Reviews

When they titled this "Harukana Receive" original creator Nyoi, Jizai knows exactly whats he is making, and yes it's about a city slicker Haruka Oozora and a former beach volleyball aficionado who already hanged up her mantle , Kanata Higa, who found themselves competing in a beach volleyball tournament with the latter finding himself going back to the very sport that she used to play before with her former partner, Tooi Narumi, Though "receive" maybe a volleyball term, here (be it in the manga or anime) it also means that they receive the mantle of being Japan's best in the sport of Beach Volleyball. However , let us not forget , that this was aired in the summer, when the beaches were in and the bikinis were hot, and them characters being in their hot 2 piece swimsuit was basically a sight for sore eyes for them fans who has a thing for 2D characters in such outfit and as much as it disgust me Claire Thomas gets high marks followed by Haruka whom was in her plaint bikini. So basically, this has little to do with beach volleyball, since there were scene here that seemly in violation of the laws of physics and one move in particularly of kicking the ball would penalize the player, so whatever knowledge that original creator Nyoi, Jizai has about the sport of beach volleyball were probably just as usual as anyone would know based on what they watch, so let's just stop pretending since this was just all about the bikinis, boobies, asses and the bodies , nothing else. Now. c'mon that's what everyone enjoys , so regardless, of what other reviews says , it just all about them beach bodies , cu'z real life beach volleyball players don't have hot bodies like we see here, it's either them real life beach volleyball players bodies were skinny or a bit muscular or a times a bit chubby, so without further adieu, here's how I see it:

Story-Good 7: since it combines two things, a city girl who enters the world of beach volleyball in order to make it big and her partner forced to come back to the sports that she already quit, and the two buxom American girls whose serves as the wall that the two have to overcome.

Art-Outstanding 10 : based on ny bikini ratings:

Clare Thomas, Ayasa Tachibana,Thomases Mom and Haruka Oozora: Outstanding 10

Emily Thomas: Great 9, if it weren't for the glasses.

Kanata Higa: Good 7, for her ass.

Narumi Tooi: fair 6, she has the ass, but up there is flat as a pancake.

Akari Oshiro: Poor 3, wtf, her bikini was a disaster, cu'z she looks more like a 70's whore.

Mai Sunagawa and Ai Tanahara and others, well they ain't bad.

Sound-fair 6: No Comment here, thought it was nice to hear from seiyuu Itou Kanade again, I wonder what she's been up to lately????

Character Good 7: Well, to see Haruka being this bubbly cheerful character was nice, but she can be annoying sometimes, when she becomes a pitbull when she finds something interesting and drags someone else with her in the process. Kanata Higa on the other hand, we know that she quits playing beach volleyball, but it seems that studio C2C didn't mention as to why did she quit playing.....The Thomas sisters on the other hand were something else but I kinda hate that they have faced off with their former protege only to loose to them, I would have prefered that they've faced off with Narumi and Ayase and the loose to them, where Haruka and Kanata avenges them and won, that would have been a good ending....Now , Akari Ooshiro, to me I find her more as an excess baggage whom was put as a mere errand girl than a manger, in fact, I would have preferred that she be one of the players who was partnered with either Mai Sunagawa or Ai Tanahara.

Enjoyment-fair 6: It's just all about the beach bodies and nothing else.

Overall- fair 6: To those bikini fanservices fans out there, ENJOY!!!!!!!!!