The art was Good throughout featuring unique looking characters and the scenery and backgrounds were clean as well. The characters themselves being based on fairy tale characters was a unique concept though this could of been expanded on throughout the show and made into a more interesting feature.
This series features a narrator which to be blunt was the most annoying thing I have yet to incounter in any anime. Not only was the narrator there for comic relief mostly, but in addition to the inaffective jokes, she would talk over the characters conversations often at crucial plot points. The narrator became even more agrivating as the series went on and she began to repeat character introductions. Furthermore when the transition from the anime talking to the narrator butting in happened it often caused the sound quality to lowered, and the volumn would fluctuate on the transition. This series would of been better off without this feature.
The character progression focused mostly on Ryoushi and Ryouko who grew as the story moved forward. The side characters changed little and though I was mostly watching for the story between the two characters it seemed the others around them went through a lot as well but hardly changed. It made the story feel closed off and distanced the Ryoushi and Ryouko from the rest of their group.
Finally the pacing of the story was not great. It seems to me first of all that episode 12 should of came before episode 10 and 11, from a climatic standpoint. Furthermore the progression of Ryoushi was all over the place as in some episodes he would do better with his phobia but then the very next he would seem much worse. I more or less like pacing that has a grand cressendo with a nice neat finish, which this series did not have in my opinion at all.
However, despite the many set backs I did ultimately get caught up in the love story, laugh with the puns and comedy, and feel the struggles of the hero and heroine as they made their way through their ordeals. So as entertainment goes this anime series did its job for me there, though I will probably not recommend it unless it seems to fit an individuals personality or anime likes.
Overall Rating 5/10
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