Hoshiai no Sora

This anime was a nice change of pace. Nothing crazy, nothing over the top. It's just Tennis. However, as much as I enjoyed this show, I can't ignore it's flaws. I'll start with the positives: The art style was nice: Most animes nowadays are either way too colorful, flashy, over the top or just use an abundance of special effects that sometimes don't feel like it need to be there. However, the art style of this anime reminds me of something from the early 2010s or even pre 2010s. It has that feel to it. The music: Pretty solid, can't complain The story was good. Again... It's just Tennis but with a few side plots thrown in. My main gripe with this show was with the side plots and stories and they often felt rushed or just thrown in and never fully elaborated on or fully explored. This is normal for a 12 episode anime as you need to waste no time due to a time crunch. However, less is more and the more they were throwing in, the less it felt like I was caring sometimes. Episode 1 we're introduced to an abusive Dad from the main character. However, as the show progressed pretty much all the students in the club had some sort of issue or demon they were fighting. It made me care a bit less because it was just adding too much. The other gripe was the last 6 minutes of the final episode. Without any spoilers it was a pretty ok ending. Definitely a plot twist I wasn't expecting but I feel like it could have been executed a bit better as they tried to rush an ending for the 2 main characters. Ending 2 stories within 6 minutes and filling them with drama is pretty much impossible not to rush. I would have preferred if they focused on one ending rather than 2 at once. Overall I really enjoyed this watch. 9/10

LOVED this anime. the storyline was interesting and had me hooked. it always had you on the edge of your seat, it wasn't very predictable. the characters flaws are displayed in a very interesting manner. the art style is very whimsical and pure and fits the story nicely. its wholesome but also shows the darker sides of your coming-of-age era. not to mention the lgbtq representation, it was a matter that is discussed but is not dwelled on for a long time, unlike a few other animes that will repeatedly bring the 'coming out' scene up. the ending was VERY unpredictable and surprising. 10/10!

Stars Align is a sports anime that very publicly and unabashedly demonstrates itself to be far much more. You meet a misfit Soft Tennis Team that struggles both with one another and in their own personal lives. This anime does not shy away from touching on a wide range of social issues such as gender expression and domestic violence to helicopter moms and pressures of public life. Stars Align shows compassion and understanding through tackling these topics, for better or for worse. There are complaints that the anime has too many characters suffering with issues in their personal lives. Though I find that this is a strength of the show. The show is about these social issues, it's entirely fine for all the characters to receive unique backgrounds. Now this is also partly a sports anime and with it comes competition and sports montages. I think this was done very well and I found the action highly engaging to watch. Admittedly I may have a soft spot for this anime as I am a former tennis player who left the sport from burnout and stress. I relate a lot to these characters, even the ones who are very unlike me. I think other people will be able to relate to these characters as well in their own unique experiences.

Some minor spoilers below Story: 9/10 Usually, in a genre in which Hoshiai belongs, conflict is the driver of story. It's simply amazing how the creative team managed to get the watchers feel so involved (and hype) for such personal, small scale conflicts. The story is presented as a slideshow of our revolving door of central characters, each taking up a mini arc consisting of an episode or two. These arcs run concurrently and sometimes intersect with each other. The surface core narrative, as typical of a sports anime, involves trying to get a downtrodden team to win some grand prizes or another. What makes the execution stand above and beyond the typical sports anime is how few conventional tropes it uses. There's no secret technique that helps our team turn the table instantly, no training montage that inexplicably turns an amateur into a pro in ridiculously short time frame, no wizened mentor with atypical teaching style that turns out to work regardless...Only an athletic guy with a grasp on how to read people. In fact, the endurance training montage FAILS the one time they explicitly mention relying on it. Teamwork, unconventional tactics, and psychological warfare are what allow our little guys to punch above their weight, and it's this devotion to realism that makes every match so engrossing for there is no plot armor or DEM BS. Of course, none of this would mean a thing if the there isn’t stake in the match for us audience, and it’s here that the show really shines. Without going into too much spoiler, the existential stake we learnt of at the beginning is not the focus of the show, rather, it’s the characters who made it enjoyable to watch. Art direction: 7, perhaps 8/10 At the end of the day, production constraint hits some anime harder than others. Even a beautifully animated masterclass like Yuri on ice had to reuse footage, so that part is unavoidable here. The problem lies in the fact that with only 2 major matches, the animators don’t have a large variety of stock footage to use. This results in scenes that are cut and paste from a minute earlier showing up. Some 3D models in the background also stand out jarringly, though one is unlikely to notice this unless especially nitpicky. An emphasis on watercolors with fadeouts in key scenes make the whole thing have such a soft feel, almost pastel aesthetic. Reminds me of Wandering Son, too. That said, what reused footage there is is all gorgeously animated, and the running shots in the 3rd episode alone should bump Art to at least a 7. Sound: 6/10 Sound direction is OK, not much to note other than how satisfying the sound of softball hitting the racket is. I could listen to it all day, which I did binging this show. Character: 10/10, full stop In 12 episodes, there are basically only 2 major matches, with the rest of the time spent on showing the characters dealing with their lives outside of the clay ground. Nobody acts in a blatantly unrealistic way, and this really helps sell the social commentary of the anime. Hoshiai shows us the trial and tribulations of dealing with helicopter parents; the uncertainty of being LGBT in conservative Japan; what it feels like to live under someone’s shadow; the long-lasting trauma of abuse… These are obstacles between them and the field, so every swing of the racket feels like a victory earned for them. In no uncertain terms, the anime shows its audience how despite their flaws, these kids can achieve much greater if only their environment allows – a message both empirically and morally true. It’s so, so refreshing to finally see students act like humans with actual depth that they are instead of caricatures written by those who fantasize about high schoolers: Sex objects constructed to be harem candidates with personalities to match, introverted losers who are inexplicably popular, power fantasy baits…Hoshiai’s cast are teenagers being hurt by the world around them and find solace in similarly hurt people. Each of them has long tried to deal with their pain on their own, but only by opening up to their true companions did they grow as people. Witnessing the soft boy protagonist threaten homicide to his fear to protect his friend, then breaking down in his friend’s shoulders later; or seeing the 2 bullies macho dudes crying about how they can’t tag-team together in the big match; or how the team console a girl who was recently ganged up on by some bitches even though she’s technically outsider…makes me tear up. This, in my view, is why each swing of the racket feels like a small, personal victory for both the cast and the audience.

I just finished Stars Align. I watched the whole thing in like two days, which probably doesn't seem that impressive because it's only 12 episodes long but I haven't managed to binge a show like that for a long time. As you can probably tell, I really enjoyed this show. Story: 9/10 The story of Stars Align gets pretty deep at times. Hell, the vast majority of the characters have some kind of family-related emotional baggage. Considering the amount of depth each character has, it might seem like it'd be difficult to link them all together into a short but cohesive story but Stars Align does this extremely well while still managing to sprinkle in some actual soft tennis gameplay on top of that. Art: 7/10 The art style for Stars Align is, how do I say it, pretty average. I've seen plenty of anime with similar art styles. It's nothing special however that doesn't mean it's bad. I really like the art style for this show. It doesn't need to be anything fantastic because the story props the show up well enough by itself. Also, the animation during the soft tennis sequences is *chef's kiss*. Sound: 8/10 I'll be honest, I didn't really pay attention to the sound while watching this show. However, I did think about it and I did think that the sound was used well. The use of music to accentuate the emotions that we, as the audience, are supposed to be feeling. So yeah, in my opinion, sound is used well in this show. Character: 10/10 I think that the writers of Stars Align did an amazing job of characterising everyone. As I mentioned previously, the vast majority of the characters on the Shijo Minami team have some kind of family issues and the writes did an incredible job of making these problems and the character's reactions seem real. Each of the characters feel like someone who could really exist in any Japanese middle school and the friendships they have with each other feel grounded in reality, making it enjoyable to watch the boys interact. Enjoyment: 10/10 As you can probably gather, I really enjoyed this show. Hell, I've enjoyed it the most out of any show I've binged in a while. Everything about this show absolutely hooked me. It's only been two days since I was introduced to this show but I'm already so attached to the story and characters. This show got me feeling things I wasn't prepared to feel but hey, I'm not complaining. If you take the time to watch this show, I guarantee you that you will get at least some enjoyment out of it. Overall: 9/10 Stars Align was absolutely incredible and well deserving of the high rating I gave it. The story and characters are absolutely incredible and I'm like 99% sure that you will enjoy it.

this was definitely the best slice of life anime i've ever watched. it was a mixture of sports and drama, which i highly appreciated. there are few cringey moments, but overall, it's very realistic. It has one of the best animations i've ever seen, and I enjoyed every second. None of the characters were sexualized, which is always nice. I understand why this anime has so many bad reviews, due to the lack of sports games, and the ending was very ... shocking, to put it lightly. But as i said before, every game is much more animated than a dragon ball or one piece fight (i'm not saying they're bad, for the record, they're amazing), and this was overall enjoyable. it's not an anime for sport anime fans, but it's a great piece of art.

TW: This series tackles multiple forms of abuse. This series was initially intended with 24 episodes in mind, but at some point during production, it was cut to 12. At the time of this review, the series does end on a cliffhanger and there are prospects of a film, or something else, to continue and clean up all the loose threads. For some, this series would leave them unsatisfied. The story itself deals with a soft tennis club. It's on the verge of being disbanded and while trying to save its future a new team of troubled kids join to persevere. The club allows each student to have a break from reality and their troubles at home. It allows them to express themselves and to gain more confidence in who they are. There is one episode that deals with gender identity and has a lengthy conversation about a side character that is trans and their experience with transitioning and one of the main characters coming out as questioning non-binary. Even though the series does end on a cliffhanger, what these characters were put through is very emotional and you can see that their arcs are still ready to be explored. It can be very hard to watch at times, and for tackling such heavy topics more deftly than I would have thought I'd recommend others to give this a chance.

Without Drama, this series would be 12 episodes of boring; exploring the concept of drama we are able to experience the characters rather than just watch them. This review will contain a lot of spoilers. TL;DR if you enjoy Drama and plot twists along with a bit of sport action, you will enjoy this. Story: 8/10 As such on the surface level, Stars Align is a series about the High School Boys' Soft Tennis Club replenishing their hope from being disbanded after 4 years without a win. However, the series manages to explore deeper connections between the charactersand their personalities; i.e Maki and Toma are victims of domestic violence - Maki's abusive Fatherleeches money from his Mother whereas Toma's Mother loathes him and at one point during his infancy, he had hot water poured onto his back by his Mother leaving him with permanent scarring. Their personalities supplement each other because they understand each other's domestic hardships.Furthermore, Stars Align explores bullying and its roots through Kasuga who was born into a wealthy family with many internal conflicts which may have fueled her passively aggressive personality. This series also manages to explore a Rintaro's exposition to being adopted which adds fuel to the flame and stirs the plot a bit more. Overall, I'm expected a heated sequel since that ending left a large cliff hanger with Maki and his abusive Father... Art & Sound: 7/10 8/10 I noticed a few action scenes where CGI was heavily relied on in the character figures but it wasn't bad comparedto a few series that fully implement CGI characters. I enjoyed some of the transitions that were used in the series such as the fading shot when Maki's abusive Father approached his apartment. Art & Animation were pretty good, I still don't understand how this series flew under the radar with that many fans enjoying Haikyuu, this series is similar but doesn't have an obnoxious and greedy MC like Hinata. The Outro Song is amazing, it suits with the dancing outro... One of the best mixes of choreography and sound design in a non-idol/dancing Anime I've seen in a while! Enjoyed the background Soundtracks and character VA. Character: 8/10 I didn't hold high expectations for this series in terms of character development since sports series tend to revolve around a power duo which makes the other characters in the team more or less redundant to the plot however, the drama that occurs between the main characters of the High School Soft Tennis Club allows each character to have their back story focused on. Love triangles, unrequitted love and oblivious love are subtle in this series but I think the sequel will elaborate on this between the Main female and the homosexual male character(s). Overall, I think this series is worthy of an 8/10; I don't have much experience in drama but watching this was fairly an intense binge of a sports drama.

Just like how some people may perceive Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons as an unfinished product with lost potential due to studio interference, Stars Align finds itself in a similar predicament. Stars Align became the victim of production issues when its originally intended 24 episode run was cut down to 12. Even though it only tells half a story and there are countless unresolved plot points, it's undeniable that what was presented from Kazuki Akane's vision was masterful. The fluid animation during the tennis matches, Akane's delicate handling of topics such as gender and sexual identity and domestic violence, the boundless empathy for his large cast of characters, the heartwarming camaraderie between the cast, the amazing soundtrack, etc.. all allow me to look past the abrupt ending and appreciate this work of art for what it is

First thing I want to say about this show is just. Wow. Going into this anime has you absolutely floored. Everything that happens is the opposite of what you would expect, and it's hard to try and break away from the story after the first episode. Hoshiai no Sora is something different. It's so in your face with it's themes that it's gratifying--a far cry from what we continually see in other shows were we have vague internal dialogue and decision making. With this show there are no holds barred, and it's honestly the greatest thing. It isn't the first show we see with representation in certain subjects, but it's the first show I've seen with those subjects being so prevalent and important, a keystone to the character's morals rather than just a novelty. That being put aside, I want to talk about the art for a little bit. I'm just..in awe by it all, really. Studio Eight Bit killed the game with this one. The contrast between the story's complex elements and the animation style makes it, honestly. In moments we expect to see an immensely expressive face, we instead see the soft features of a middle school student, but in a way that doesn't leave us underwhelmed, in fact, we want to see more. Getting into the meat of the whole issue surrounding this anime, though. The only reason I don't give it a big whopping ten is because the story is not finished. People who aren't die hard nerds probably aren't aware of the conflict surrounding Eight Bit and the director of the show, Kazuki Akane. Be sure to check out his twitter for official statements and more details on it all, but the long and short of it is that Hoshiai no Sora was meant to have a twenty-four episode run. Not twelve. Kazuki Akane has promised the viewers of Hoshiai no Sora that he will complete his story somehow, luckily enough. So far there aren't any updates other than that, though. Finally you've reached the end. All I'm going to finish off with is saying that this show is highly underrated, and that if you have the time, please try and give it a watch with an open mind, especially towards the end of the series when everything is fast-paced due to Eight Bit cutting down the production length. Have fun watching, friends!

"Hoshiai no Sora" is an experience I can't easily describe. It's incredibly easy to ignore as "just another sports anime," but it'd be incorrect to call it as much. The story involved is how they are connected through the sport rather than the sport itself. It's a driving point and a reason each of the different characters has breakthroughs for their characters, including in Yu and Mitsue. The story suffers somewhat from pacing issues in a few episodes, largely the last ones, but it has been revealed since that the series was initially meant to be 24 episodes and the studio cut mid-production. This issue makes me feel it's not the masterpiece it could have been and I hope we get to see the rest in the coming seasons. Hoshiai takes a different approach to the overall sports genre in a way I can appreciate— The story was easy to get invested in and it's one of the few, rare animes I was capable of getting multiple people to binge watch and become attached to. I think that speaks volumes for the character development and story it wanted to give us despite its downsides. This was also the first time I truly saw myself in a character. It's corny, sure, but Hoshiai captivated the fleeting image of youth and the darker side's of family dynamics/growing up quite well— What it wants to express about a character and their story does well, even if we never get to fully see the resolutions (Thanks 8bits). ...But actually, there's a nice realism in that fact as well. Life is messy, there is no perfect resolutions, and not everything will be tied up. So even if Hoshiai doesn't get its second cour, I still believe it delivered the idea it wanted to as best it could. Certainly, however, it is a story that suffers based on a forced lack of time. Despite this, it's still a story that will remain close to my heart for a long time to come.

This anime was something completely different than what I first perceived it as. I thought I was just going to watch some lighthearted tennis action of saving a club. WRONG, it's much more. Hoshiai no Sora, or Star align is about a soft tennis club with a bunch of loser club members. They've never won a game in two years or more. The student council president decided if they don't win a single game in the tournament, they need to disband. Desperate, they recruited someone with good athletic reflexes. Thankfully Maki, the transfer student, was convinced to join. As we follow their club, we see how they work hard and do improve. However, it also shows the realistic side of people. From the games they manage to win, to family life, to personal issues. The scores and methods of playing are realistic. The family lives and personal issues are realistic. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't go into it too deep. Basically, if we're not in abusive relationships, we forget it's out there. There's so many different forms and types of people out there, we forget. This anime shows abuse in many different shapes and sizes, whether physical or mental. It also discusses the issues of LGBT which I fully support. Instead of the typical gayness, they bring in the issue of transgender, which hasn't been a big topic especially in anime. I'd say give it a chance. This is an anime where you actually want to pay attention to the opening and ending songs. Look them up yourself with the lyrics and you won't regret it. Beautifully written songs and if they had more time, I bet the story would be great too. IMPORTANT!!! Turns out, the production team have been working for over 2 years, but the team was backstabbed and told they could only send out 12 episodes. With not enough time, they had to either cancel it or cut their 24 episodes down to 12. That's why so many issues are left in the show and it seems really unfinished and rushed. Even so, I managed to enjoy it and empathize with the production team. Try it out to support them.

Hoshiai no Sora is a product that fully suffers at the hands of its own obvious rushed development, and honestly, if it doesn't get a second season, it will stand to be an overall tragic flop that won't get to finish what it does well: Excellent, realistic characterization. Deviating from typical sports anime fair and focusing more on the struggles and development of each soft-club tennis member does give an overall special edge and feeling to this series, which I in particular appreciated since what always drives me away from sports anime is how heavy of a focus on the actual sports itself has. I'm sorry, but I just find sports boring in any form. What this results in is spending a lot of time with the boys of the soft tennis club (Some more than others), which gives them a chance to be fleshed out as people, rather than just being built off of basic archetypes. However, since some of the other characters do not get as much screen time, due to this being a short 12 episode season rather than the originally planned 24 episode season, there is also a large amount of lacking and wanting more from the writing and characterization, which especially rears its ugly head in the last three episodes of the season, and especially so on the sudden cliffhanger ending (Which I won't get into but let's just say it leaves a lot to be desired and did knock off a point from my overall final score). The art is pretty low budget in a very large majority of the scenes and shots, with several instances of heavily noticeable, cheap CG. I feel that the use of budget animation and art could have very easily been eased with a slightly brighter color palette, but I can also understand how that may have taken away from the realism that the series aims for. Overall, do you crave a sports anime that focuses more on characters above action? Do not expect a fully completed story, but do give this series a shot, and just hope that we get an actual conclusion to the story and aren't just stuck on a rushed cliffhanger for all of eternity.

Hoshiai no Sora (Star Align) is an original anime that was planned to be 24 episodes but after production has been carried out for 2 years, it was restricted to be 12 episodes. So we ony get to see the current anime ending rather than true ending. This review will be for the anime ending. Story: 8. Hoshiai no Sora bring you stories about year-2 highschool boys on their soft tennis club, school life, daily life. Each person has different background and distinct personality, but overcome hardship of living their life to unite as team for the ultimate goal. Art: 8. Scenery art are made good enough to signal about incoming dramatic events. Character art do resemble to Rewrite's. Sound: 6. Background music not bringing us enough feeling in dramatic scenes and exciting in sport scenes. It was made gentle enough to suit the theme of highschool protagonist slice of life - which we see as often in Orange, Ao Haru Ride, Natsume Yuujinchou... Voice actors and actresses are doing good as usual. I have no complaint. Character: 7. Each character has their own challenge in which they have to overcome, no matter it is sport or real life. Through tackling with their problem, thoughts and opinions are explored from different point of view, in which reflect some of yourselfs as you understand/disagree with them. Enjoyment: 8. First time watching this, after every episode ended, I immediately head out for next episode, thus enjoyment are very good (I am into drama mostly). Throughout 12 eps, you will gradually to get to know all of our boys and companions, seeing they develop positive attitude toward soft tennis and living. Drama of each person pops out a bit every here and there, naturally from the start of each ep to post-credit scene. Overall: 7. Huge cast 12-ep drama sure are hard to implement, but they can still bring up plot naturally fluid. Sadly we only get to see half of the true story. Final episode brings shocking ending then some questions are left unasnwered, much as you wish for second season. This anime is still a mainly drama focus theme instead of sport focus theme, yet they excel none in either catergory. Sport serve as glue in helping stick the boys together. If music coporate the dramatic scene were good enough and each character story had more screentime, this anime would be a honed pearl comparable to visual novels.

I consider this anime very good and it immediately won its place in my top faves. Not for everyone, I guess, but it's a refreshing kind of sports and slice of life mix. It addresses modern topics (domestic abuse, gender and sexuality, amongst a few others) in a very respectful and natural way that I have yet to see from other popular, seasonal animes. (Disclaimer: not claiming seasonal animes are bad in any way, it's just a different feeling.) The animation is fluid and entertaining to watch, specially in the soft tennis parts, and I commend the artists for how they draw character's expressions. The music gives it a final touch, and it really shows the people working on it know how to play with sound cues to tell us a story. In general, I found Hoshiai no Sora an enjoyable experience. It tells a compelling story and makes good use of their resources, playing a lot with emotional tension and separating with a clear line the "Bad Moments" from the good ones. I recommend it. Now, for some (more or less) spoiler-ed commentary: The ending, I feel, is a bit abrupt. I kinda was looking for more. Still, I do think it fits the general theme and it's also executed very well. Edit: upon some simple research, I've found that the director's original idea was the anime to go for 24-25 episodes, but was cut short by the studio. This is most likely why it felt so out of pace. I've seen the criticism to this anime being mostly about how all the characters have some sort of troubled family situation. In all honesty, I feel like that's an uniformed comment to make, one that plays under the assumption that dysfuncional households are an exception or particular, isolated cases, which is just not true. Besides, it's not like the characters are mirror copies of each other, much less their family situations. They vary in a million ways, from severity to what the issue is and how the character in question takes it all in. It's not like they're all unhappy, either.

I thought it was excellent anime, I loved how each character had their own tragic home lives but Soft Tennis brought them all together and it was used as a coping tool and in a sense it was therapeutic for them. While it didnt always focus on the tennis aspect of the show it was there just enough so that you could see their skill progress. each character was unique and had different qualities that made them all special in their own way. If you like sports anime and if you enjoy characters that a deeper than surface level I think you will enjoy this show but if your looking for it to be pure tennis focused this may not be the show for you because we do get games but there are only a had full throughout the series.

Child abuse is not something that I often see handled with tact in anime. They often reconcile quickly without any good reason. One of the few that i remember handle it well is Tomoya relationship with his father in Clannad. So when Stars Align came with so many type of child abuse and handle it with so much sensitivity, I'm really glad. Beyond that, it is one of the best show of 2019, and dare I say, of the decade. All the kids are loveable, charming, and most importantly, feel real. I particularly love Mitsue (who I still don't know what her purpose in the show, but again, I love her), with her cynical attitude towards life, is kinda like me, I guess. There's a bit at the end of the final episode that honestly feel mean spirited. But I kinda give it a pass, because as we know it's not the end of the story, even though anime continuation seems unlikely. Still, I'm holding out hope. In the end, this is as terrific show about kids that grew up and trying to cope with shitty parents, and once again, one of the best show of the decade.

Hoshiai no Sora started out good, with an interesting plot about Maki having a dysfunctional family; this made it slightly more unique, setting itself apart from just the usual sports genre. However, nearing the end of the show more complications arise without any of the past complications being resolved. So it left the viewers with more confusion and leave a sort of bad taste. Another gripe that some may feel is that they did not achieve any spectacular results for the sport part of the anime. Nonetheless, it is rather realistic considering their standards at the start of the anime. Overall, the anime was still enjoyable to me. And hopefully, there will be a season 2 to resolve all the different complications.

This is not your typical sports anime! In esscence it should be a mature family drama dressed up to fool the public as a sports drama. We start like a normal sports anime but then we reach to the point where we find that every single character's family is a dysfunctional one and it feels insanely real. And the characters are all children which makes it a rather educational take on a sports anime. This is for the parents who have just become parents and don't know how to deal with everything. It's a series about what not to do for all the young adults and it's good. A strange part is it's a sports anime but there's not a tot about the sports itself, even though soft tennis is a rather niche sport they don't explain too much about it. It's a heartbreaking show portraying the loss of innocence in children and the only coping they home is a sport they are engaged in with their friends. It's a good watch but it's bound to give mixed feelings to people who watch it as a sports anime, but if you're an adult it's going to touch your heart teach you about kids and about the world, family society. And it's fascinating how well the story has weaved two very different aspects of life into one.

This anime was pretty meh imo. All of the characters had so much potential, especially the two main characters. The writer had the right idea but the execution was bad. Why give so many characters traumatic background without giving any explanations? It left me so confused by the end of the show. One day it was this one character and their traumatic background, the next day it's someone different. Where are the answers to so many of the questions that were introduced? The show had a lot going on for how much explanation was provided. I just wish it gave more context for the audience to actually feel for the characters more. The show just felt like a massive trauma dump and nothing else. I wouldn't say I regret watching this show because the music and animation were pretty decent, but it's a shame because the plot had a lot of potential. 6/10.