Review of Hanebado!

Story: 6/10 It's not anything special. Ayano basic premise is finding out the reason she plays badminton and then there some mother problem or something. Nagisa is literally about showing that her effort means something. Then there is a tournament arc and everyone loves tournament arcs right? There are some supporting character that get arcs as well but my god they are not that good at all. Also it doesn't follow the manga 100%. It changes a lot of things or makes things much more dramatic. Art: 9/10 Probably the reason you are going to even watch this. The animation is just phenomenal in this show. The badminton sceneslook amazing. Of course like most shows though it does tend to get worse as you get into the later episodes but it still is no where near as bad as Yuri on Ice was.

Sound: 7/10
Great opening and ending. The soundtrack does its job and the sound effect have a lot of impact in the badminton scenes.

Character: 3/10
All the characters are just terrible. Ayano becomes almost annoying as hell in the second half. Nagisa is really unlikable at the beginning, yes I get it is the point so that she gets an character arc where she gets better but in the later half of the show she is just so boring. The supporting cast aren't any better either. Connie is unlikeable Kaoruko is very unlikeable and Uchika is just the worse.
By the end of the series nothing feels resolved at all with these characters.
I honestly don't understand why they didn't just follow the manga accurately? The characters are much better in the manga and much more likeable.

Enjoyable: 7/10
The first half is very enjoyable and the animation is enough to keep you intersted. The story is just very bad and the characters are bad as well.

Overall 5/10
Should've followed the manga