I feel like this show has a great idea with loveable characters but falls short when it comes to conveying the story.

The story is made up by a bunch of smaller stories that revolve around a love interest or a couple. Whilst the stories are all connected by the fact that the characters are in the same school and have small interactions with each other it's mostly a bunch of stand alone stories. Whilst this concept works on paper and most likely in practice the way that they've executed the concept in this anime feels a bit lackluster. They have chosen to portray the different stories by splitting the already short 12 minute episodes into four or five segments relating to one or in a single case two of the couples that have theit own story in this anime.

This creates the problem of making all the characters have very little screentime in each episode which in itself isn't a problem. The problem is how they have structured these small mini episodes within each TV-short. Each little mini episode revolves around a small thing for example a test or a kiss. This creates a issue as the thing the mini episode is based around either has to be really small or rushed. This can be especially in the scene were on of the characters is taking a test. We are given a lot of information in a small amount of time but the information doesn't really tie back into the mini episode but instead is given and forgotten.

The best part of this series is without a doubt the characters. The series have a bunch of lovable characters and some less lovable ones. The characters aren't very deep or fleshed out but you still find yourself liking and rooting for them. One of the characters which have less screentime than a single anime openings have become one of my favorite characters in anime. Tomomomichi Motoyama is the epitome of a great best friend. Acting as a wingman for his friend and putting his friends best interests before himself or stupid ideas that have come from a lack of female attention. Even though Motoyama only has one scene in which he is relevant we can see how much he cares for his best friend. Whilst none of the other characters stand out as much to me as Motoyama does they are still very lovable characters. I say most because if come to dislike two of the main characters a lot. These two characters are Shinichi Katori and Chiaki Uchimura. Katori is a self centered narcissistic playboy with wierdly expresive movements and a douchey attitude which i find really unlikeable. Uchimura however is much worse for me as he embodies the thing I dislike the most about romance anime. He is unable to move the relationship forward which makes the relationchip boring and static not really having any benefit for any part involved.

The story in this anime is a bit lacking but I feel like it works out fine with how the anime is made. The anime isn't about a bigger story but rather about moments from a bunch of stories. Even though we only get moments we can see how the characters and relationships grow and change from mini episode to mini episode. Most of these small moments are about being akward with someone a character likes or is dating. This feels very relatable for me as a socially akward teenager. Even though I'm lacking in the relationship experience department I feel like i can relate to both the characters in and outside of relationships. One thing I really enjoyed whilst watching this is that they afraid to move the relationships forward as many other romance animes are.

Overall this anime was pretty enjoyable and I'd recommend it to anyone who has a evening to spare. It's not a very big commitment as it's a short series totaling around 2 and a half hours and I would say it's worth a try for anyone especially those that enjoy romantic animes. It's a great casual watch that doesn't require a lot of thinking as the characters do all the overthinking for you.

TLDR:
Concept: 9/10
Excecution: 6/10
Characters: 9.5/10
Story: 6/10
Artstyle: 8/10
Animation: 7/10