Review of Hanebado!

Hanebado is UNDERRATED! Why does it have such low ratings? Sure the first half was boring but that is so made up for in the later half of the season. While sitting through the first 6 episodes I kind of just felt like waiting it all out and just see from the corner of my eye the plot while scrolling through discord and messaging people, during the first 6 episodes a pretty solid premise for a plot was settled and developed, enough to give way to an interesting development in later episodes, but really it was nothing special or note worthy. But when you get tothose final 7 episodes, it changes, Hanebado becomes something more than just a typical cute girls or sports anime, and takes a different turn on characters. The best and most notable thing about this anime is the character development, by absolutely no means is it the best thing in existence, but by no means is it normal at all, and I absolutely loved that about Hanebado, the twists in the characters develop for a great, unpredictable story, turning normal badminton matches into thrilling and engaging experiences which had my heart racing. Some of the most memorable scenes, contrasting with some of the most bland, working well.

These thrilling scenes as mentioned before definitely carry the entire show, the character development in concluding episodes, while being dragged down by some of the more dull episodes in the beginning, still manage to hold quite a strong spot in my heart. Overall with the good balance of tame and wild content, and a well round up tie to the series with a good and satisfying ending, Hanebado manages to do what most animes try, and that is to make a series you don't regret watching and to have an ending good enough to answer all questions and leave you content.