
a review by Sodith

a review by Sodith
The final was one of the worst ones I've ever seen, sorry. Maybe it was just me but this was not what I expect while watching this anime. After I reach the third (maybe fourth) episode, I thougth Kazuya will ask Chizuru to be his girl friend and the story will so go on. Instead a whole new character(Ruka) has been introtuced later in the serie. I will be honest, I did not read the manga therefore I don't know how the story goes over there but the way Ruka has been involved was badly planned. It was like she fell out from sky with out any reason. She suddenly claimed she loves Kazuya. I was expecting a better reason for her to love Kazuya, maybe there could be a better dialogue between them or could be some history between them.. Anyway after the Ruka disaster I thougth she will be settled and get involved better with the flow but instead it was like she has been all forgotten in some of the important parts. Yes I know she met Kazuya's family but the way she gave up after listening to grandma was not acceptable for her character. She was so stubborn about Kazuya at the beginning. Then she just gave up, because grandma asked some ordinary questions about Chizuru. She should have been more insist about Kazuya and his family. After these parts I realized the story was going worst and worst in every episode.. When I reach the last 2-3 episode I still had some hope about Kazuya x Chizuru but then again a whole new character(Sumi) was introtuced. Now, don't get me wrong here Sumi was a good idea for Mami part. The way Mami learns about rental girlfriends was good. But as I said it was last 2-3 episode.. The "Sumi part" and "Mami learns about rental girlfriend" part could have been a whole different season for this serie. I kept watching to see how the final episode and final moments will be but till the last 2-3 minutes there was still no confession. Yes Kazuya said something like "Only you, only you're enough"(Sorry I did not watch the anime as english subbed so I tried to translate it but the words might be wrong here) but then the serie gone the "comedy" genre again and Kazuya said some stupid words. I had a hope even at the last second that maybe Chizuru will knock Kazuya's door or maybe Kazuyu will do the same thing but unfortunately it did not happen. In last seconds they showed up Chizuru with a big smile on her face(which was really cute) but she did not say anything at all. She might have smiled about many things. Maybe Kazuya finally asked her and thats why she was smiling or maybe the actress job she wanted finally happen, we don't know. I wish there was less uncertainty in the end. I wanted to see Kazuya and Chizuru, together, fighting against Mami's evil plans.
The drawings was amazing. I really loved the way of emotional expression drawings. Especially the scene which Kazuya saves Chizuru from drowning, mostly the part after before coast guards find them. That was the best part. In some scenes the characters were drawn as chibi. These parts was very, very good!
Voiceover was also good there was no part which I can say was bad. Maybe the part where Kazuya was expressing his feelings might have been more strong tough. He made us felt like Sumi's voice in these parts. I mean he was a bit quiet.
Overall the serie was good, you will most probably enjoy it. I would definitely recommend it but just don't expect too much when it comes to story progress and character depth.
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