Warring this review may contain spoilers. First impressions when looking back as my years as a child. I realize that I had actually all ready watching anime. Of course at the time I didnt realize that I was watching anime. And this show was one of them. After getting into anime officially I decided to take a trip down memory lane and finish a show from my childhood. Story5/10 Are story begans with sakura kimomoto a 10 year old girl who is just liveing for life to the fullest. But one day while cleaning her father study. She comes across a mysterious book which she opens Which contains a set of magic cards called the clow While trying to figure out what they are she accidentally spreads them across the world which a magic wind. Awakening the garden kero who tasks Sakura to get the clow cards back before they cause chaos and the worse case scenario the end of the world. Now to be honest here my experience with the magical girl genre is kind of limited at best because I Only seen 3 show so far this included. But aside that. The Main plot is pretty basic and bare bones. Its essentially Card of the week adventures. with sakura and co finding the cards and stoping them from causing to much chaos as possible While sakura is dressing up In different outfits. Which is perfectly fine if your a child or a young adult and you just want to watch this as Saturday morning cartoon fluff. Because it pretty straight forward In plot and story telling. Because you pretty much guess what going on or whats going to happen. Like for example sakura older brother who she kind of doesnt get along with all the time Who Just happens to have a part time jobs near the area of where Sakura and a clow card are in the near by area. Of course I am not saying that its so simple that even an adult cant like this show Because even though it is very painfully simple and pretty predictable there is quite a bit of adult context to it. Especially when you get into the whole back ground plot that also going On. Like for example in one episode we find out that this girl in sakura class who has a crush on a teacher who actually also share those feelings as well. Along with a bunch of other weird things the throw In as well which you will probably pick up on very quickly. Of corse this being the kind of story it is. It takes these kind of mature situations at face value and kind of cherry picks them to make these situations more innocent than they actually seem. Which kind of makes the show a bit more interesting. Than just your run of the mill kids show And its quite nice for the story to try and maintain its child like innocence while giving slight winks to adult viewers. Which should be given credit. But there are quite a few issues I did have with the story. Even though it has this over arcing plot going down with a bunch of other things in the back ground and even makes you feel its going to build up to something good. But The actual conclusions are pretty week over all and doesnt really manage to build up itself well. Although at this point I was watching it more for the kinky romances and the actual core story. Because it actually had progression and I was kind of getting bored with the whole card thing. It also didnt help that most of the time the where repeating the same thing. Over and over again in till it loses most of its punch. I thought there would be a bit more variety is what I am trying to say. Characters6/10 Sakura I thought she was a fine character. Because she actually acted like a kid her actual age. She was very hopeful and innocent and always wanted to help people. Of corse she not best main character. But for what she is in she fine. The side characters where all fine. There really isnt that much special or note worthy Especially when compared to other casts I have seen. They all have ok personality and I can actually tell the characters apart. Although the characters are pretty basic. The only thing that actually note worthy is pretty much how none of them gives a fuck about sexuality and if they feel something for someone they go for it no question asked. Which I think is actually interesting and a very mature take on that. Because they dont actually dont draw much attention to it and they just let it play out as is. Also because of this fact the character interactions can get a little weird at times. I wasnt bothered by it. But it can get kind of get a little to touchy at times. Like you have this one scene with this one women who loved the main character dead mother and kind of hates the main character father for giving her the best years of her life before she died. And I thought that was pretty intense and something you dont she very often. Art6/10 The animation looks quite nice actually even though it quite dated by today standards But I think that also a plus because it doesnt look to bright and shiny like you get quite a few magical girl shows Because To be honest some of those shows animation can get a bit to bright for my liking. It has this nice cute look to it Which isnt to much in your face and doesnt over step its welcome It just presented as is and I like that more than something trying to be overly cute Because I can only handle so much kawaii at a time before my power core burns out from to much kawaii. I like the character designs Because I quite like this kind of old school shoujo designs. Sound 5/10 I liked the first op because it was energetic and quite relaxing But the rest didnt really stand out to me. Like it not bad because it fits very well with the show But it doesnt really click with me. The ost was fine nothing really did stick out It was done by Takayuki Negishi Who also worked on Tokyo mew mew Tokyo maijin card fight vanguard. I liked both the dub and the sub Because there ok. Enjoyment 5/10 I actually enjoyed this show more than I thought I would. Because it was relaxing and very light hearted which was kind of something I havent watched in a while So I enjoyed the change of pace. I also enjoyed that it. Handled its self in a mature way. Overall 6/10 Now if your looking for a show that you can kick back and relax with the kids then probably check this show out because it pretty much a standard magical girl show But with more of an adult context to it. If you dont like clamp and shoujo type shows then probably stay clear.