Reviews

This high-school anime is much more like a drama, which may be refreshing if you're tired of light novel adaptions. A light, youthful love story is portrayed in a very quiet, low key fashion, without outlandish events, fanservice, or the humour that fills real slice of life shows. Howa and Mami's growing relationship is earnest, at times very touching, and exceptionally believable, but sadly not portrayed with much nuance, or originality in the direction. Character types are clear and distinct, but development is slow and shallow. A 'realistic' drama needs much deeper and more original insight into the real world, or it becomes simply flat and uninteresting.

Note that I restricted my critique to Blondie and the Class Rep; 2/3rds into the series, this has NOT been the ensemble show the opening suggests. Ep 7 prodded a secondary couple through an offensive and appalling piece of soap opera. The 'main character' and the Nice Girl have drifted through an uninspired procession of would-be-cute moments, without making a fraction of the progress Blondie and Class Rep make in a single episode. Without good music, cinematography, original characterisation or writing to suggest romantic tension, it's a little sweet, but boring and forgettable. Although the opening song is quite good, the animation is very cheap and the other music, as mentioned, is uninspired.