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Ya know when there is an anime with a sports genre, we think of beginner's luck followed by the reality of losing and a competitor that trash talk at the main character. But not like this where the main character itself is the antagonist herself, and we're talking about Hanasaki Ayano, who from a sweet girl who abandons badminton when she was left by her mom, to a condescending bitch when she finds herself going back to the sport that made her quit in the first place thank in part from her childhood friend, Fujisawa Elena. As the protagonist we see Ayano doing what the usual antagonist does , attitude , winning, smirking and then trash talking. Ok so the story plot has that cliche drama of the main character, being alone, and finding his or her place in the world, but then again, this isn't about badminton , rather it all about the two competitor , Ayano and Nagisa, as they struggle to be the best and at the same time having the obsession of beating the other in order to put the loser in her place. But in the end , it didn't when that way as nothing tragic has happened with nay of them , nagisa only have a not so serious injury, Ayano lose to her by just 1 point , and then the no good mom of Ayano, finds herself being forgiven, I mean, not much of a good ending. But to me, I really find ayano being an antagonist that I like and where her bitchyness is something I can forgive, Nagisa, well, she may have this never give up attitude and work hard thing for her but much of it was her frustration from losing to a middle schooler in a badminton tournament which we see from the first episode, in fact I would have love to see her lose again to Ayano and at the same time really have a bad injury that she'll never play again kind of thing, but like I've said it ended like everything is ok and everyone will be friends again kinda shit. But enough of that, here are mya ratings:
Story-Good 7: Cu'z it was just the usual cliche sport drama, but then again, having the kind of character like Ayano and Nagisa make up for it somehow.
Art-Poor 3: Cu'z there weren't any intense fanservices around, but I do have a fuss about the Kitakomachi High School Badminton club attire, which look more like the old haydays of Superman and Batman wearing their underwear outside their suits, except here it looks like they're wearing leotards outside of their rompers that I find it dorky.
Sound-Good 7: Cu'z you can feel the sound of being tired or being exhausted as each players duke out with each other in the court.
Character-Very Good 8: To me it's very good since Hanasaki Ayano is one main character who is the antagonist that I like.
Enjoyment- Very Good 8: Since it was something that makes one empathize with the character.
Overall- fair 6: I may have like how the plot of focusing everything on Ayano Vs Nagisa on a rematch, but I kinda hate how it ends as if studio LIDENFILMS and director Ezaki, Shinpei wanted an good ending where everyone move forward for the best, I mean, it just has that cliche ending..........so , don't even think about another season bitch.
