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To say this manga dropped the ball would be an understatement. The entire first half of the manga is pure gold. The characters, the timing, the way they all develop and change are honestly quite amazing.

Then the second half happens and the entire thing goes downhill. The plot becomes filled with annoying cliche.

Evil twins, Amnesia, so-and-so didn't die, etc. It all comes together at the end when major players who you thought were dead all gather in the last 5 chapters for one showdown and most of them barely get a line out before they killed for no reason other than the plot ... demanded it. It reeks that a publisher saw the first half and then told the author not to end it. As a result, we had an anime that would have been a solid 9 go all the way down to a 5.

So much potential, opportunity, and writing were dropped for what feels like a poorly thought out extension.

Coming across Toradora at first the few episodes might throw you off, but don't be fooled. This anime is one for the ages.

Every main character in this anime goes through a development. There might be a time when you don't like so-and-so but that will change. The anime itself has a pretty interesting art style to it especially during the more serious scenes and one certain scene near the end.

The music and sound are both great. The music fits well even the typical anime music found in every show fits well.

The only biggest flaw is how they failed to incorporate the light novel completely ... making for a less-than-perfect but amazing ending. The show itself is great. It does have a very comedic tone at the start and a very dramatic tone in the end and it really does play off itself, its character, and its setting very well.

Bottom Line: This is probably one of my favorite romance animes and Probably one of the best I've seen in a damn damn long time. I wish I could see more of these characters. I really do since honestly? They are just all so enjoyable and lovable.

I will say I love the VN. The anime itself is a disappointment.

Transferring a VN's story to an anime is always very difficult. This anime is a fine example on how not to do it. Instead we are given rushed story lines, very little interaction between the characters, and lack of development between the characters.

For example: One character dies in the VN but we are given quite a lot of time before we see this. The character grows on us and the death is very emotional. The character in the anime is given.. one episode (and only about 10 - 15 mins).

No emotional build-up, ... no steady pacing, and lack of development makes every romantic feeling seem hollow and forced.

The animation itself is actually fairly well done. I enjoyed the character designs and overall "feel" of the show that they were trying to get across. In other words the show feels very forced and underdeveloped.

I understand what they tried to do for future seasons (Labyrinth of Grisaia and Eden of Grisaia) but boy did they flub it up big time.

Bottom Line: Is this anime good? Well to keep it standing up on an anime is fine. The anime itself has no real major flaws other than pacing issues, but knowing where the anime came from (a vastly superior trilogy of VNs) then it really falls flat.

If the anime simply spent more time on each character and was longer it could have worked, but seriously? 5 characters, 12 episodes (about 6 hours total). That common route in the VN took longer than that.