Story, Characters
This is not your normal happy, romantic, shallow, childish, idiotic, puffy pink harem anime that i hate so much, even dough it has the triangle love story... it's quite the opposite, it's realistic, dramatic, depressive and really deep and somehow it managed to impress me so much that it even gave me tears... and belive me, I'm not an emotional guy at all so tears are rare with me.
It starts like a normal, generic, romantic anime but it really takes a huge and tragic turn that will keep you on an emotional ride like you never experienced in a romance/shoujo. You might hate Takayuki or even simphatize with him and the difficult situation he's in and the imposibile choice he has to make, you'll really feel sorry for the two girls, Haruka and Hayase and you'll blame the director for all the suferince they are going through... but in the end you'll really be happy you had the chance to see such a great anime.
Animation
The animation is shoujo, big eyes and cute faces, apropiate to the genre, but it looks like they didn't give too much atention to the animation or they didn't have the money for it, but I can forgive them for that and still give them a full grade since this anime impressed me much and I got really sympathetic with the characters.
Sound:
The music was just right with the situation, and the Ed song is a real masterpiece, being sooo smooth and romantic, just a delight to the ears. The voice acting was good and belive, it has to be since it involves expressing many feelings, but moslty sadness.
Only problem:
... one thing that really bothered me was the restaurant duo, yeah the two little girls who seem to be a reminisence from the hentai game that this anime was inspired. the little girls ruined the mood, had no real importance and effect in the story development and if you think about it from the realism point of view i really doubt that in Japan they let 12 years old kids work in restaurants (minors aren't allowed to work)... but
I'm not gonna lower a story or character point for that since these chapters were brilliant, i'm gonna lower one from the animation who wasn't 10 worthy anyway, just to show this anime wasn't perfect.
Value and Enjoyment:
In the end it's more that a romantic triangle story... it's about a tragedy, an imposibile choice and in the end about passing life's hard obstacles and growing up... we are all moving and "the eternity you wished for" is just a moment that passed.
What can i say.... even if you're not a romance fan, watch this, there's always an exception to the rule, i know this one was for me!
