Although I enjoyed the first 5-7 episode, The show suffered from tonal discontinuity after the 11th episode, it seemed like I was watching a completely different show.
I really can't pin point what's the focus(struggle) of this show, is it the shouji, is it "loneliness" of our protagonist, is it the MC's stepsister.
The show tries way too hard to be many things, a sports show, slice of life, drama, but it Can't really achieve any of these.
The "depth" in the characters seems forced,
The focus on shouji seemed like a bad decision to me
Most characters have no reason to be there.
MC is depressed at the start but it's never really touched later in the series.
The stepsister character could have been done a lot better, the creators tried to give her some depth but it doesn't really works.
The three sisters should have been given some more focus and a stronger "place" in the story.
It seems like they will influence the story more in the upcoming season but they really didn't have much of a role in this season considering they are part of the main cast.
The 22 ep could have been easily done in 10-11 ep.
In the end, the show could have been really good but the show tried to focus on way too many things and it ended up giving a feeling of dissatisfaction.
