Story: 7
Now the story of this anime isnt as grand and amazing as others but there are times where the story feels compelling such as the first arc and the school festival arc. The rest of the arcs are just random things like why did Chitanda get mad at the teacher or who stole the cookie from the cookie jar (No, this was not one of them it was just a joke among my friends). But overall i think it averages out to maybe about a 7 as a score for the story.
Art: 9
ITS KYOANI BABY!
Same animators as K-On and Clannad, everyone knows of KyoAni's amazing animation works so not much is needed to be said here. ITS SO DAMN SHINNY!!!!
Sound:9
One thing that i really liked about this anime was the sound, the music, the OST. Because this is a mystery solving anime, they find the most perfect type of music to go with it. What i mean is when it's mystery solving time, they would play a song that accompanies the character as they attempt to go at solving the mystery. It is hard to put it in words or i am just simply bad at expressing it. Lets just go with that the music fits the moment really well and most of the OST of this anime is seriously really peaceful and relaxing.
Character: 10
Now this!! THISSSSS is where i think this show shines the most, other than the animation being incredibly shiny already. The character development is just simply amazing, this is the sole thing that got me seriously hooked on this show. The changes you see from Houtarou or seeing how Satoshi really feels about everything around him is seriously really interesting and i really liked it.
Houtarou started as a person who did not give a damn about anything and would not put in any effort into anything and his motto was to put as less effort into anything as possible and he ended up actually doing a lot more than he would've before meeting Chitanda and what not. Watching him chance slowly was satisfying.
Enjoyment: 8.5
I would say this anime was really enjoyable to watch, especially if you like to watch characters slowly develop, emphasis on slowly. But i do wish that there was a little more hint of romance in it for i love romance in all anime.
Overall: 9
Definitely pick up this anime if you want something that is relaxing and has great character development.
WATASHI KINNINARIMASU!!!!!
