I think what first pulled me into the anime was the clean, nice and just good quality animation and art. The sound was pretty decent and the character introductions started off really well- they were all pretty hilarious and had their own quirks- I wanted to know who they were, why they were there and why all three brothers had such different hair colours (...I don't think we ever found out btw).
The concept, although not super epicly original, was still great and enthralling- there was mystery and no pointless fanservice most anime seem to be keen on including nowadays. (Also, there wasn't one of those annoyingly weak female characters whose existence is designed purely to annoy you.)
But then, one episode, I suddenly realised that I had no idea what was going on. I actually thought I'd skipped an episode, but no, there was just no continuity/ explanation as to the sudden and seemingly random timeskip. But I persevered until, having just finished the last episode, I turned to my brother with a genuine sense of: "dafuqdidIjustsee?"
The 'final battle', no matter how epic and emotional, made no sense to me at all. Neither the main character's nor the 'villain's' motivations were explained as far as I could tell, and I kept blanking because the characters would talk about people hardly even mentioned before without even a glimpse of a helpful mini-flashback to remind you who on earth they were.
Even so, I did enjoy it... and if anyone watches it and can tell me what happened... I'd thank them profusely. But hey, maybe that's because I haven't played the games? I'm planning on watching Persona 4 the animation next, so maybe that would help.
So, in conclusion: Story-4, art-10, sound-9, character-8, enjoyment-8.
