SHORT REVIEW
18if is about a teenage guy who enters witches' dreams. These so called witches have fallen asleep in real life with what's called "Snow White Syndrome", sort of like a coma. The guy enters their dreams and helps them wake back up, in the process helping them solve regrets or revenge they had while previously awake. Each episode has a different story with a different witch. Some episodes are cutesy and others are pretty gory. Overall they are each enjoyable on their own.
IN DEPTH REVIEW
18if is about a guy who appears to be in his mid to late teens. He appears to be stuck in some sort of dream world. A door usually appears at some point and when he walks through it he enters a witch's dream. These witches are actually just women who have what is called "Snow White Syndrome". This is not a real life medical condition but it is used as a term for talking about envy. Each witch has some sort of regret or revenge from before they fell asleep and their dreams portray said regrets. Each episode is mostly about him in their dream and helping them get over their regret. Each witches' story is different from one another, some much darker than others. A couple of them have quite surprising endings as well.
You can't really base the whole anime on the very first episode. Every episode is different in its own way which I really like. There are some episodes that are even more "cutesy" than the first and some that a more "gorey" than the first episode and of course everywhere in between. There are some really short but amazing stories that go to each episode, especially episode 7 which is the last episode I watched before making this review.
If you want an anime that has an in depth story that connects from episode to episode then 18if is not for you. But I highly suggest giving it a try seeing how a lot of the episodes have unique and sometimes very good stories on their own. I'll also add that the animation was completely different for episode 7 but it just added to it's uniqueness even more.
If you want an anime with characters that progress and change through the episodes then 18if is not for you. The only thing that has really changed since the first episode is the "witch" of whose dream they enter to save and also a few looks into the main characters' personal lives with not much detail. However I like the little detail they give you. It makes them much more intriguing and makes you want to continue to find out more about them.
Overall, I believe 18if does not deserve a 10/10 for a masterpiece nor does it deserve a 4/10 or 6/10. I truly think it is unique and enjoyable to watch. So based on the low rating this has as of right now on MAL, either I'm seeing something in this that other people aren't or I am seeing something that isn't there.
I highly suggest at least giving this a try up to episode 3.
