Review of Horimiya

Yes, I like this anime a lot. I rated it an 8 instead of a 9 or 10 for reasons I will explain later on, but I have to tell you beforehand that I have read the manga, and a lot of it too (121 chapters). Story, 7- Yes, this is my main problem with the adaptation. They cut details, cut or shorten scenes, and to be honest with you their priorities for how long to make each segment/scene from the manga during the first half or so of the series are poor. They cut lines from a couple different extremely good scenes that weren'teven that long (in one instance they cut off lines from what would've been around a 90 second scene to make it 60.) Having read the manga and knowing how those scenes worked and then seeing them fall flatter than usual in the adaptation was disappointing. The general plot/side stories are all there, and those are good. The plot doesn't really waste too much time getting to the good bits in the manga, and neither does this adaptation, and that's where I think a lot of the praise from this anime comes from. I see some people calling this a revolutionary rom-com or the like due to its premise being something along the lines of "2 unlikely partners" etc. That premise is not why this show is good. Not to mention there's very little drama, which is always a plus with me (I dislike trust-issue arcs and the like).

Art, 8- Looks great. I'm so glad that it's CloverWorks doing this art. Seriously, their stuff (that I've seen) is consistently good looking.

Sound, 7- Soundtrack is solid, VA's good (idk about dub), ambience, when there is any, is solid.

Character, 7- Yeah, the main two characters plus maybe 2 or 3 others are pretty good. The rest of them aren't exactly Oblivion NPC tier annoying, though. They're serviceable as long as they are side characters (the story does try to pry too deep into lives of side characters when the side characters themselves aren't actually that deep on rare occasions).

Enjoyment, 8- Yes, I enjoyed this show quite a bit. It is a pretty drama-free, relatively full show where the filler is noticeable but not bad by any measure.