Adachi to Shimamura is a lighthearted relaxing shoujoai series released in Fall 2020. Believe it or not I was actually interested in watching this show mainly because I am a fan of the seiyuu cast and character designs look aesthetically pleasing. I decided to watch this and thankfully it piqued my interest. It has become one of my favorite yuri series and its my personal favorite anime in this season. The main duo of the aforementioned names Adachi and Shimamura are the highlights of the show and I would say that they are some of the best written and most relatable out of all the yuri series I have watched so far. Both are extremes of emotional states all of us have felt at one time or another and both are fundamentally flawed human beings in different ways. Both of them called themselves as delinquents because they had a habit of skipping class. It is their gradual emotional development that makes up the substance of the series both in general and to each other. Hogetsu Shimamura is a reasonably functional sociable girl who just has no real attachment to life. She is unwilling to put relationships beyond the bare minimum effort towards them because she feels that human relationships are bothersome and require too much effort to maintain such balance. She is passive shes never takes the initiative and she doesnt speak her preference about where the flow of time carries her. Shes also a bit of an airhead as well as being an indifferent kind of girl and it made her to skip class as well as not being aware of Adachis own flaws initially. Shimamura has two of her other friends who are Hino and Nagafuji. Sakura Adachi on the other hand is both shy and unsociable. Shes so introverted she finds herself incapable of connecting with others because she cant clearly speak whats on her mind and it make the entire situation difficult for her. She is very lonely in every sense of the word she didnt even have much of a relationship with her family. Its this suffocating loneliness that has made her to also skip class. Adachi has finally met her first partner Shimamura the first person she ever truly wanted to interact with. Then they eventually became friends and started getting into the relationship together. Shimamura was my favorite because shes actually pretty sweet and humble albeit shes indifferent she likes to tease sometimes. Also shes voiced by Miku Itou who is my personal favorite seiyuu because of her sweet voice. Then I noticed that Adachi has an introverted personality that is similar to mine because she and I have had some emotional problems. It makes her especially relatable to me and it also makes her such an interesting wellwritten character. If Im Adachi I would feel pretty similar when I get to have a relationship with someone because Im pretty introverted myself and I wouldnt mind at all if I can meet a person like Shimamura. Both characters are very likable with different kinds of flaws and both end up in relationship in a pure simple way at a slow but steady pace. Hino is a bubbly petite girl who enjoys fishing and she often complains not having friends who have a similar interest. Her childhood friend Nagafuji is a busty mature girl whos also an airhead and she slaps Hino whenever Hino touches her chest. Those two are both very lovable and entertaining and they even give some helpful advice to Adachi and Shimamura to balance out their conflicting relationship. Yashiro the mascot of the series is a girl in the astronaut suit who turns out to be a glowing bluehaired alien girl. She really loves sweets and she can even eat them under her helmet Personally I find her annoying and shes the only part that I dont like in the anime. She seems to be outofplace and I can tell that Shimamura feels irritated when she meets this alien loli. The artsyle of this is both crisp and beautiful and I would like to give props to Tezuka Productions which is the same animation studio that made The Quintessential Quintuplets. Im really impressed on how beautifully illustrated the animations and character designs are and the lighting helps highlighting the emotion scenes well. The voice acting is incredibly well done and Akari Kito Miku Itou Manami Numakura and Reina Ueda all have done an amazing job portraying their characters. To me a plot doesnt have to be groundbreaking to make the anime enjoyable. Adachi to Shimamura proves itself to be a highly entertaining romance anime without wasting the viewers time bringing up typical nonsensical tropes although there are some fanservice in some scenes. The main characters are relatable and wellwritten and their relationship gives me a wholesome feeling. Adachi to Shimamura is one of my personal favorite yuri series Ive watched and I recommend this to the fans of the sliceoflife shoujoai series.