First, I do not know why the anime decided to cram the 120+ chapters in 13 episodes without thinking about doing an another season or something.
I will review this anime, but as the anime alone but also comparing the manga also.
Story: 8
Horimiya explores the story of a Miyamura and Hori coincidently encountering together and falls in love. Miyamura being the unpopular one and Hori being popular. So kind of cliche but still unique on its own. The anime explores their relationship as the main, but also the side characters relationship as well.
Art: 10
The art is phenomenal. Cloverworks does a great job on the art, it's always a hit or miss and this one being a hit. Their art is usually good and Horimiya was good. Lot's of flashing and subtle transition and background art is what makes the audience a lot more engaged. The art is similar to the manga and is done well. Obviously not 100% smilier but is close enough.
Sound: 10
Honestly, one of the most strongest factors in this anime. The opening or the ending songs are just fire.
They are addicting always listened in the beginning until the end to make sure to hear these music.
Character: 9
The characters themselves are not unique or anything. Typical male lead with no friends, and the female lead being the popular one. Very much cliche, but that doesn't mean that the characters are bad. However, there is definite character development, mostly towards Miyamura but some to Hori as well. Miyamura makes friends and accepts his old self, not that he was disregarding it Hori is able to show her "true" self to her friends a lot easier. The side characters; most shows have side characters just to support the male lead, but in this anime they are also very detailed and is specified like the male leads. They have their own personality + relationships which really hapless with the anime.
Enjoyment: 9 & Overall: 8
I wasn't satisfied with the manga and therefore I also wasn't for the anime. However I will say that this is still a great show with great writing. The anime left out some manga chapters, this is the result of craming the anime into 13 episodes. Therefore some exciting and wholesome filler type chapters hasn't been animated. Hope there will be a OVA or some type. The anime seemed to fast paced, for example from being beginning of the break and suddenly we're at the end of break. The pacing was the only problem and apart from that, the anime was good. However, overall the anime is a 8/10. As a manga reader, the anime adaptation was done fine. Highly recommended to watch this. Kind of cliche and predictable, but that's all romance shows. So interested in romance? Then this is for you.
