This may include spoilers.
I guess I'll just start with the characters.
Koko, which is a dumb name if you aren't a dog, was just the worst type of person in this whole thing. She displays a lot of traits and qualities of that of an abusive, possessive boyfriend. Banri has to respond as soon as she texts him, he can't get a job, can't talk to or be alone with other girls. Heck, she doesn't even want him to remember his past. Doesn't once try to help him or encourage him to face it. No, it's just about her and what she wants.
She originally comes to the college to follow another guy who doesn't like her, but when she fails to control him, she gets her hooks in Banri and since he is the genetic weak-willed guy who always sports a confused look on his face, he just goes with it. She makes him turn his back on an old childhood friend who has done nothing but helped him since he came to college, even though she doesn't help him with anything!
Banri is this guy who is starting over because he lost his memory right after graduating high school. He meets Koko and after a while, they start dating but he has no choice at all. Basically, the only thing he can do is go to class, talk to people who aren't girls and always be with Koko.
He has no personality really. Since he lost his memory, he acts like his only identity is this possessive chick who tells him who he can and can't hang out with.
I didn't see any kind of chemistry at all with them. It probably had to do with how and why she came to college to start with. And sure okay, there are six episodes that show them as friends before they date and that usually serves as the chemistry building, but it fell flat. With Koko's character, I can't really see it any more than a girl not getting her way with one guy, but got it with another.
Almost every episode after the seventh one is just them always reconfirming their relationship like they are reminding each other they are dating.
The setting makes no kind of difference to me. Should have been a high school setting because that's how they were acting. And the club was more important anyway. It was most of a college club setting than a college setting. Always talking about the club and the festival. So why specifically mention the college is some private law school or whatever when they were mostly in the club talking about events?
I really felt sorry for Linda. In the childhood flashbacks, I felt some chemistry between her and Banri. She does any and everything for him and he just goes with whatever Koko says or does. Just selfish! Both of them! I was hoping she would be with the guy from the festival club. They would have been a cute couple.
Maybe it had something to do with the looks. Banri looks like a plain, boring character who should be in another anime or at least a side character in this one because of everyone, the art was just much better. Koko is this flashy, stylish girl with long brightish hair. And even Linda had these eyes that just stood out. And you put either of these girls with a guy like the main character and expect chemistry? Not for me!
Another thing that drove me nuts was the Nana character parody. I mean really? Hey, creators, your lack of originality is showing! I guess when they thought of a tough character with a soft side, they thought of Nana Osaki and that's sweet, but seriously? Same name? Same looks? Possibly the same piercings too.
Just no, this anime didn't work for me. And the ending was just a cluster fuck from hell. But I won't spoil that.
