Review of Sing "Yesterday" for Me

Full disclaimer that I wrote a previous review for this but decided to completely revamp and simplify it after concluding this anime. Yesterday wo Utatte is the first anime that I'll give a MAL review for; the reason I decided to break this silent streak is because holy hell, this is frustrating to watch. I was recommended this because of Welcome to the NHK!, and since I'm a big fan of NHK!, I'd give it a go. Saw it was completely drama/romance focused, so I was prepared for it to be slow if it were for the right reasons. It unfortunately wasn't. Apart from Haru "Crow Waifu"Nonaka, the characters are mostly unlikable, and paired with a trash story, makes this a grind to continue keeping interest in their love triangle. The main character, Rikuo, is so boring and uninteresting, I don't know why he has two girls swooning for him. Christmas Cake Shinako keeps pretending to be innocent when it comes to relationships, yet instigates all of them, making it hard to feel sorry for her, and Rou is just a childish loser. Also, why did Haru fall in love with Riuko? Because he passed by her everyday while she was in middle school? Do they really expect me to believe she'd be so faithful to him because of that? Unfortunately, they do.

The quality of the anime is fine, and the first 6 episodes are pretty okay; they don't focus on the love triangle, and the side characters are actually pretty nice... but then you'll want more, and unfortunately, the next six are boring trash. The big question from here is if you want to even bother starting on the journey if you know the ending payoff is bad.

I think the worst thing to come out of my experience watching this anime is that I've fallen in love with Haru Nonaka, and I'll probably never get closure with her unless I read the manga which I hear is also an infuriating process to go through.

TL;DR you can try, but I wouldn't suggest it.