Hatsukoi Limited is best described a collection of short stories revolving numerous characters each with their own unique story.
It's very hard to right a review with so many stories that are connected to only anime season, so i will break this down by character (Key).
Plot - Follows a group of 5 girls who seek a relationship or their first love, each episodes focuses on a different girl (First episode is Arihara Ayumi's)
Characters (Plus my opinion on them)
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Arihara Ayumi
- A bubbly character who is asked out by Misao Zaitzu (Monster). Though she claimed she would accept any offer, she is consistently unsettled by Zaizu's monstrous appearance. However, she shows she can be somewhat caring as well as crafty, you see her a little at the start where she is trying not to hurt Misao's feelings, when she then meets her "First Love At First Sight" who is Zaitzu's brother.
she has to ask herself does Zaitzu's brother really love her or does she have feelings for Misao if she can look beyond his looks.
Kei Enomoto
- LOVE this storyline, Kei is apparently very popular with guys due to her "mature" face. However, she sees the attention she receives as a hassle, and believes confessions of love are just a chore if the feeling isn't mutual. She openly admits that looks are a major factor in choosing a relationship, but carries a love-hate (mostly hate) relationship with Kusuda, Who she nicknames "Kappa Face" they have a relationship where they both are too immature to realize there feelings, this part becomes the main storyline, for some the other characters story's may just get in the way of this one but i think its done perfectly and even this story NEEDED the others.
Koyoi Bessho
- Sub character really who is shown a few times, she mainly has a brother complex.
Nao Chikura
- Another sub character (Kinda) a guy who is connected to the story loves her but does she really love him or does she love a senpai she's known for years.
Dobashi, Rika
- The most level headed out of the group, Rika seems to enjoy teasing others. She is in Ayumi's grade. A well known tom-boy, Doba excels in athletics and has been stated to be domineering.
Through athletics she finds a shy guy who loves her, they form a relationship straight away, she is featured a few times usually to balance out the group.
There is PLENTY more characters who are also featured, they seem to all revolve around the brothers or the group of girls, some have strong points some don't but overall even in the sub characters they are really good to watch and make the whole show, a rare occasion is i didn't dislike anyone (well maybe 1 kind of).
Conclusion
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*A special menthion once again for the Enomoto/Kusuda storyline which was fantastic, the rest were really good and all different but compelling all the same, this is due to some AMAZING writing for this series.
*The artwork is stunning and in Blu-ray it looks mindblowing at some points.
*The sound is good nothing wrong with them, they suit the characters perfectly.
*Character development is great you see them ALL progress which is rare to see.
*I cannot get over how good the Enomoto/Kusuda storyline was its worth it just for that tbh, althought the ending is good but like many series in the Comedy/Romance section they end abruptly which is a bit dissapointing and lets it down (Slightly) for me, don't get me wrong this series is amazing but it just takes a edge of it which is why i give it an 9.
