Mashiroiro Symphony

One day I was on Crunchyroll and wanted to see a new anime so I saw this in the new anime section and I gave a go. This show was addicting once episode two started. (Not that I hated the first episode I just found the second episode started the plot) I really felt for the characters and actually cared for them more and more as episodes passed. I watched this series WAY back but I started reviewing all the anime I watched here on CR recently. This anime is a must watch. If only there were more episodes of it.

Amazing, is all I have to say. Now I'm a huge anime fan and I mean "HUGE". So when I started watching Mashiroiro Symphony I fell in love with it completely! Now I know it's one of those anime where the shy, considerate guy, gets a horde of sensitive beautiful women and he has to pick one out all of them to be his girlfriend, and the others argue and when he does pick her, they accept it but continue to love him. Yes that may be the case but after I finished it I felt that Miu and Shingo's love was as real and touching as ever. The release of Pannya showed that everybody needed change regardless of how they wanted to stay the same, as much as Sanas feelings for Shingo were heartwarming she had to move on and face the facts. They should make another season if I was the animator, tho I'm not sure how I'd start it, but the point I'm getting at is that these harem Animes are great but I do like other Animes besides these as well. So thanks for having me watch this touching anime, it really got to me and I loved it A+. :3

*Spoilers*

While I will admit that this anime is incredibly cute, it pales in comparison to its original source. I find myself constantly disappointed by anime adaptations of Visual Novels, primarily due to the fact that they tend to mash together all of the routes in attempt to delve into each character. This approach leads to either not showing character depth in order to prevent an attachment to the characters, or developing a character too much and suddenly dropping them and their plot to move on to the next character. This anime experiences both issues.

The first few episodes had a very heavy focus on Airi, the school role-model/classic tsundere, and did a very good job developing her emotions and feelings towards the protagonist quite well. Unfortunately, after episode 5 or 6, her thoughts are barely brought into play at all, and only hinted at a couple times for the remaining half of the anime. A similar situation of over-development occurred with Sana, the almost childishly violent and dishonest modern tsundere. While this attachment towards her character in specific lent a good portion of the plot, her cliche "As long as he's happy" attitude almost feels like a cheap trick to wrap up the series. With such a heavy focus on these two characters, the should-have-been primary heroine, the senpai Miu got a lot less development than she deserved to suddenly have the 'I love you' moment. This is, of course, not even mentioning the almost complete lack of detail towards the maid character Ange and the protagonist's younger sister Sakuno, who at least in this adaptation had about the same depth as that of an inflatable kiddie-pool in someone's back yard.

Having said that, I will give the anime some merits as well. It did a very good job in developing the characters (that it actually focused on) and both the animation and voice acting were exceptional as compared to many others that I have seen; let alone how cute Pannya and his expressions were.

As the series started off I felt that it had an amazing amount of potential, however nearing the end I just felt as if there was too much of the story left untold.

Went into this one thinking that it might be another one of "those" kind anime shows, but it turned out much better. The whole plot is very well done and the romance and characters grow through out the series. Though there are some unexpected twists that do in the end add to the show but also kinda leave you a little out of loop. This is a four star mostly due to the fact there are a few plot drops towards the end, and also the fact didn't leave with the feeling of being satisfied, like in other anime. Over all though this was a good anime and reaches about 5 on my top ten animes so go have a look you won't be disapointed.

In my time enjoying animes this anime stands out quite well in the categories it is portrayed in and I really enjoyed this without much trouble. the main character's adventure as he struggles through life in the new coed school is quite funny. the story starts off pretty well and develops to the eventual girl the guy chooses. even though the ending is what most people did not expect it was still good nevertheless if they wish to continue the story at some point they'd need to step it up ^^ but overall its a good show to watch mind you there are some parts in which may not be good for children but of course the new generation seems to alrdy know about that alrdy (scary...O.o)