Review of Stars Align

It is very different from your usual sports anime. I went in thinking I was gonna get some great matches and things like that but this is more of a drama that's based around tennis. TW-mental and physical child abuse. This anime is really good, it mostly centers around the lives of the players and their interactions and personal relationships and struggles with their families and identities. The sport comes in as a way for them to cope with the current lives they are living and how it helps them grow as people since they find comfort in one another. If drama isn't for youthen this might not be it but if you are open to it, I say you give it a shot. It discusses some important topics, mostly how kids grow up and experience a toxic family setting and some of the characters have experiences physical and/or mental abuse, there is also talks about discovering their own identities (The team manger struggles figuring out his sexuality and I found it cool that they did not make this a "personality trait", instead they showed how difficult it must be for lgbtq+ people to find and accept themselves) and how they are supposed to go through life. I do recommend! :)