Story. 5
S.K. is a Yuri romance, meaning, many of the characters and love displayed is lesbian in nature. Yuri has a very small representation in anime, and only a small amount of it is really anything worth watching.
The concept is a good one. Girl A is a lesbian, and she likes cute lesbians, as a matter of preference. Girl B is a lesbian, but only for Girl A. Girl A is oblivious, and goes out of her way to point out how ill-suited Girl B is for her, often in casual conversation.
The story revolves around Girl B trying to win the love of Girl A.
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At some point, we assume she succeeds. Without any real turning event, reason, or explanation, Girl A starts becoming very timid about Girl B, and shyly in love. This sounds nice, but it's such a sudden flip without explaining WHY Girl B suddenly became her type, you start wondering what you missed.
Now add in a Lesbian Club, a boy who cross-dresses like a Boku no Pico reject to win the affection of Girl B, some loli-con, and a nii-san complex, and suddenly you fill out the itinerary of the shows remaining episodes.
Art. 7
The character designs are good. They do a good job of making Girl B fairly plain looking most of the time, then highlight her pretty features when she relaxes. The animation uses lots of stills screens, crayola backgrounds, and bodies without faces or detail, but since it's not really a chibi-friendly tale or setting, it looks bad rather than cute most of the time.
Sound. 6
There's a obnoxious piano score that's almost always present, and it overpowers a lot of the subtle action in the screen. A few voices are really bad, and a few are really good.
Characters. 6
Usually Yuri's strongest points are characters that you want to see succeed. In this case, there's a giant alpha-yuri that is a mary-sue, a loli-yuri that's her girlfriend and the "sassy one", a couple of side characters that only needed one episode to explain them, not multiples like they got, and the main pairing.
The problem is that no one ever confesses, or even makes a subtle overture to explain their feelings, other than alpha x loli. You never get the feeling it's love, and not bicurious crushes.
Enjoyment. 6
The pacing was pretty horrible. The first 6 episodes made me almost quit. The next 4 were okay, then a strange last second curve ball and horrible ending. I hear the manga ties things up, but even though I'm a completionist I might skip it. I liked things better once they formed the Team Yuri, but even that made me start wondering why they chose that as a thing in episode 7/13.
Overall: 5
I say this a lot. This show is exactly why we need MORE Yuri, so shows like this get exposed for their issues and future writers can learn from it.
Too often, the plot becomes, "Lets see if these lesbians ever hook up." But in this case, they don't. Even worse, there's no actual portrayal of a good relationship in this anime. AlphaxLoli try to be the stable relationship, but even they just poke fun at stereotypes in an anime that is supposed to be a realistic portrait of a lesbian couple.
It's not very good.
If you want to see yuri relationships. Skip this.
If you want to see some yearning and a lot of stuttering. See this.
If you want any kind of heavy petting or physical love. Skip this.
If you want to see a little character growth, pay attention to Girl B.
The show ends without resolving anything. So there's that too.
