Before I continue I want to state that this review has been written to clear up a misunderstanding that a lot of people seem to have on this series and spoilers will be involved. If you don't want to read this kind of review stop now & read a different one.
This series follows an episodic pattern but all episodes are more or less linked to each other and the story progresses with little to no filler elements. The synopsis describes the story perfectly - an average college students' life is changed for good when his sister and her husband go missing in a plane accident.
There are four main characters, Yuuta, Sora, Miu and Hina. While there are supporting characters here and there that will pop up in almost every episode I was under the impression that they were plot-irrelevant since the series seemed to be focusing on more important themes i.e being an orphan.
Now, despite what other people who have watched this series say, this is NOT a harem anime. There are absolutely no harem elements in here. First off the 3 main female characters are way too young for any harem to be added in, they are 3 (Hina), 10 (Miu) and 14 (Sora) respectively. The 3 year old plays around all day and is there to add cuteness to the series. The 10 year old, despite showing maturity beyond her years has no romantic or, god forbid, sexual attachment to the male character. The 14 year old does seem to have some romantic feelings going for Yuuta, but the makers didn't focus enough on that to give it some clarity. I.e we don't know whether it's genuine love or just simple infatuation.
As for other female characters... Yuuta hardly even talks to them. There can be no harem in an anime unless there's something going on between the male protagonist and other female characters and in this anime - there's nothing of the sort. A few ambiguous conversations and an eye wink do not make a harem anime.
Moving on - the sound and art were exceptionally good for a 12 episode tv series. Voice acting was authentic and art had that "eye-candy" effect. Both the opening and the ending songs were appropriate for this kind of anime. They weren't too ecstatic but not too serious either, they were just right.
All in all a very good anime that I would recommend to everyone who's looking for something... relaxing. Relaxing is the right word here because this anime isn't dark or serious enough to make you cry, instead it presents you with a problem the main characters are struggling with and it gradually solves that problem and in the end you connect with the characters and feel happy for them.
8 out of 10 points from me.
