Hmm, yeah this anime didn't work for me. It was charming at first but it just got repetitive and very weird after a while. And I mean WEIRD. I really don't understand the 8+ manga rating. Either the anime just didn't adapt the manga well. That's the only reason I can think of.
This is a romance with Mie being the female lead and Komura being the male lead.
First of all the character of Mie. I just don't understand her. I'll put aside the fact that she keeps forgetting her glasses. She's just completely oblivious of everything around her. For some reason she has to take a good look at Komura's face everyday. I mean what?? And Komura just let's her. Obviously because he has a crush on her. You see that's what I mean by WEIRD. Wakayama Shion as the voice of Mie just felt forced because she was trying to sound too cute or childish. I'm a big fan of her voice acting. I think her role as Takina in Lycoris Recoil is one of the best out there. But here, it just didn't work. It could be because of the direction as well though. Everything about Mie's character just felt made up. She felt like a puppet, being controlled by the staff to act a certain way so that this romance can exist. How am I supposed to root for the romance when I don't understand one of the characters?
Even Komura's character is creepy at times. I'd rather not mention the scene where he gets freaked out just by bringing Mie's glasses home. The animation didn't work for me either. The more stylish it was trying to look, the more dull I found it.
But you know this anime isn't bad though. There are some wholesome moments between the 2 characters. The first half in fact is rather nice. And I thought Komura's sense of humour was very funny - the way he would constantly exaggerate and make fun of his own situations in his mind. Some of his one liners were hilarious. The voice acting for Komura did help in that.
But this anime was disappointing. I wonder how the manga readers feel about this adaptation. Because the manga would have probably been executed better.
