Pros: Kamisato Ayaya Its very cute and relaxing to watch The English is nice though kinda bad Neutral: Another one of those nothing really happens anime Cons: Nitpick Cinematic aspect ratio in Ep. 1 Feels repetitive at times Pacing issues No English dub as of 2022 Long version: What happens when a foreigner moves to Japan and study there? Well this tries to answer that in a SoL anime. The premise is that Alice went from England to Japan to study with Shino who stayed with them a few years back. After that it shows their entire year as 1st year students. Its not the most interesting premise for me as it boils down to a group of friends living their lives but with 2 foreigners adding to the mix. The characters are kind of decent here. The main characters are Shino and Alice. The former is an airhead that really sucks at English and has a liking for blonde or gold? hair. The latter is incredibly Japanese though kinda shy. Though MAL and Anilist also puts Aya Karen and Youko as main characters Shino and Alice have the most screen time compared to the rest of the cast. Karen is basically inverse of Alice personalitywise. Very westerner in habits and speaks in broken Japanese at times. Aya AKA Ayaya is inverse of Shino shy and a Tsundere. Also is the smartest in the group. Finally there is Youko. Pretty much a tomboy and thats kinda it. IMO shes the least interesting character. I prefer Yuru Camps characters more than this. Maybe because Shimarin and Nadeshiko goes through more character development especially in S1 than the entire cast of this anime or theyre much more relatable than them. The comedy is there and its passable with fair amounts of hits and a few misses. Unfortunately there is no English dub of this as of Jan. 2022 though this will be harder to dub than Yuru Camp since it involves both English and Japanese. The English parts is pretty bad compared to western productions but its pretty neat for them to speak that language well enough so Ill give them credit for that. The visuals of this is fine. Its not mindblowing for 2013. Finally I like the music though not toptier. Very happy and energetic. This one is a pretty good anime with a relaxing atmosphere and a lack of conflict. It isnt the best in this type of anime now but its still somewhat enjoyable. If you havent watched a lot of SoL anime there are better options available before and after this animes release that I would recommend before this. I could only recommend this to the fans of this genre.