｡･ﾟﾟ･Story/Genre :

Negative Positive Angler *is an anime that largely fails in its role as a DRAMA and further accentuates its role as a peach anime throughout the series to perfection. I'm convinced that this anime didn't need either a story about a terminally ill guy or the slightest DRAMA, especially when the latter is non-existent in 80% of the anime. When you watch Negative Positive Angler, you find yourself watching a peachy anime and easily forgetting that you're basically supposed to be experiencing something darker. Where the anime falters enormously is in the realism of its universe, despite a rather lecherous starting plot, I remind you that it still tries to commit suicide in the first 5 seconds... The anime remains extremely kind and good-natured throughout the series, and the characters to whom Tsunehiro owes money are rather sympathetic characters, which I find rather stupid. Excuse the term, but someone you borrow money from and don't pay back, who's into gambling, is never going to have that kind of personality, and I don't think some people would hesitate to take advantage of it if they did.*

*Then Tsunehiro gets all his debt paid by a guy he's just met? Okay, I see that in this story everyone is generous and ready to help anyone they meet on the street. Anyway, all that to say that the story, despite being set in our world, doesn't even manage to have a coherent universe.*

*After that, nothing about Tsunehiro's illness until episode 10. So the first drama aspect arrives for 3 episodes, a simple drama that works quite well in itself, but it really feels like this anime wasn't meant to be a drama from the start. Even the ending, in the end, is rushed and uninteresting, and in the end we'll remember the fishing parties more than a feeling of attachment to the characters in the face of a desperate situation.*

｡･ﾟﾟ･Characters :

*The characters in this anime are trashy on the whole, you may find them sympathetic but you won't love them to the point where you become attached to them or that they leave a lasting impression on you after the anime has aired.
The anime tries to create a minimum of development to give them a bit of life, but in the end it remains rather secondary to the plot, and some characters could simply be removed from the story.*

Hana *is basically the fishing specialist and won't really have any interest other than that during the anime.
Kozue might as well not exist at all, as this character serves no purpose like Fujishiro or any of the other characters on the convenience store team.*

*Speaking of the group as a whole, the group's atmosphere isn't crazy either, I really find that the guy sometimes has nothing to do here, and that the characters have virtually no interaction outside of simple work acquaintances, except of course the relationship between **Tsunehiro and Takaaki.*

｡･ﾟﾟ･Art/Song Visuel:

*The anime is frankly very bland, and for an anime that's supposed to make the main characters want to live again, it's sincerely lacking in color.
It's not ugly, but it's very basic.
As for the music, none of it stood out for me, and the opening is really bad, with 90% of its scenes copied and pasted from episode 1.*

｡･ﾟﾟ･Conclusion :

*In conclusion, this anime categorizes itself as DRAMA without actually being one. I recommend the anime for fishing enthusiasts looking for an anime developed around the activity, but if you're looking for a touching story about a guy at the end of his life, you can move on. Plenty of other anime tackle this subject far better than Negative Positive Angler.*