Zíza

Nice animation, gotta give it that, it was a joy to watch. Even though the story wasn't great, and the characters were as they were (not really interesting but not hateable), there was quite a bit of fighting, which was good. There wasn't any room for character development or any bonding between the viewer and the main characters, except that just surviving was fine, since the anime didn't really play at being anything more than what it was: pretty animation and battles. I watched it during meals, and I always ate well.

You’ll mostly want to see this for the peculiar main character, who is obviously on the spectrum, with a great characterization and an entirely human performance. Plus, this wonderfully childishly playful and endearing main character is portrayed by the excellent Takahashi Issei, so you don't have to worry about whether the quality will drop. It doesn't. A kind of an unusual man is entrenched in the college environment where he began teaching. The other setting where he begins to spend more time is a dental clinic run by the heroine, played by Eikura Nana. And she's not a bad heroine at all. She has her relationships, her problems, her airlocks. A variety of characters weave around them, forming a patchwork of relationships and characters, sometimes rather flat, sometimes deep as wells, but the viewer is still most interested in the mischievous madman in the lead role. It's a classic relationship series that turns up wisdom, avoids clichés relatively well in order to compose them a different way, but above all delivers warmth. It's the kind of show where you become friends with the characters, good friends, you have fun together, cry together, you experience various joys and hardships. And then it's over, and you feel sorry for them, and you think you have to go back to them because you had a good time with them. It was just the very ending that I didn't enjoy much. In fact, it left me cold, maybe slightly disillusioned. But that was just the last few minutes, everything was great up until then.

A nice, short, romantic affair. Sad, but also happy and funny. I especially liked how their relationship was portrayed. Admittedly it wasn't interfered with by anyone else, so it seemed maybe a little too idyllic (except for her medical condition, that is), although it’s true that the beginnings of relationships tend to be that way. Mostly it wasn't just a gratuitous "we're together", but it was clear that the two of them understood each other. It was nice. A strong 3 stars.