The story is well created its not typical and since it focus on an earlier time and place when everything was different i would say that brings out something unique in that regards. This is best examplified with how some people behave or act since remember this anime is set in an older time there people had less choices in their life. I have two minds about this story as i have watched this anime. On one hand i have the feelings of loving the flow but , on the other hand i only like the flow to a certain point in the anime. After the introduction episodes were done there we found out about most characters i felt they tried to pack too much drama into it and it became staggering how much you felt the story stopped and flowed as one watched it. It was kinda like a crack in a record that just kept staggering. And this is kinda why for me the anime at a point took what i felt was a melodramatic turn until it slowed and went into a nice pace again of a sort.
As with many musical anime its no wonder that in this case the music takes the highest marks because this anime gives from what i feel a great representation of jazz. Although there can always be more its a nice that there is an anime that manage to capture and make people like the genre just from having watched an anime.
So in this anime there is 3 main character which i can try to summarise my thoughts about.
Kawabuchi, Sentarou who is the typical delinquent who gets into fights with random people and is mostly feard by many due to his strenght. Hes a nice enough and likeable character in itself but he also is the typical dense character who doesnt realise how he feels many times and has to be told by his friend who has to try to steer him the right way. That dense character can sometimes get too much as with any character with that trait.
Nishimi, Kaoru is an introverted boy who has had to move alot around when he was young. Due to this he is made into at first being the typical boy who gets pushed into taking the mantle from his family and do what they/his aunt tell him to. Feels like a pushover but has a really outgoing personality and is fun to follow as you watch the anime and gets to know his thoughts and feelings. Although i would say in his case his drama can sometimes gets too much and it starts to get irritating.
Mukae, Ritsuko is a female who feels very much like the shy yet lovable character who one almost feel is a supportive one but as you move through the story one sees her as a true main and learn to feel with her or get irritated over her depending on your feelings.
I enjoyed this anime alot although there were things i wished could have been done better i really enjoyed how most of it went. I would recommend this anime to most people although some might say that the beginning is slow or that a character seems a little too boring and doesnt show enough i can almost promise that it will get better. Its great for those who want to enjoy music with a good story combined with some interesting characters that you will enjoy in your own ways.
Although i might praise it alot more i still feel that this anime for me is an 8. Why because i feel that it was being too dramatic for my taste. There was a certain point in it there i felt there was a good balance between the two but as the anime went further it went more and more on the melodrama and it annoyed me that i rarely got a moment to just enjoy the anime and music it had.
