I focus my reviews around three main aspects: art characters and plot. In question form: Is this visually pleasing? Do the characters invoke an emotion in me e.g. like hate adore and If someone asked would I say the story holds its own? Ill do my best to put all major spoilers in tags but be wary that minor/general spoilers may be present. All sections have a tldr at the bottom. Art 6/10 animation 7.5/10 characters 7/10 effects If you like fan service youll love this anime. It has an excessive amount of raw nudity and all the usual fan service bits. Im not a huge fan so I found it a tiny bit annoying but Aratas reactions to each bit was great so I actually found the fan service to be a positive aspect here. The animation not the art was pretty shoddy I wont lie. However I do have a weak side for aesthetically pleasing characters. Lilith Yui and the Sherlock twins were stellar. The rest werent bad other than Akio which I didnt feel particularly strong about. Since this is a magic anime the effects are also quite an important part of the show. They werent outstanding but it certainly wasnt anywhere near as bad as the animation may lead it to seem they may be. tldr Is this visually pleasing? Yeah if you like excessive fanservice with a MC that doesnt have cliche reactions good character visuals and magic. Characters 8/10 Definitely the strong point in this show by far. Arata Pretty standard harem MC honestly. The one thing that sells him for me is his reactions to the various fan service bits which are far from the stereotypical MC reactions. Plus hes OP so thats fun. Now since this is a harem anime Ill go in order of my favorite to least favorite Yui Both of her forms top the looks chart for the characters. Aggressive in love but caring towards her friends. Probably plays a killer Yuumi too. Lilith I mostly love this character for a combination of her looks and the gap between her and rest of the casts reactions to being fanserviced most of the cast doesnt seem to care or invites it but Lilith reacts pretty much as you expect her to. Sherlock Twins A classic example of abusing gap moe but theres a reason why its such a well known thing. It works. Nothing big to comment on the rest of the cast overall good characters and each have their own quirk they bring to the table hoping to appeal to as many viewers as possible. tldr Do the characters invoke an emotion in me? Yeah but not by their own individuality most of the emotions invoked as a result of pair dynamic and gaps between one another. If you isolated each of the characters only Arata and Yui may be worth their salt. Which is fine but it keeps me from any higher than an 8. Plot 5/10 The weakest link. Id imagine anyone who completed the anime can agree this is the case at least for the anime adaption. Things felt really rushed as there really were no good conclusion points except for where ended up especially if they didnt know if they had the budget for a season 2. Plus not even the story took itself seriously but thats an intended result by virtue of the type of story it tells. I dont think the author wanted the plot to be taken seriously or else we wouldnt have the absurd fanservice randomly OP MC people kind of leisurely chatting within a couple feet of each other in a lifeordeath battle etc etc. So I dont take away much from my rating because of the plot just because the plot was built this way or so it seemed from what weve seen adapted tldr If someone asked would I say the story holds its own? no its a mess of cliche or overthetop bits that were feel intended to make the plot less important which is fine just dont go in expecting a Kimi no Na wa story to unfold. Overall 7/10 If you like the magic genre youll like it. If you like harem animes youll like it. If you enjoy fan service youll love it joking sort of. If you like none of those I dont recommend it. The characters are great but theyre not worth the downsides if you arent into at least one of the three bits above. But if you are in one of those three its a pretty enjoyable watch. You cant take it seriously but as long as you know that you can expect something worth watching.