While not the masterpiece VN fans hoped for, Fruits of Grisaia is absolutely worth checking out if MAL's synopsis piqued your interest!
To those out their who are anime only viewers (i.e. will not play the visual novel), do not let yourself be dissuaded from watching by VN-purists! The one thing the anime adaptation succeeds with that the VN failed at is CONCISENESS! Despite cramming all the routes into one season, Fruits does a good job of getting the main points across, and gives ample screentime to the fan favorite route.
Much of the flak Fruits gets comes from too much being packed into one season. Only two of the five girls have their stories expanded upon for more than one episode. If only the show had a few more episodes, one each to flesh out the routes of the neglected three, I think much of the dissent this season garnered could have been avoided.
