Review of Stars Align

Stars Align is a sports anime that very publicly and unabashedly demonstrates itself to be far much more. You meet a misfit Soft Tennis Team that struggles both with one another and in their own personal lives. This anime does not shy away from touching on a wide range of social issues such as gender expression and domestic violence to helicopter moms and pressures of public life. Stars Align shows compassion and understanding through tackling these topics, for better or for worse. There are complaints that the anime has too many characters suffering with issues in their personal lives. Though I find that this isa strength of the show. The show is about these social issues, it's entirely fine for all the characters to receive unique backgrounds.

Now this is also partly a sports anime and with it comes competition and sports montages. I think this was done very well and I found the action highly engaging to watch.

Admittedly I may have a soft spot for this anime as I am a former tennis player who left the sport from burnout and stress. I relate a lot to these characters, even the ones who are very unlike me. I think other people will be able to relate to these characters as well in their own unique experiences.