Review of Convenience Store Boy Friends

Not going to lie... I only watched this anime because I got a keychain of it from an anime loot box(It was filled with random animes). Owning merch of the show, I wanted to give it a shot. Now, let's get into the anime basics. Story; I don't know who did the Synopsis on MAL, but this anime is about 12 students, each supposed to fall in love with their person. But the main focus is on Towa Honda(the typical popular boy who annoys the girl he likes until she can't help but love him back) and Haruki Mishima(fallen in love with his childhood friend, butdoesn't "know it" and for reason just can't confess for the life of him). You watch them do stupid teenager shit, fall in love with their person and go to the convenience store way too often. Art; I was hoping it would get better after the first episode... it did not. Sound; The OST was pretty decent, and probably the best part of the show. Characters; Maybe it was the animation that got to me, but the characters (whether main or side) were just awkward as hell. Long pauses every god damn minute, characters just staring at each other for no reason and some scenes/reactions that just didn't seem finished.

Overall, I didn't enjoy this anime. I stayed till the end hoping we'd get to see the rest of the cast, but during the 12 episodes they only focused on the four main characters who were boring and dry, They had the cute guy in the kitchen, a super short girl who was paired up with a giant from student council and a librarian who loves a guy from the track & field club... yet they focused on step daddy issues, family issues, guy who can't accept he loves a girl and a girl who is sweet but mysterious because of a disease.

The coolest thing I found out about this anime is that an actual convenience store, Lawson's, collaborated with Kadokawa to make this... did they succeed? No...