I ventured into this anime hearing good things about it from all sources such as people recommending it online ,the fact that it won at the cruchyroll awards and also that fucker The Anime Man praising it
Plot/Story
When it comes to anime , im all about the action and higher meaning even sprinkle a little symbolism... But the story, for me, was too dull. I mean its slice of life and i did not have any high expections to start with but the plot here was all dull. It fails to grab the watchers attention in my case,Kiriyama who is an expert shogi player has the attitude of someone who has just given up on life,he is just so dull ,so unenergetic that he makes you feel the same way too when you watch. Kiriyama's tragic life story begins later on but by this time I was so uninterested to even care but for the most part,the plot is kiriyama going to his shogi matches,kiriyama going to school, kiriyama going to akari's place and helping them with whatever problem they have. But seriously this Anorexic kid's pitifull state of mind was the most off putting thing
Art/Sound
The art is good for the most part,I really like and appriciate the small things such as momo's design suiting her personalitiy,and the cats etc but there are certain things i don't like ...such as the fact that i HATE the way kiriyama's mouth is shaped .....sometimes especially when he is annoyed its really bad. The voice Acting was Superb! Couldn't have asked for better.... all the voice actors were so in tune with their characters and it was just a perfect fit espcially momo ,the cats and Kouda
In the end I'd like to state again that i wrote this review for a very niche group of people but you are free to take from it what you will.thanks for taking the time to read this
