Review of Teasing Master Takagi-san

A tale of two middle schoolers, and innocent love. The chemistry between Nishikata and Takagi was so powerful, hence why I loved following this show. It's not your generic love story with a cheesy storyline, rather it plays on the idea of love with both happiness and thrill. 1: Story Score -> 5 (Mediocre) -> Something that this series lacked in my opinion. I felt there was no sense of story progression between each episode, because of how they chose to break it down. In short and sweet "Topics" they showcased a spectrum of different situations and feelings that both Nishikata and Takagi went through, as wellas the trio of friends. I liked how they took the approach of cutting it down to different showcasing but it doesn't support a easy to sense timeline or story structure.

2: Art Score -> 6 (Fair)
-> It takes a lot to impress me on the section of Art, as it implies a powerful influence on the entire story. For this show, I think its fair to give it a solid 6/10. It didn't quite wow me, but at the same time it wasn't terrible. Decent scenes in the typhoon period and others but that's pretty much it.

3: Sound Score -> 6 (Fair)
-> Pretty much the same description from the art score fits my sound score. Nothing wowed me, but again. Not terrible. From voice acting and situational audio, it was fine.

4: Character Score -> 8 (Very Good)
-> Being a short 12 episode series, it is pretty hard to maintain a strong cast of characters who pass a charm to its viewers, and thankfully this show does this extremely well. With these seamlessly short and passive scenes in the show, I felt as though the chemistry between both Nishikata and Takagi was amazing. The way they communicate with each other shows a realistic approach to the 'innocent love' or 'young love' aspect. Being an inexperienced lad, Nishikata is completely oblivious to Takagi's feelings, so much so that he often lowers his guard at the worst times for Takagi to tease him. Strong potential for these two in the future. Although we did see only did see a handful of scenes between the three friends Yukari, Mina and Sanae, I am comfortable with stating that they were also well portrayed for their ages.

5: Enjoyment Score -> 8 (Very Good)
-> With its fairly simple story, I was surprised. I was always looking forward to my Monday afternoon to watch this show, as each episode made me smile and laugh at how dumb Nishikata can be! :D

|-_-_-_-> Final Score: 7/10 (GOOD) <-_-_-_-|

I really enjoyed watching this show, but as I stated, it takes a lot to impress me given this short stack of just 12 episodes.

I would've raised this score IF:
-> We had a much more fullfilling ending. The missed potential of adapting chapter 31 especially. A great opportunity lost.

-> More story progression. Fill the air with some sort of organization instead of just following a broken "topic" based timeline.

-> Increased quality of the art and sound aspect. These two were both okay in my perspective, but with the ever so increasing competition of the Slice of Life genre you NEED to stand out. An easy way of doing this would be to focus on the art/visual style, since it is the one aspect that is literally at everyone's faces from start to end.

Thanks for reading! This is actually my first MAL written review so I hope you enjoyed it! :D \>.</