Oh Studio Feel, how my love for you has increased. It’s weird too, Studio Feel has been a studio of flexibility. From stuff like Kiss x Sis, and Yosuga no Sora, to something like this. What we have here is a beautiful romance anime recommended for those who seek steady pacing, realistic situations, and amazing characters.

Tsuki ga Kirei is an anime that takes place before highschool, basically middle school. As you know, love that blooms in middle school takes time, and requires a lot of patience and dedication. Our main characters are Azumi and Akane, two middle school students who are still a bit immature. However, immaturity is not necessarily a terrible thing. It just means it’ll take more effort to make this love connection work.

Our 2 characters do seem to have some sort of feeling for each other, it takes some time for them to show for one another. But that’s the beauty of it. When 2 people slowly come to terms with their feelings, and confessing their love for each other.

Seeing series like this, is very refreshing. Mostly in romance anime’s I watch it involves a lot of drama that doesn't get fixed till a couple more episodes finish. Funny how the drama in this anime is fixed almost immediately, taken on by a mature approach. Now, I love drama, drama is part of what makes a romance anime for me. But to see this kind of drama and coming to a resolution for it in the same episode, now that’s something I don't see everyday on anime.

One of the obvious portrayals of emotion these 2 show is shyness, if you can call that an emotion, idk. When these 2 are shy around each other, thinking what they want to do in their mind, it creates a soft atmosphere with a great amount of cuteness. Seeing how they can’t communicate well in real life at the beginning, but can talk perfectly on LINE reminds me of my Middle School moments. I just wished I spent my youth more wisely.

Back to Azumi and Akane, they don't show feelings for each other at first, but as time goes on, it gets more apparent. To see how these feelings and love unfold, well, you’re going to have to watch the anime.

The art style, in particular, is very unique to my eyes. I haven't really seen anything like that yet, and I feel like it fits the anime very well. The art really gives the characters their shine and makes them stand out. The art looks like what it would be if a middle-school based anime was made. Which is another reason why I love this anime so much.

One of the most outstanding qualities of Tsuki ga Kirei stands within Nao Touyama and the soundtrack. Every single insert song, OP, and ED shouts out Tsuki ga Kirei. It sounds like music where you can’t find anywhere else except this anime. The music has that soft feeling that makes you fall in love with it more. The timing and the proper execution of the OST really makes the scenes in this anime a lot more impactful. Which makes this one of the best romance anime’s this season has to give us.

So why watch Tsuki ga Kirei?

• The characters are what you would expect from middle-schoolers (shy, indecisive, etc.)

-The pacing is steady and makes it a realistic love story.
-The soundtrack fits and gives the scenarios more meaning, the art is smooth, soft, and colourful, giving the characters more outstanding --physical qualities
-The voice acting is appropriate for each character
-The drama that occurs get solved within the episode or the next episode
-Kiss Scenes xd
-Characters aren't the usual and not filled with your usual tropes
-Animation is great
-The process of the characters becoming more in love with each other makes is a beautiful thing to watch
-Nao Touyama :)

Anyways, for me, it’s a very solid series. I encourage those of you who are deciding to watch give it a couple of episodes. If you like a steady pace anime with characters coming to terms with their love, and a beautiful soundtrack, this is for you. A couple episodes shouldn't hurt :)