the story is good and enjoyable, all the spice the add into it make the story more insteresting and complex. for 2006 anime i consider this pretty good.
i really love to ship nagisa and tamao, especially tamao is kindheart girl type how many times tamao get her hopes up and down.
shizuma is beter with miyuki i think , miyuki love her so much if her not paired with man since their childs , she wouldn't hold her felling toward shizuma. she already waited for shizuma for 6 years.
yaya same as tamao , that called love i think ,with you realize or not sometimes love can hurts others
the biggest nonsense of this anime is the etoile system, why they should pick lover in the first place to representative them beside its only 3 years , its not a engagement or marriage which everything should be sacred. on episode 23 nagisa "rejected to become etoile" because she still love shizuma and accept it when try to get over her. In my though " what the heck is that, you can be etoile even if you doesnt love her just do your job and graduate, you god wont angry with you even if you have lover beside your etoile partner" hahaha
basically i love the story, it give you a feeling of curiosity and wanted more and more , complex , compilcated, and enjoyable to watch
