Name: Absolutely adorable anime with lovely characters :]
Item: Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
Rating: 90
Author: lightna312

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Absolutely adorable anime with lovely characters :]

Oh my god, this anime is so cute. I couldn’t help but binge the entire season in one sitting! I love slice of life anime because they have so much opportunity to get into the characters’ lives and their relationships since they don’t have any other plot going on.

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As much as the rumor-spreading arc was upsetting, I think it was also my favorite based on how it was written. Misunderstanding plots aren’t the greatest, but it makes sense for the characters because Sawako doesn’t understand people. All she has to go on are her own experiences, and her own experiences are that she sucks and everyone hates her.

Speaking of Sawako and the characters in general, I loved them! I think that Sawako is really cute and lovely. I think she may be a bit too perfect when it comes to how nice she is, but I was able to overlook it. It was most egregious with her relationship with Kurumi—like girl what are you talking about? All of the characters have distinct personalities and roles they fulfill in the group which is great! She’s not in my list of favorite characters because I don’t like her, but I love how Kurumi was written. She’s a good balance to the happy-go-lucky goodness of the rest of the class. I also love how bashful Kazehaya is like oh my gosh he is hopeless. Chizuru and Ryu were also favorites of mine. Chizuru was positively adorable with how emotional and silly she was. I loved that Ryu was mostly just "guy that was there," but there were some moments that made it clear he has substance too!

Unfortunately, the reason why this isn't rated as perfect is because of one character in particular :/ Pin is just like. No. No bro. I hate him. He’s annoying, he’s weird—I don’t like him. Any time he appears on screen I cringe and just wait for him to go away. He is also just kind of creepy?

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Like yeah, he goes over the top with how much he “isn’t into kids” when he assumes Kurumi likes him, but he’s also weirdly flattered by it? And he spreads it around? Like bruh what is your fucking problem you’re so gross.

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I also really don't like the fact that Ayane was in a relationship with an adult. They're all like 15? What is bro doing being so into a 15 year old--especially being that clingy too. I'm fine with the thing between Chizuru and Toru because it is made very clear that the feelings are one-sided. Teenagers have crushes on adults sometimes. It happens. The important thing was that he insisted on her just being a sister even though it is revealed that he knows about her feelings at the end.

There wasn’t anything particularly stunning about the visual style or the voice acting. In fact, I found Kurumi’s voice in particular very grating. However, considering the genre, those things aren’t really important to me. The art style was standard but pretty cute, and the voices were fine. I think Kazehaya and Sawako were probably my favorite voices which is great considering their importance to the plot.

All-in-all, I really enjoyed this! I’m not sure if it was a favorite, but it definitely has found its place in my heart, and I would recommend it at the very least!