Review of Horimiya

This is a review of seasons 1 and 2 First off, shout out to the dub's casting director Caitlin Glass for assembling a cast of entirely poc actors for this show simply because she thought it would be cool. Something you're often told when working in the acting industry is that not getting cast is almost NEVER your fault. To be blunt, there's a lot of discrimination in this field and these voice actors aren't often heard in a series like this. So for this show to go with an exclusively poc cast all for the sake of normalizing these actors being given more fair treatmentand equal opportunity in future auditions is such a big deal. For that alone, I'm incredibly grateful for this show's existence. As for the show itself... I'll be honest, it's perfectly fine. It felt like I was watching the aftermath to a story I missed out on. The show alludes to the characters having gone through a lot of hardship in the past, but its always a personal moment with a single character reflecting on their life. Rather than an ongoing event that multiple characters can get involved in and help one another with. Catching glimpses of what the characters had gone through in the past was always the most compelling part of the show to me, while the romance and comedic bits were all just ok. But I was pleasantly surprised to see that the main characters graduate in the FIRST season! So I was really looking forward to see what their lives after high school were gonna be li- ...oh. The second season is entirely flashbacks of their high school days... because if anime has taught us anything, it's that absolutely everything interesting that'll ever happen to us in our lives can only ever happen exclusively within the confines of a high school... SIIIIIIIGH... So ya. While I respect this show for what it provided for and with its english voice cast, the show itself has a lot missed potential that left me wishing the story was taken in a more interesting direction.

5.5/10