Now, which do I think did it better? Honestly, my vote is Hori-san to Miyamura-kun. The pacing of Horimiya just doesn't feel right. Horimiya skips a lot of (not super important, but story-changing) details and scenes and changes the story and dialogue in quite a few ways that makes me prefer Hori-san to Miyamura-kun. Also, Hori-san to Miyamura-kun puts the audience's eyes on the main relationship the most, while still including other relationships. I felt like Horimiya spent too much time segment-hopping to try to fit in development between other characters and in turn did not give Hori and Miyamura enough screen time.
I still think that Horimiya is the best new anime of the season, if not Wonder Egg, but that's simply because the other two anime I've considered don't have too much more to offer either, and Ex-Arm is, well, Ex-Arm. That, and the animation was pretty good here.
I think the rating is juiced and this anime doesn't deserve it, it's not even close to being one of the best anime, and I'm glad it didn't last any longer than 13 episodes. It would be best if they release a few OVA-one being the group trip talked about in episode 13-that capture some experiences between Hori and Miyamura from the manga, as well as Yuki and Tooru because, come on, that'd be cute. I don't see this anime getting a second season (they already graduated, what more would they even add), nor do I really want it.
Definitely worth the watch, but even a 7/10 is a pretty generous score.
