Story: Hajimete's story is a fairly simple one, and at first glance it appeared to show a lot of promise, and I expected it to even be a good comedy/ecchi seasonal that could help pass the time. Unfortunately, I was very wrong. Apart from the premise, there is no real story here. More a series of cliches thrown together and characters placed into them to react (I use the term character loosely). Granted, they are cliches for a reason, because they are successful and work, but it is at least my personal opinion that a story cannot be based upon them alone. 2/10 for story.
Art: The art and animation in Hajimete is an interesting issue. In half of the scenes, it is passable and at standard to be average (like a 5 or 6), but in the other half of the scenes it is quite atrocious. I managed to count a couple times where lip flaps didn't remotely sync up, people's eyes came off of their faces, or were just cropped in side views so that they ended up looking deformed, or just plain horrible. The only saving grace is that whenever the show saw a money-shot, they doubled down on that and the animation went through the roof (always good to see where a show's budget goes). I'm giving this a 3/10 for art.
Sound: I really tried. but I was unable to really find any solid tracks in the OST whilst watching this. It wasn't bad, per se. But nothing stood out, and it never seemed to accentuate a scene, half the time I didn't even realise it was there, and not in the good ambient way, just in general, due to its lack of an impact on the viewer and the show. A 2/10 for sound.
Character: This was probably the part about the show that upset me the most, because if the characters were good, I could accept the rest of the show and maybe even bump up a couple numbers here and there, but they're one of the worst aspects of it. Again, calling them characters is a very loose use of the term, character traits would be more accurate. The girls have: the onii-chan loli, the tsundere, the bitch, and the main girl. The males have: the misogynist, the lame one who is also a misogynist, but to a lesser degree, the pedophile and the main character. It's especially funny when the characters are used to point out how hilarious grown men being attracted to small children is, or how women are objects (obvious sarcasm is obvious), and I cannot fathom how several people all agreed that the characters that the audience is supposed to bond with are either one-dimensional, or just plain offensive. In my humble opinion, this can only receive a 1/10 for it's "characters".
Enjoyment: I swore I would never drop an anime that I watched, and this took me over 6 months to get through since I began to watch it and even then it took its toll on me. I found myself continually checking the progress bar and groaning. Words cannot accurately convey my disdain for this anime and as of this date, and most likely forever, I plan to place this anime within its own special circle of hatred within my heart as my least favourite anime. This could only get a 1/10 for enjoyment.
Overall: Overall, this anime is getting a 1/10. I came in wanting to like it and I just couldn't. With all of its glaring errors/issues in its story/art/sound/character, I would place this in a similar category as hentai, but without the only reason people watch it. I can honestly think of no real redeeming qualities for this anime, try as I might, but all they really had in mind was the traditional 'sex sells'. Ecchi is one of my least favourite genres because of all the pitfalls it can fall into, but if it is done right, it can birth some beautiful and amazing franchises, I'm just disappointed that this ended up falling into the black hole of fanservice, at the expense of the show's quality, or as a substitute for the lack of.
