Review of My Love Story!!
This doesn't include any story summaries. Also no spoilers. So let's get to the review.. I mean personal opinion ;) In a nutshell: Ore Monogatari!! is a fun romantic story with ample moe, romance, reality, and relationship in different levels (if you think that way). It's all there under one package and because of its wide palette of enjoyment, many people find this show enjoyable to some degree, but doesn't like it enough to say that it had left an impact, for it is too wide as themes are concerned. Story: 6/10 A refreshing and relaxing plot. Not a tear-jerk er or chair-grabber. But a fair romantic story.The first episode was introduce mystery with the ogre tale, but we understand.. I was skeptical at first when the confession occurred at the starting episodes before exploring into individual characters. But it turned out to be rather great. There is a mix of humor, anime stuff, reality and bit mystery for some, which makes it a complete package. The first half of the series was the best part. I felt the later last few episodes to be a pain in the ass. I was bit curious about the ending; but the anime failed to entertain me there. I didn't expect much anyway.
Art: 6/10
A unique color palette from Madhouse. Not a fan of it though but acceptable. The pop'in colors suit the romantic mood. The character animation is little wired in way that its unique when coupled along with the unique color pallet. Not that its awful, but gets used to after few episodes. There is attention to detail and some scenes are well rendered. The romantic and expression scenes are flashy and there's is lot of moe theme visually going on, again makes the show unique in it's own way.
Sound: 7/10
Good voice acting. The OP and ED is truly awesome. The melody is catching for me. The humor scenes are made enjoyable thanks to the great effort put forward by the voice actors. It's not a break through voicing as a whole but is great considering the impact on overall enjoyment delivered.
Character: 7/10
The characters are unique and well established. Though the same cannot be said for all of them, some were under developed for obvious reasons. Suna being mysterious and silent is a great move considering the anime's success. The less someone talks, the more thinking can be left to the remaining cast and viewers, so the story can keep going. Some characters that appeared at the later half of the series failed to be as interesting as they were portrait to be. I believe this is because these characters don't 'fit in' with the main cast or the story associated with them was in short 'boring'.
Enjoyment: 7/10
As i mentioned earlier, the first half was very enjoyable. i laughed hard in most of the episodes. But the level of humor faded along the last few episodes. But overall, it was quiet an enjoyable show i could savor in a long time. Thanks to the art and voicing, the enjoyment was 10x.
Overall Score: 6.6/10