Review of Tsukigakirei
The art is... interesting. I'm not exactly a fan of it, but I'll give it a few points for being different, at least. I didn't really notice the sound, which means that it did its job. If I remember the music, it's either because it was outstanding or horrid. The story is the relationship between a boy and a girl. There's nothing really special about the story, which is to be expected of a slice-of-life-ish middle school romance anime. It takes a long time for the pace to pick up as well. The plot is fairly predictable, but what happens is pretty heartfelt and sweet, soI feel that it was pulled off well. If you're going to go cliche, then do it well at least.
The characters are decent, at best. They have their own quirks, but there weren't really any stand-out personalities. Note to authors: giving each character one or two funny or unique quirks or traits doesn't make them good characters. Like... "Oh, she squeezes her dolly thingy when she's nervous! What a unique character!" Haha. No. Other characters, who seem like they might play a pivotal role in the story, are just inserted to cause a bit of trivial drama and then fade into the background again. If you're expecting some big drama or plot twists or whatever... let's just say that it's as likely to happen as it does in real life (which could be seen as a good thing if you like realism).
Yeah, although the anime is fairly average, I'm a sucker for romance and PogChamp whenever I see something cute or lovey-dovey. That's where my enjoyment scoring of 9 comes in. For every predictable eye-roll moment that happens, there's a sweet romantic eye-roll inducing moment that put a stupid smile on my face. I felt embarrassed for the characters, I felt sad for them, and I felt happy for them. I'm not sure if Tsuki ga Kirei leaves us viewers with a particularly wise message, but I guess it could happen.
A run-of-the-mill romantic anime that caters to my love of adorableness and the raw adolescent "love will find a way" mentality leaves Tsuki ga Kirei with a score of 8.