stereotypical characters to match their hair colour.
The characters are some of the best I've come across.
They are so funny and unique and some will be like nothing you've come across before. Even the supporting characters actually have more depth and personality to them then you may expect.
I really loved Akito, Sana and her mother, and more. There's so much to say about them!! Its rare to take a liking to so many characters in one series.
The one thing I wish they didn't have in this show though.. is Babbit. This character makes such unnecessary comments and pops out all the time. He got annoying quick!
The sound is nothing to rave about but for it's day I guess it was okay. But I found the same music was quite overused.
But the opening song and dance alone was great. After first hearing it I knew this anime would be great. Even 102 episodes later that Op still puts me in a good mood and want to dance along.
Also Sana's occasional music/singing skits throughout the show were a fun touch!
So I watched the first 52 episodes in dubbed. But actually I never watch dubbed for anything, the voices always sound so wrong and don't match at all. But wow.. In Kodocha they're so good. But it made watching episodes in Japanese later a bit hard - the Japanese just didn't compare.
Overall, I was unimpressed with the romance development only to be led on all the time. Also everything was extremely dragged out, you will need to be patient, with all the fillers and sidetracked episodes. The ending also leaves you hanging and incomplete when I was expecting it to be all wrapped up considering it had so many episodes. This show actually had so much potential to go further.
But on the plus side, it's much deeper than it may appear, and you will be moved along the way, grow attached to the characters, you will be addicted and the 102 episodes will fly by!
