Review of Tsukigakirei

To be honest, I picked this up due the attractive artwork caught my attention and the title itself, tsuki ga kirei. I was not disappointed. Story: 10/10 As a fan of slice of life shows like non non biyori, natsume yuujinchou, Flying witch, K-on, Is your order a rabbit? , yama no susume, Anohana, Your life in april and many others, this show started slow and relaxing like any other slice of life anime, not giving away any eye catching moments like other genres. I basically like how it started off. The story slowly develops, and I have to say, is the most natural, most realisticand the most beautiful romance story out of all I have watched thus far.

It is a story about how a group of high school students go through their days, those who fell in love, those with unrequited love. But, the important thing is that all these happened naturally, not with alot of drama even for scenes unrequited love which we often encounter in anime with the girls boldly trying to snatch the guy despite the obvious love the guy shows for one of the particular girls e.g. Nisekoi. This anime beautifully captures the meaning of tsuki ga kirei (I love you) and emphasises on the quiet first-times the girl and the boy share with each other. The pace was pretty fine as well, I don't find the ending rushed and I'm more than happy that the ending song at the last episode shows a brief after story and a proper consistent ending the anime deserves. I'm also glad that they know when to stop instead of making it crazy long to milk the series and bore us.

The only complaint I have is the amount of screen time for "Lime" or Line chatting app. I have no idea if Line takes part in all the slice of life gems or something but I usually find that app in these gems in my case. Others include relife. While I found it used too often is this series but is not a bad thing as it does contribute to the relationship development between the introvert couple... although I would have preferred a bit more face to face times for them. That aside, I have no qualms about the story.

Characters: 8/10
The characters are pretty likable. You don't find a single character you would want to suddenly call a "bitch" in the middle of the anime, neither do you find any irritating characters around the MCs.

Music: 8/10
I'd say, it is relaxing, I can't say it got one of the best OSTs out there but it matches the story just fine. I pretty much like how relaxing it is just like the story.

Art:10/10
The important thing I look for in an anime is consistent art (wouldn't want wobbling art like naruto shippuden in the pain arc), and I have no problems with it here. The art used here is one of a kind and it really very pretty. This utilization is very appealing to me in this slice of life romance.

I really enjoyed the story as one of the best slice of life romance out there. The story is depicted realistically and naturally, about a quiet romance that might be occurring in corners of the world that we may never know. At least that is the feeling I get with this series, thus giving it 10/10