Review of We Were There

Okay, this might be more of a rant than a review since my feelings are fresh and raw. Let’s begin with the horrid artwork/animation. The characters had one eye missing throughout the show. I tried overlooking it but it was extremely distracting. I don’t know whether that was an artistic signature or pure laziness. Artwork team, maybe get your shit together? But what made the entire anime more hard to watch was *drum roll*: the characters. One of the most important elements of the show was the biggest downfall here. The main protagonists were plain dumb and annoying. I tried overlooking the fact thatthey were still fresh in high school (although age doesn’t have much to do with it) but man they were constantly getting on my nerves. One small problem was being dragged for so many episodes simply because of a miscommunication and lack of trust? Also, why does every rom-com/shōjou anime glorify the main male lead to be your alpha dominant, arrogant and aggressive type? Being physically/verbally abusive isn’t something you should be displaying in shōjou anime, where the main audience will be young girls, who will grow up thinking it’s okay having someone slapping/pushing/dragging you by your hands? It's not something unique in this show but it's a common trend amongst the genre itself, sadly. It’s unhealthy and it needs to be stopped. And it definitely doesn’t need any more glorification by having the female lead fall for that nonsense, for heaven’s sake.
Basically, most of the episode consists of: misunderstanding, lots of crying from the main female lead and unnecessary drama. The entire series was stretched out thin, there was no substance to the show, and nothing could make up for the terrible artwork & even more terrible plot/character development (because there wasn’t ANY to begin with).
Also, I watched this on a whim because someone recommended/suggested this alongside Nana? Like, I saw NOTHING in resemblance, not even close. As a huge Nana fan, I’m offended that they were even compared to begin with.

PS - Excuse the typos & grammatical errors in advance!