Reviews

There are moments when watching a show where you feel entirely disconnected from some of the characters and you struggle to understand there actions and you question them. Sakurasou no Pet had these moments, but it made up for them with the complete variety in the characters. To script and weave the story to make you whole heartedly understand who these people were, made this for me, an outstanding and different show. All to often, shows are made with an aim to bring an audience in by making it look pretty and shiny and then the story lacks.

But Sakurasou no Pet felt like it had something to say and by the end made itself clear. I do feel that the constant morale bashing of hard work put a bump in an otherwise straight road. (Possibly due to my own inability to work hard). On the other hand the themes of realism and what motivates people did fall in to place nicely. It has to be said that I feel the "Romantic" side, was at time forced and I can't help feeling it ignored certain characters; like Miyahara, who had more of a story to tell. I'm not sure how invested I was in the romantic side because everybody and there mothers seemed to be in love. I honestly believe that they could have delved more into Miyahara's and Nanami's story, which when you look back on it makes you question her actions entirely and in terms of realism they could have left at least a couple of people alone.

But only a small part of the story is sacrificed to add this romantic side and the rest of it I truly enjoyed. It was at times seriously funny, Misaki being one of the funniest characters I've ever seen, and it had a very obvious charm to it. You were invested in the characters, there friendships and their struggles and sometimes depending on the character the love story. Definitely one I'd recommend.