I was a big fan of this anime, one of the best ones I've seen lately. Let's start off with the positives:
The protagonist is easily S-tier. She is a country hick who is trying to make her way in city life. A quirky perfectionist genius who has very human traits and shortcomings. She is an extremely likable character and I absolutely adore her.
The story telling and pacing is great. I love that the entire show is more character driven than anything- using characters in such a way that makes it hard to stop watching. There are some solid characters that are just so well written- like Nao-Chan. I was a huge fan of some of the side characters and their roles in the story.
(Though there is an issue with this and I'll address this in a bit.)
The artstyle is gorgeous. It's very hard to explain what exactly it is about it that makes it so good. It's like a warm blanket and a hug if it was an animation style. Semi real soft animation? I don't know. I'm not an animator.
But It doesn't take an animator to tell you the art style and animation is gorgeous.
The not so good:
Some of the characters are painfully one dimensional. (Not all of them though)
Some of them are just so plain to the point that I genuinely think if the protagonist wasn't in the show it would drop my rating down to 6/10.
*Wow dude that's so low is it really that bad?*
Yes and no dear reader.
In some anime, it's cool to have the occasional surface level character. No biggie at all. If everyone had some sort of deep backstory it could convolute the storyline.
But here's the thing:
The anime is character driven.
You need depth for the ship to sail.
Luckily, by the end of the season the story really hits a solid high note. Giving it potential to work with these characters and maybe fleshing them out more.
I'm looking forward to season 2, give this quirky weird show a watch. You won't regret it.
If the next season is better I'll easily go from an 8/10 to a solid 9/10.
