Review of The Fruit of Grisaia

I was extremely surprised by this show, I was trying to find a new anime to watch and just randomly picked this from a list. when I read the synopsis I figured it would just be another ecchi/harem show and almost brushed it off. however, i looked into the show some more and decided to try it anyway. I had almost no intention of actually watching the show, i just needed something to pass the time. the first episode was okay enough and I was about to put the show down, except that the end of the first episode left enough mystery that Ihad to see what happened next. anyway, enough with the background, and on with the review!

-story-
I think the story was one of the weaker points in the show, not that it was bad, it just didn't really make sense. my biggest problem with the story was it's spacing, of the 5 heroines, each of them gets an arc. the problem was that the arcs were not even, 2 of the girls got 3+ episodes to explain everything and really flesh out their background, while the other 3 got 1-2 episodes max. overall I thought the story was intriguing enough to keep it interesting and even though it was the shows weaker point (in my opinion) it didn't do anything to seriously cripple the show

-art-
I don't have anything specific to say about the art, it seemed pretty average but it worked so smoothly that it ended up being quiet beautiful. the opening art was also very good and went with the music quiet nicely.

-sound-
I loved it, or at least the music part. the opening theme was phenomenal and while I usually skip the ending of a show after listening once to test it, I found every end theme In this show to be captivating and pleasant to listen to. As for the voices, I didn't have any particularly issues, but some of the voices were a little moe for me.

-character-
this is were the show really shows it's strength, each of the character's get's there own story arc. each arc does a great job of creating a setting and really showing the issues that these girls carry around with them and Yuugi managing to solve it somehow. my only concern is that the characters with the shorter story arcs didn't get as fleshed out as the others

-enjoyment-
as far as my personal enjoyment, I stated at the beginning that i was surprised with this show, while it does have some ecchi elements, they are mostly inserted briefly for comedy and don't do anything to harm the story. I loved this show because it was captivating and fun to watch and i highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good show.