When i found this anime the art style was not for me but still i gave it a chance because great story can cover up the art style was what i always thought.
Sadly this show is just a mountain of anime cliches, overused settings, overused lines and you can easily predict what's going to happen, also the story pacing wasn't good too.
In the end i just couldn't care less about the characters and the story.
Kill la Kill, Log Horizon, The devil's a part timer, Silver Spoon and Gargantia was also released that year and just look at the quality of those anime, you cant even compare.