TLDR: Nice romance light plot overall relaxing experience. If you liked the romance side of Darling in the FranXX with its love rectangle you will love this. A darkhaired protagonist who is trying to win a redhaired weird girl is in turn is trying to be won by a shortdarkbluehaired girl Well this sounds about right lets hear what you got to say Ano Natsu de Matteru is a very lightweight anime in a sense that it does not burden you with plot or story. It is a fairly simple romance which makes it a pretty great choice to just fall back and enjoy. Characters are likable though the protagonist comes out a bit Mary Sueish. The story in itself isnt anything complicated as most of the watch time is dedicated to character development. Tell me about the story and then I can make some decisions So what is it about? AnoNatsu tells us the story of a group of friends who spend their summer vacation shooting a movie. There is the whole pack a bland protagonist a sexy weird best girl a school tsundere friend a tall popular guy who can get any girl but loves that one weird girl and Renon. The series establishes a love polygon that by itself does not really contribute to the plot but plot arguably is the least important part about AnoNatsu. And while the romance is dont hope to find something extraordinary here. As Ive said romance is fairly simple in AnoNatsu and by the most part the suspense isnt there your endgame ships are established by episode 5 and while there is some wiggle room it is pretty clear that the author himself is biased towards the ships. I cant say it is necessarily bad but this way the show does not present itself as a serious character drama. Well it sounds like its a pretty generic romcom is there anything in the show I might want to watch it for? The series catches the attention with its vivid colors and great soundtrack it has amazing character design witty dialog cute space creatures to fangirl over. Only the SciFi element is a questionable addition. Since it is a characterbased drama the SciFi aspect breaks the immersion and might ruin the experience. Including action in a slice of life genre is usually a bad idea but if you can get past that you will find a generally enjoyable ride. Overall relaxing chill experience. 7/10 P. S. Renon best girl fight me
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