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Tell Me How To Forget About You... oh don't worry... I CAN forget you.

Another manga which introduces a connection between 2 seemingly unrelated people and buries the plot beneath a "secretive" backstory. I'll spare you the chatter. The truth is that this manga doesn't offer anything new to the romance genre and is your typical redemption-type romance manga. Trust me when I say that you will not have trouble forgetting this one

Story:
As I stated before, this is a story of redemption which involves a seemingly traumatic past. The backstory has tons of potential to create plot points however, judging from the first 10 chapters, ... the manga seems to have milked most of the backstory prematurely. I'm not kidding when I say i'm super bummed at this story so far.... SO MUCH POTENTIAL... FOR THAT????

THERE IS HOPE. There are parts of the story which haven't been solved yet and I hope, I really do hope that the mangaka can make good use of these secrets to engage us.

Art:
The art is reminiscent of the art we observe in so many mangas today. And yet it is these mangas that end up getting anime adaptations sooo... what i'm trying to say is that if this manga isnt doing well... it isn't the art's fault. The lines are clean and they gave us a beautiful piece on the first chapter. Shame the mangaka didn't make more.

Character:
It's one of those manga where the OP is really depressed and seems to have no ambitions until the girl comes along. The celebrity girl on the other hand, is really arrogant. These are just the initial thoughts however. As the manga dives deeper into the sigh... story... the characters show a semblance of character development. I believe that they have potential to become characters that the readers can actually connect with and identify with.

Overall Verdict?
I found the manga up to this point to be an average read with an average plot. However, if the mangaka continues to work on the story to unearth the character's potential with his remaining "secrets", I believe this manga can result in a great manga and even anime rivalling the top romance mangas. But that's only a theory! a ga- sorry...

Horimiya is a masterpiece bound by the constraints of a budget and anime standards today. The anime adaptation can be described through Christ's own words: "To those who have, more will be given. From those who have little, even that will be taken". Lemme explain.

Horimiya shaped up to be the most anticipated anime of 2021 because it was so hyped up by manga readers, myself included. When it finally came out, it was considered lackluster by many (and you can see this in the reviews) because of its "rushed" plotline and the director's choices of scenes to be animated. However, I believe that Horimiya ... was actually extremely enjoyable despite having read the manga which ended around the same time.

Story:
The story was the same story that compelled the large following behind Horimiya to start the manga and I praise the director for animating the first few chapters in such detail because of the impact those chapters provided for the manga readers.

Art:
I found the art to be quite nice but nowadays many anime series' can replicate that level of art so it wasn't a major selling point.

Sound:
The sound within the anime was limited to soundtracks which seemed almost repetitive within so many animes of its genre although the introduction of Iro Kousei and Yakusoku friends for its OP and ED were quite tasteful and catchy.

Character:
The character introductions for Miyamura and Hori were a copy and paste from the manga however the lack of emphasis on the supporting characters was a slight flaw.

Let's get back to perspectives. I have many anime-only friends and when I asked them about Horimiya, the general consensus was that it was engaging and extremely entertaining. The anime was so good to them that they wanted to go read the manga. And therein lies the problem. As a manga reader, I was happy that Horimiya even got animated and I loved seeing the manga come to life in front of me. The anime watchers also loved it for its story and scenes. However, there is such a low opinion of the anime amongst many reviews for Horimiya because they read the manga or were spoiled by those who did read the manga. The anime is bound by its 13 episode limit just as other anime series in this day and age and I believe that the director did an amazing job despite those limitations. He chose great and impactful scenes to animate with good quality. Horimiya doesn't deserve the 1-6 point ratings that so many reviewers have given it. Come on. Enjoy it for what it is, not what it could be.

Also, this is my first review so MB if I did anything wrong...

As someone who never originally watched the original or read the manga for Fruits Basket. I didnt know what I was getting myself into when I clicked "Episode 1". Fruits Basket seems to contain every cliche under the moon and was an amazing experience with my high expectations. Unfortunately i can only rate it as an 8. I feel as though the writers for the anime were struggling so hard to convey so many different messages that halfway through the season I was getting quite tired of the repetition of flashbacks and personal feelings. While I did enjoy how each character seemed to have their ... own mini-arc which allowed the viewers to connect with the characters more, it did get a tad bit tiring when you consider they did around half of the zodiacs AND the main character's two friends as well. Also... If you're a first time viewer to fruits basket like me... all i can say is... get ready for a lot of unanswered cliffhangers. TT^TT so many things were left unclear and there are so many characters that we know nothing about. Overall, hyped to begin watching season 2 and perhaps start the manga too.