Where do I even begin to praise this anime? The visuals are on point with the mood, i doubt any other style would make justice to the story being told, the story itself is a total treat and the pacing feels absolutely fantastic, even animation mistakes are funny, i know i laughed!
Starting from the top, the visuals are just amazing, they won't blow anyone away nor are they super stylized, but they fit so well, the blushing effects, the way characters are drawn, nobody looks over the top nor do they look like the team put all their eggs into that one basket, they all look amazing, very pretty girls, even the MC has a cute charm to him (it was very effective)
As for the plot... well, the to put it short it was amazing, but if i am to be real blunt about it, the whole "she's not what she seems" plot thread is not only extremely obvious from the very start it is pretty poorly executed, but i doubt anyone's watching "Tonikaku Kawaii" for the mystery-undertone plot are they? So in the end it really just boils down to the core focus, the married life story and oh boy is it good, the writers could have taken the easy way out and make this a slice of life anime where nothing's connected and nobody ever learns anything, its just a reset buton at the end of every episode, but they didn't, and I am OH SO GLAD we live in this specific dimension, cuz this love story does not start strong and end strong, it starts weak, with the outsiders to this love doubting it and trying to foil it at times, and ends with this crazy love proving itself as true, and that true love is what really seals the deal with other people and has them accept our main duo.
When it comes to the pacing i wanted to bring special attention to it, even outside of the overarching story the pacing itself feels not only amazing, it feels real, feels like youre actually looking into a real relationship, neither character is perfect, both the male MC and the female MC make plenty of mistakes, and even with that in mind neither of them feel actually flawed, they feel real, and just like a real relationship has times where it speeds up and slows down, the show too had moments where one of the characters is more so off screen, the writers are not affraid to have our male MC be busy and focus on the female MC or the other way around, or even them both!
On a side note, it bugs me a little when the narration type changes on the fly, which happens on the "13th episode" which kinda isnt part of the first season but it still is...
As for the animation mistakes in specific... its just fun, i only actually noticed 2 animation mistakes, both of them made me not only laugh out loud but also screenshot it and send it to my friends (if you know you know)
And now the BONUS ROUND: dirty jokes!
Alright so, i know this show is meant for kids, but only about 40% of the dirty jokes land, the other 60% just don't really make it for actual adults who know how sex and such works, if you're at least 20-something most of the dirty jokes will make you roll your eyes at least a bit, BUT i wont be too harsh on this cuz i am fully aware that kids (me included when i was younger) really not only laugh at them but see themselves on them, being unconfortable on a womens underwear store is something a 15 year old finds extremely funny but... you know, as an adult that's just something that yknow, EXISTS, no harm being a male in one of those, other people wont really care that much, that sort of stuff
Overall it was a great show, i am incredibly torn between 8 and 9, the damn mystery subplot really sours the first season plus some few narration inconsistencies make me want to give it an 8, but honestly it is just fun. 9 it is
