(English is my 3rd language so ignore the obvious mistakes I make while writing)

Air was a well thought out anime, which had a lot of potential under its sleeve, but the hopes of it becoming a great series were shattered brutally.

In no ways was watching Air a waste of time, infact if you are looking for metaphoric poetic anime based on raw human emotions, then air is definitely worthwhile. The dialogue in this show is damn good as well, and each word uttered has some kind of deep meaning to it. Air although is a clearly messed up and infuriating show at times, it does have lot of redeeming qualities. The characters are well made,even if they are kinda generic, the animation is stellar, and the summer blues and raw emotions humans feel are portrayed really well, throughout the majority of the episodes. Again I'm not saying the characters received whole lotta development, but they felt lively and real to me.

Also air's overall premise is quite great as well,since it tells the importance of family and relationships.
BUT now lets focus onto the negatives:

1. Air's Story is too vague to be conceivable and the audience is left confused, since they can't really grasp the overall story and plot of the series. The story is so confusing that it took me like an eternity to get the fact that our MC was ill.
2. The Characters in Air and their respectable Arcs, aren't shown the way they should've been and after exploring the story of the side characters, they just vanish in thin air not to appear again. The anime started of really great and charismatic and it lasted the way for the first six episodes after that it went downhill and our major protagonist was downgraded to a goddamn crow.. yes a crow!
3. Although air is vivid and surreal, and its quite unique in its concept.. at the end of the day, its a sob story, which appeals to a certain demographic.
4. The end is simply frustrating, and one episode towards the end was a recap. I guess, the producers would've just added an extra episode.

ALL IN all, Air is an ambitious peice of art, which couldn't hold up to the viewers expectations, its aesthethically great and serene, but the story is too confusing and it has a lot of inconceivable subtle details scattered throughout its episodes which never get a proper explanation. The characters are great, but their stories are severely mishandled and most of them are fillers. And the other half is not properly written and rushed; contradictory to its first half. If they would've extended this series, explained the plot neatly and if the characters wouldn't have been downgraded (also if the end wasn't annoying af) then this anime would've been great.

MY OVERALL SCORE- 6.5/10
Enjoyment Level- 1st Half - 7.5/10, 2nd Half 5/10