I must say I liked it better the first time I saw it,but I guess that's because I was younger then.
We have a story about normal kids and their everyday lives.They are around 17 years old.The protagonists are a male character living with his mother and a small female one,with broken family,living alone next-doors.
They meet and start taking care of each other.At first they constantly fight and mock each other but as time goes by they grow into each other.Their friendship began with a deal.That deal dictated that one should help the other with their love life,since they could not confess their feelings to the people they liked.Of course they always fail miserably,getting into all kinds of trouble,creating funny scenes.There are also some scenes that can get you nervous,thriller and warmed up....
The design is beautiful.Characters are portrayed quite good.Even those who are introduced later in the series.
I liked Ryou but I would like him to be a bit more steadfast at certain points.His "holding back" thing gave room for many misunderstandings,bad behavior towards him and dragged things along.I also liked the Ami character quite a bit.I would like to see some more development there though....I would maybe even like her better than Taiga as Ryou's partner.Minori was really annoying.The later council president proved nice,I did not like him in the beginning.He seemed soulless,always fine with everything.I also liked their single female teacher and Haruka(something like that),their classmate that was always creating laughter for everybody.Taiga's design is a bit weird for a 17 year old girl,I think I would like something closer to a real woman,like some of her classmates and I am not saying she should be like the hottest ones,just a bit more developed.I also did not like the fact they would leave many lines from the dialogues half way through and let you assume and struggle to understand the characters' true emotions.Sometimes that is necessary in a story,but here I believe they used it a tad too much.
Towards the end,it gets pretty moving.Ryou's family scenes are really something.Their school friends and their inner wishes and dreams about staying together forever,like that,having fun and talking,being a part of each other's life even as adults,was really sweet....It was so sweet and innocent....It was maybe the most touching concept of the series for me.It made me think about my old life,friends and classmates,how we were always together,never thinking those years would be ever over,playing,running around,fighting,falling in love and experience the sweet anxiety of these emotions while you are still discovering even the most basic parts of yourself....That was beautiful...
It's definitely worth a watch,especially if you are a romantic,under 23 person.If you are older you may still like it,but could also strike as a bit light or simple.I has been more than 5 years since I first saw it.Then it made quite an impression on me.Now I liked it pretty much but was able to notice many things that would push me out of it,ideas or scenes I could not relate too anymore.Still,a very decent,beautiful and touching light story.
We have a story about normal kids and their everyday lives.They are around 17 years old.The protagonists are a male character living with his mother and a small female one,with broken family,living alone next-doors.
They meet and start taking care of each other.At first they constantly fight and mock each other but as time goes by they grow into each other.Their friendship began with a deal.That deal dictated that one should help the other with their love life,since they could not confess their feelings to the people they liked.Of course they always fail miserably,getting into all kinds of trouble,creating funny scenes.There are also some scenes that can get you nervous,thriller and warmed up....
The design is beautiful.Characters are portrayed quite good.Even those who are introduced later in the series.
I liked Ryou but I would like him to be a bit more steadfast at certain points.His "holding back" thing gave room for many misunderstandings,bad behavior towards him and dragged things along.I also liked the Ami character quite a bit.I would like to see some more development there though....I would maybe even like her better than Taiga as Ryou's partner.Minori was really annoying.The later council president proved nice,I did not like him in the beginning.He seemed soulless,always fine with everything.I also liked their single female teacher and Haruka(something like that),their classmate that was always creating laughter for everybody.Taiga's design is a bit weird for a 17 year old girl,I think I would like something closer to a real woman,like some of her classmates and I am not saying she should be like the hottest ones,just a bit more developed.I also did not like the fact they would leave many lines from the dialogues half way through and let you assume and struggle to understand the characters' true emotions.Sometimes that is necessary in a story,but here I believe they used it a tad too much.
Towards the end,it gets pretty moving.Ryou's family scenes are really something.Their school friends and their inner wishes and dreams about staying together forever,like that,having fun and talking,being a part of each other's life even as adults,was really sweet....It was so sweet and innocent....It was maybe the most touching concept of the series for me.It made me think about my old life,friends and classmates,how we were always together,never thinking those years would be ever over,playing,running around,fighting,falling in love and experience the sweet anxiety of these emotions while you are still discovering even the most basic parts of yourself....That was beautiful...
It's definitely worth a watch,especially if you are a romantic,under 23 person.If you are older you may still like it,but could also strike as a bit light or simple.I has been more than 5 years since I first saw it.Then it made quite an impression on me.Now I liked it pretty much but was able to notice many things that would push me out of it,ideas or scenes I could not relate too anymore.Still,a very decent,beautiful and touching light story.