Many decided to gloss over this anime as it reminded them too much of "can a boy/girl friendship survive", but those who checked it out knew that this anime is anything but that infuriating story. While some elements are similar this is very mild love story that can be indeed enjoyable. Animation and sound: they are alright. Animation is pretty average, not bad and not good but well enough that it's passable. Music is average with the exception of OP which not only has catchy song but also has tons of cultural references. Overall: animation and music are fine and the OP is great. Characters: Akiteru isserious high school boy that decided to invest all time he has into improving himself and securing good future. Contrary to him Iroha is his best friend little sister whose favorite pastime is teasing her senpai. The dynamic between the two is great, Iroha may act like Himari at the start but she never crosses the line that makes her downright annoying. And Akiteru is a kind soul that will help others by applying his own method to their problem. When dealing with Iroha he shows restraint and patience, never loosing his cool and ever doing a twist on her teasing attempts. Joining them is Ozuma who is Iroha's brother and nice, calm PC genius and Mashiro who is Akiteru's cousin and has difficulty of communicating her thought to not just him but everyone else - like a typical tsundere.

Overall: Akiteru and Iroha are great duo and the rest of the cast are enjoyable to watch, with the exception of Mashiro who is downright annoying at the start of the show.

Story: The story follows Akiteru and his wish to break big in the gaming industry with the help of his uncle. But his uncle puts a condition on him - to pretend to be Mashiro's boyfriend for the entirety of high school. He reluctantly agrees and has to deal with that along every other problems that can hamper his big gaming industry plans. There is actually more to this story than just that as it explores background of most of the characters in this 12 episodes, which is a nice change of pace than focusing just on main story alone. But I get it that some may find it annoying as Mashiro is very annoying until her arc is up and done and Iroha's backstory may not be interesting to some people.

Overall: story has an simple premise and focuses more on character development than on the main story plot for the duration of anime. Which is both good or bad thing depending on your own taste.

Overall grade: between 7 and 8. I personally gave it 10 as I enjoyed it quite much but realistically it lies somewhere between 7 and 8. What hampers it is the nature of the story as it spends a lot of time developing main characters to really push the main story forward. And Mashiro can be even more annoying than Himari is if you can believe it. The best scenes in this anime were when Iroha was on the spotlight, regardless of teasing her senpai or not.

I would recommend this anime if you want to watch some light romantic teasing story, but if you dislike really annoying characters and story that does not focus that much on the main plot then you can go ahead and skip it. If season 2 is ever done I will watch it.