Review of Tsukigakirei
I stumbled upon this anime since it is one of the most highly recommended on reddit when it comes down to Romance. I will agree that it is a good watch however I do not think this is a necessity to watch if you are a regular consumer of romantic dramas. The first thing I will point out is the art. The art could sometimes make you go wow! to "oh, there is another copy pasted CGI person walking in the same robotic fashion as 99% of the background characters. Art is generally what grabs my attention the most. And my first impression, especiallyin the intro, was "wow, look at all that terrible CGI." This show does have it's moments with animation. However I would say the amount of CGI background characters thrown in there was a little too much.
The story. Honestly, just having to sit here thinking about it I don't think I was that big of a fan of the story. It definitely had it's moments. However I felt there was a lot of cheap drama that was thrown in the story to help move it along which I was never a fan of. You knew exactly how the drama would play out, what would happen, and how it was resolved all within the first 30 seconds of when it is introduced. Again, nothing really wrong with that. However the over use of the cheap drama is where I began to get bored with it.
The good points? Do you like having diabeetus shot straight into your veins? Because there is PLENTY of diabeetus to go around. And that is what made the show more enjoyable for me. I feel had the creators spent more time exploring their relationship with the multiple cute interactions that they had. This show would have thrived a lot better. The cheap drama never really did anything that you didn't already know about. These two characters pushed each other in a very wholesome way and this was the shows strongest point. I feel they should have stuck with this direction instead of the cheap drama.
The characters. To be honest, most of the characters were really bland. The only two interesting characters are the main characters. They have a lot of awkward moments together and they completely understand each other at the same time. At multiple points, I felt myself, as the viewer cringe in awkwardness. I have been in that very same situation multiple times and there were a lot of times I could relate with what the characters were thinking and feeling. These two were the driving force of the show and is what made it watchable. There rest of the characters are well...just there. They don't offer any substance, they don't really push the story along, they just exist to fill the space. And really I couldn't care about any of the characters other than the main ones.
Overall I think my final score of 7 is a good and fair score. This show isn't terrible, however, it also isn't the greatest love story of all time. And for what it is worth, for being an anime original I definitely have to give Studio Feel some credit. They made a short little story and I feel they did a good job in telling what they wanted. I just could have used a lot less cheap drama and used more diabeetus.