The story felt like a rollercoaster ride, taking you to highs and lows, spinning and swerving left and right. Every bit of its story brought out lots of true emotions. There was the light and the dark. The fun times and the sad times. But needless to say, I enjoyed the ride to its fullest. It moved in an agreeable pace and each part of it was necessary for the build up to the final moment of the entire season. There were no pointless fill-ins just to make up the time for each episode.
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Characters: 9/10
All of the characters were well written with their own personalities, outlooks and appearances. Each of them played their own unique role, and helped to move the story along in their own distinctive ways. Each character had their own path to develop. It's interesting to watch them carry out their own conduct. I enjoy seeing them laugh together, cry together and learn together.
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Animation/Art: 10/10
The animators did a splendid job bringing out the finishing touches to this anime. They've executed clean animation that helped every scene to flow nicely and worked out beautiful backgrounds that were such an eyeful. The characters were well drawn, with not a single detail missing. Every detail was expressed with the anime's art style.
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Sound:10/10
The characters were voiced rather wonderfully. They each had their own distinct voice that matched their personalities excellently. Not to mention the music, with had great melody and pleasant tunes that I could listen to for ease of mind. The soundtracks also brought out a lot of emotions, whether it was motivation, excitement, delight or sadness, the music would be fitting for the situation. In particular, I enjoyed listening to the OST entitled "Mata ne", which means "see you later". There were so much heartfelt emotions, that the song brought tears to my eyes. Other than that, the sound effects are on the spot. They suit well to the played out action.
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