Candy Boy did indeed surprise me. Early on the series I thought is this really a yuri anime? There's not much going on here that can be considered as yuri. however as the story progress towards the end, you will eventually get the idea of the deeper meaning of their relationship. Perhaps I've said this unconsciously couple of times before but this time, this couple is the most lovely I have ever seen. The twin sister chemistry is very strong, with a great mixture of romanticism, a lot of affectionate care for each other. Though their type of "romance" is more to a purely platonic. it's just super winsome bonding. seriously, I love them so much.

Other parts I love is their casual conversations are super cozy and nice. I like to see them joking around, flirt a bit, or even talk about their future, family and school work. It's super refreshing to see a healthy siblings relationship having a good time together. And I might be weird but the voice actors did an excellent job in portraying a completely normal everyday life verbally. Their interaction is just completely ordinary but somehow it's attractive and melt my heart when listening to them.

The characters are quite great as well. Like I said, our main couple are the best and the highlight of the anime. It just feels natural, and again I might be sound like a weirdo but the fact that their siblings makes me want to cheer them even more. It just so much sense for them to support each other, say the word "I love you" among them, crying, smiling and sleeping on the same bed while holding hands, literally everywhere. I don't really care incest, because it actually doesn't feel wrong at all. Its not like they're kissing on the bed or did something horny like what you might see in yuri anime. Their interaction is exactly what a twin sister in real life would do if they truly love each other. It is totally understandable and relatable. Nevertheless I understand audiences' discomfort because of the premise. Also the side characters, Shi-chan and Saku-chan are also very joy to watch. Saku-chan acts as "supposely" third person between their relationship but ends up playing as the comedic role of the anime. I enjoy all of their jokes, it's classic and natural. While Shi-chan is the one providing a little emotional drama to the story. The little arc about them wanting to be together as siblings forever is very cute and heart warming, definitely a tear-jerker worthy.

Furthermore, another thing I love about it is the background scenery. Maybe it doesn't matter so much but I absolutely love the details of their dorm, like everything looks so real, from the boxes around the room to every single object on top of the table. The details on the cell phone, cameras are also very well done, showing how much efforts the producing teams has put to make it look like a movie. The animation also quite smooth, sometimes I noticed they had some unique shots while the characters are talking. Plus the music is super nice, they just hit on my taste. Especially the first ED song, Koi no Katachi by KANA. I might listen to it for the next few weeks now. Too bad I can't find any details about the song, even about the artist and it's only available in Youtube unofficially. All the 4 songs brought an oddly nostalgic emotions because well you know, when listening to 2000s J-pop there is a kind of strange feeling that you can instantly noticed: "yup this song is definitely made for 2000s animes". They're just so good.

This review also for the whole series, the episode 0, side story and whatever there is. Its just too bad they only had like 11 episodes in total with 10~20 minutes each. Feel like there is so much to explore in their world setting and characters lore, maybe the original source is just this much. overall I had a fantastic time, will definitely miss this anime and worth a couple of rewatch.