Review of Tsukigakirei

Dazai once said: [What uneasiness lies in being loved.] Tsuki ga Kirei is a romance show that airied in Spring 2017, and after finishing it, I can only say one thing with absolute certainty: This show is by far one of the greatest romance shows I have ever watched. During the time this was airing, waiting to watch this show has made me feel unreasonable amounts of anxiety; never have I felt like this with any other show. ==Story Tsuki ga Kirei is a show that revolves around our awkward duo, Akane and Kotarou and how they handle their lives during middle school all the way up tograduation. It's a simple tale with no quirks. These are simply normal people living their normal lives.

That's all I can say since anything beyond this is spoiler territory. Anyway, the storyline of TgK all the way up to the end has consistently remained realistic and grounded. It is a modest middleschool romance story that explores the school and romantic lives of our couple.

Some characters act like idiots and they fight over the most puzzling of things, but the show takes time for you to remember that these are middleschoolers that doesn't have alot of experience with that sort of thing.

==Art
TgK has this wonderful coloring that reminds me of Grimgar's watercolour-style. The way the characters look are a bit quirky and rough at times but it's nothing really serious.

The only downside of this are the poor CGI models of unimportant characters (crowds). They look extremely out of place, but it's something you can ignore as you truck through the show.

==Sounds
Not much to say here, since the OST didn't really catch my ear = It's average. The OP and ED however are absolutely fantastic.

==Characters
Watching these characters reminds me alot of my middleschool days and it frightens me of how accurate these people are. They don't feel like characters in a show, they feel like actual people with how they talk and move.

As for our main couple, they developed into better people as they go on, from awkward teenagers into awkward teenagers with a heart. The way they interact with their rivals could be described as nothing short of really frustrating, but you need to remember that these are awkward teens, which in turn makes them characters I legitimately care about.

In short, watching Akane and Kotarou grow and mature felt about as heartwaming as watching my friends succeed in life (and about as depressing knowing I would never achieve the same.)

==Enjoyment
Every awaiting episode filled me with nothing but worry and anxiety. I could never predict properly what was going on since this show literally throws tropes out of the window. This show is literally Middleschool Romance: The Anime.

So watching them handle their school and romantic problems in ways I would never anticipate (thanks, tropes) always left me with a warm heart, but the way they concluded each problem was never so complete that you would feel completely free.

That is, until the last episode. Definitely ranks high into one of the most satisfying endings in romance anime.

==Overall
Watch it. If you're a huge fan of the romance genre, watch it. But if you don't like slow moving anime, I would ask you to get second opinions.