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Story: 2/10
There is no plot. The scenes of the toy robot story were confusing in the first few episodes and had no connection to anything. You might argue that it foreshadowed Nagisa's play but it just made the viewing experience worse. Including supernatural elements was also jarring because it adds nothing to the story and only involves fuko. The decision to do separate arcs for each girl was a bit disrespectful to each of their 'character developments' because it eventually led to them being sidelined at the end of their respective arcs. The comedy was repetitive and was never funny. Watching sunohara repeatedly challenge tomoyo ... never made me laugh and only made him look like a fucking idiot and fuko coming back randomly was not funny either.

Characters: 3/10
MC is OK, he is not as annoying as the typical harem lead(the bar is in hell) and has his own issues with his dad, which were never explored in enough depth. Unfortunately, I just don't see why characters like the twins or tomoyo would fall for him-it's not like their relationships were built up overtime and the attraction just sort of happened. MC probably has the most screen time with Nagisa, who is not an interesting or entertaining character. The twins were randomly placed into the story and contributed nothing to the plot. Short haired twin was utterly useless in the story whereas long haired, tsundere twin was probably just there for fan-service and also has absolutely no reason to fall for MC. Tomoyo was not given enough development despite being one of the better characters-her love for MC was the most surprising.

Soundtrack: 7/10
The opening was catchy and the OST was great during 'emotional' moments. Never paid much attention to the ending though.

Art: 1/10 (does not contribute to overall rating)
Objectively fugly faces unless you're attracted to bugs or something.

Overall rating: 4/10. I don't know what people find endearing about these characters who don't even feel like real people. They are all a bunch of cliches and you can tell this was adapted from a harem visual novel. I just hope afterstory will be better.

EDIT: Afterstory elaborates on the supernatural elements and the robot storyline, making everything finally make sense. Tomoya and Nagisa's developments were amazing to see and Ushio is a very cute addition to the cast and also very essential to the plot. Even though I had to force myself to sit through the sunohara siblings' and yukine's arcs, everything during and after graduation were beautiful. The second half was probably a masterpiece. The comedy and lighthearted moments worked too when they stemmed from likable characters like the main 3, Sanae and Akio. The problem with the prequel was probably that it gave too much screentime to useless characters and didn't flesh out the main ones the same way afterstory did.

The manga is objectively superior to the lacklustre anime adaptation in terms of comedy. However, an unpopular opinion on reddit is that the execution of the narrative is held back by the "comedy" tag and some useless filler chapters the author has written. Another gripe many have with this story is giving certain side characters useless and repetitive traits that diminish the quality of the story such as Fiona, Yuri and to some extent, Becky. They had potential with Fiona being Loid's comrade and Yuri being another liar to add to the complexity of the Forgers. They still have these qualities but are also held ... back by their strange(but in Fiona's case somewhat understandable?) obsession for the MCs and a lack of good character development in 90+ chapters. The time wasted on them could instead be used on making Desmond a more interesting antagonist, to explain lore, or could be used to add more to the Forgers' dynamic with each other because Twilight and Anya's dynamic is the heart of the story. Yor's my favourite and seeing her grow more fond of the family is brilliant-I just wish it was explored more often.

Despite pacing issues, progress has been made so far-Yor has a more significant role to play that overlaps with the mission and the introduction of new characters(who are not present to simply obsess over twilight and yor) has potential. The cruise and twilight's backstory were the best arcs. The hijacking had so much potential and had stakes involved but the author handled it somewhat incompetently-the comedy was some of the best the series has had but the aftermath was disappointing. Twilight has struggled in recent chapters which has probably made him more likable, because he may have come across as a bit of a male mary sue to some at the beginning. Anya is also interesting and hopefully, the author will give us an insight into her past too.

The story has come a long way since only 10 chapters were released but should this amount of development really take 90+ chapters?