Reviews

Honestly, a laudable attempt, but they tried to do too much with too little screen-time. They tried to squash 5 VN routes into 12 episodes, so of course sacrifices were made. It feels like Haru is speedrunning to have sex with each girl. I think it would be better if it concentrated on one girl's route, and maybe you would see a fuller development of the romance and drama. But then they would risk alienating the fans of the VN who have a different favorite route, so I understand why they did what they did. Still, since they couldn't fit all 5 routes, they took bits of Motoka's route and chopped it into omake sections at the end of each episode. I think this decision is quite bizarre, since it uses up quite a bit of screen-time altogether (including an additional ED) but is much less comprehensible or satisfying.

It manages to make each route (except Motoka) feel complete and we see some level of romantic development, though perhaps to save time every girl already loves Haru from the start. Within each route there is some drama that develops, and Haru and the girl has to work through some situation to proceed.

The music is outstanding. The OP is great, and there are two EDs due to the weird omake section having its own. My only gripe is the songs repeat a lot, and I wish there were more of them.

The animation is pretty nice. The sex scenes are pretty heavy on the ecchi side. I think Migiwa's scene was particularly artfully done, with the beautiful viola playing.

Sora's route seems to be quite a favorite of most MAL folks, but I can only assume it is because filthy degenerates just love the incest. My problem with it is that Sora is just such a loathsome character that I can't see anyone loving her. So that, (and not the incest) kind of puts a bad taste in my mouth at the ending.