Well in my opinion it doesn’t match qualities of previously mentioned anime, but I still found it enjoyable in MOST PARTS. There were some cliché things which bothered me like few toxic and generic characters and repetetiveness.
STORY: 7/10
Narrative was pretty interesting and I lliked how they combined Sci-fi elements with romance. Sci-fi was pretty trivial in first 7-8 episodes, but they starting to deal with this sort of stuff more and more later on. It made me wonder how are certain characters connected to each other and what happened to our MC that he suffers from his illness. Space traveling and his Sci-fi kind of illness were interesting choice to make plot different and not just another classical romance story.
Romance between main characters and not just them, but between some side ones was sweet and enjoyable. Development of their relationship blossomed to beautiful love story. On the other hand there was some repetetiveness in my eyes. When they got interrupted before kissing in almost each end of the episode, it started to get annoying pretty fast. On top of that they need to put toxic characters in there like generic younger obssesed sister which is practically Skuld from Oh my Goddess and her only reason to be there is to make you angry. Overall it disrupts slow paced otherwise smooth progress of the plot. Last two episodes were little bit confusing and
you need to fully focus to understand what is going on. I was little bit confused by that jumping in time and memory loss.
Characters: 8/10
Onegai teacher characters except for few exceptions were main strength of this show. I could easily emphatize with most of the characters and understand their actions. Our main duo pulled me into the story easily right in the second episode. MC is little bit dense, shy and won’t step up for himself as for example I would, but otherwise he is kind and likable dude. I really enjoyed FMC caring and dedicated character and also her mother which was funny and great to spice it all up. Show also portrays few of the side romances between MC friends and even between control programs (little dudes) and overall they have nice development and romance as well. I wasn’t really that big of a fan of Koishi, because it was clear that MC wasn’t feeling the same deep affection for her and she still couldn’t get over it. It was also fault of an MC that he didn’t tell her she is not the one ASAP and that caused frequent disrupts in relationship with his wife. Otherwise it was her own fault and result of not being straightforward enough from the beginning.
I think her chances were good if Mizuho never arrived on earth, but if she would even after Koishi and Kei being together I think Kei would fall in love with Mizuho anyways, because it’s completely different kind of chemistry, passion and affection between those two, but that’s just WHAT IF. She never really was a right partner for Kei in my eyes.
Now what I really didn’t enjoy was that small little prick Maho. She was basically Skuld from Ah my Goddess! except the fact, that Skuld at least become somehow bearable and even enjoyable. She is the reason why I cannot give 9 rating of characters to this show, because her only purpose here was to make me feel like I wanna throw my chair into my TV. What was evene more stupid than that is a fact, that they let themselves be "bullied" by a child. Her sister or mother should slap some sense into that prick or at least talk it through. If Mizuho would say to her „Look I don’t care what you think you are my sister and you got no right to talk into my love life, either you can accept it or GTFO and don’t come back". More so she should do as I said after her trying to hurt Kei. Last drop was when she whole time on earth harassed and threaten Kei not to make her sister sad and then proceeds to do something which makes her sister sad... Do you see how much of a stupid hypocrite she is? She little bit redeemed herself before leaving and in the OVA, but I still see her as annoying.
This was probably my only serious issue with this anime and reason of degrading rating.
ART: 7,5/10
If you like classic millennial romance anime you will deffinitely enjoyed it. It was released back in 2002 and it’s not nothing special even on the conditions of that time. Still it evokes that classic deja vu/nostalgic feeling and it’s still pretty good to watch. I liked some scenarios shots which looked really pretty like stargazing scenes, beach and nature as it is.
Sound: 8/10
I wasn’t that big of a fan of ending and opening music it just didn’t match my taste of music. On the other hand I really enjoyed music, sound and voice acting throughout the anime as a piece. There was one song especially in romantic moments which sounded like a beginning of Guts theme which is my favourite anime song of all time. I also like English voice actors and even prefer them in this specific piece.
Enjoyment: 7,5/10
My feelings are somewhere on the edge between I liked it and I liked it a lot. It wasn’t bored even for the moment, but there were few aspects which disrupted my enjoyment as I said.
Overall: 7/10
It’s classic romance anime around 2000s era and it easily arouse emotions of nostalgia in you. It has some faults but I think it serves its purpose on point and you get what you expect. That would be slow paced show with beautiful romance and some easy drama. You can observe blossom of relationships adn struggles of young newlyweds and in addition side characters love life as well. Unfortunately I cannot stand characters like Maho and I didn’t liked that repetetive moments. Otherwise it’s solid show to watch even with your significant other.
