What does it take to create a dating SIM which will cause people to laugh and cry but also touch their hearts? This was a question our main character asked himself which sparked the beginning of the rollercoaster of laughs we call Saekano. Im sure when we were younger youve all had dreams and goals you wanted to achieve when you get older. The anime tells the epic adventure it took our MC Tomoya Aki to achieve his goal of creating a game complete with all the girl problems and sexual harassments he receives each day from his devious coworkers. While I was scrolling through the notoriously long new anime section of an unnamed website how to raise a boring girlfriend caught my eye then I thought to myself better take some notes. At first glance Saekano looks like an average romcom anime and being your normal romcom lover I decided to give it a try and let me tell you I was definitely in for a treat. Saekano is one of those animes that you just cant get enough of not a single episode has left me without tears rolling down my face from laughter. Story The story kicks off on a sunny spring day in which the wind blows the hat off of a fair maiden which of course Tomoya was there to pick it up for her and give it back. That event was what inspired Tomoya to make a dating SIM he also envisioned that that exact event would serve to be a flawless opening scene with the maiden as the main character. And as far as we know the perfect girl doesnt exist because Tomoya later finds out that in reality the maiden wasnt very fair in fact apart from her beauty shes just about the most ordinary girl ever. She was so ordinary that Tomoya didnt realize that she was in his class. The plot is centered on our protagonist Tomoya Aki and his associates the busty but intelligent Utaha senpai the flat but illmannered Eriri Spencer and of course the ordinary girl Katou Megumi. Saekano takes a slow start as it takes several episodes for Mr. Aki to convince his unwilling companions to aid him in making his game. But after that the pacing of the anime is quite steady. Sadly this anime is limited only to 12 episodes which for me is a definite con because there couldve been so much more character and plot development. Characters The characters are definitely where the anime excels the most at. Each of the female protagonists except for Katou has an ornate and welldeveloped backstory with Tomoya. Throughout the plot the author slowly elaborates more on the characters as if slowly giving us puzzle pieces to give us a better picture. But due to the anime only having 12 episodes we never really get to see the full potential character development from all the characters. Art In my opinion the A1 pictures did a great job animating this anime. They used vibrant colors that brought out the carefree and cheerful tone of the show. The animation style reminds me of Nisekoi another successful harem anime. The character designs to me were great they followed the generic character designs of many harems and romance animes. Dont see many cons of this art style unless you dislike the uniqueness of the art style. One thing that stood out to me was the insanely stubby fingers the characters have sometimes especially while Utaha is typing. Sound The show had a solid and wellbuilt soundtrack with dramatic sounding dramatic scenes and cheerful music for happy scenes. Not much I can say but the soundtracks were sufficient for the show. Great choices in the voice actor department what could go wrong with Ai Kayano and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as 2 of your main characters? The OPs and EDs were lighthearted songs that complemented the shows tone. They were not especially stunning but not crappy. Negatives As mentioned before several times my biggest problem with this anime is that it only has 12 episodes and because of this we didnt get to see the full potential of character development the show couldve given us. Nor get to see a more complete full picture. But with the anime leaving off like this Im sure that there would be a second or even a third season. The second thing I had a problem with while watching the anime was the pacing of the which I mentioned before was a bit too slow in the beginning. But towards the end of the show the pacing sped up again. Enjoyment/ Overall QWhat would you happen if you added together with an eccentric rich girl a beautiful female writer a hardcore otaku his musically blessed cousin and an ordinary girl? AYou get Blessing Software as well as one of the most wellmade and hilarious romcom ever. Story7 Art10 Sound8 Character8 Enjoyment9 Overall8