Review of We Were There

Bokura ga Ita Story: Fairly complicated story compared to the romance genre. And it's full of drama. Exciting and interesting drama, and very annoying and " I will turn it off if they continue like this" kinda drama. I really liked the first 15-16 episodes, but everything slowly got annoying and then turned into being miserable. The last five-episode felt like an eternity to watch. Soooo slow. However, the story was something different than most romances and that's kept me going till the end. Drama is a great genre, but if the maker doesn't give at least a bit of rest to the viewer and forcethe audience to rewatch the same dramatic situations all the time it will be miserable to watch. Exactly like the second half of this anime.
One thing that not let my mind rest, they talk about having sex a lot, and some of the characters have already done it...for me, a bit difficult to imagen all these conversations and experiences by kids which are only 15-16. They talk about sex in middle school. How old a kid in middle school, 13/14? ... Somehow most of the conversations are not appropriate to there age. I forced myself to think they are at least 2-3 years older.
I give a 7 out of 10 to the story because the main story was interesting and it even could worth an 8, but the second half was like a 4 so I think 6 is a nice middle ground.

Art: I didn't like it at all. It took me about 3 episodes to get used to it. And still, until the end, I found new things in the art that I didn't like. I think this was one of the worst looking anime I ever watched, but I usually don't watch ugly animes. The animation also wasn't very nice. Sorry, I can't give you any professional reason why I didn't like it. It just wasn't right. I'm a bit of an art snob. 5/10

Sound: The music was okay. I think voices have outshined the character's look. I was a bit hesitant with Nanami's voice as it too monotonous, but after a while, I decided I will think about it like it wants to be cute. 7/10

Character:

Yano: He is probably the most sympathetic character of all. He has emotional issues, but he really tries his best to overcome everything for his new love. He is straight forward, caring, and smart. Just a great guy really. His character has gone through an amazing development to the end.

Takahashi: I really liked her until half of the anime. I thought she is a cute normal girl. I liked how she is so honest with her emotions and even though she got nervous she had the gut to make herself feel equal to Yano. However, I came to hate her to the end. She got very annoying and turned into a shy and obsessive girl. She barely talked to Yano about her problems and she only was thinking about herself. The most annoying part was that she was listening to all the outsiders, but not to the person she claimed to love so much. She turned out to be the worst character in the whole anime.

Takeuchi: I really didn't get that guy. Is he really has no other choice just go with his best friend's girlfriend. The same goes for Yano's previous girlfriend. His whole role was unnecessary to the story. So much extra drama for nothing. I could say he made Yano more serious about Nanami, but the truth he was already very serious and if Nanami has a more understanding attitude Yano would end up on the same level how he did in the end. Takeuchi only made the second part worst.

Side characters: Yuri and Nana also been pretty irritating, but at least they had a proper story and reason behind their actions.

Enjoyment: I have already mentioned it above that I loved it until the 15th-16th episodes and then just everything went wrong. 6/10

Overall: It had so many potentials, but they lost it halfway. It was okay to watch it once, but I definitely wouldn't rewatch it. 6/10