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After seeing a lot of good romance animes this year such as Nagi no Asukara, Golden Time, Ao Haru Ride, I thought romance/Slice-of-Life anime this year would be great, that is why I gave a shot at Glasslip, believing that there would be some quality in this work, after all it is the work of Kenji Horikawa producer of Angel Beats, I mean c'mon this must be good!

... Boy I was wrong...

After watching each of the 13 episodes, I felt more confused than when I started the anime, but let's break it down

~CONTAIN SPOILERS~

- Story - 1/10

The plot starts ... when a new transfer student David arrives to the small town where this group of friends are just beginning their summer vacation. Ok it isn't horrible at this point, it pretty much starts like any other cliche anime. So let's begin the reasons why this anime went downhill.

This anime is all about the development of relationships throughout the summer vacation.

The main characters David and Touka become 'friends' i think (because i still don't know what they are) and both them have this strange connection regarding these ''future fragments''. I thought the show would spin around this theme but it doesn't and you at least expect the show to explain what these are, well they don't as well. Not only that but you discover somewhat in the anime that even the characters don't know what these fragments are...

The other 4 remaining engage in their relationships throughout the anime but at the end ALL relationships seemed not to have change... So... You might ask... What exactly happens during the anime, the answer is nothing. Not only you end confused but the story doesn't actually develop from where it started.

Not only that but most of the time (especially in the last episodes) you stay disoriented in most conversations along the anime. It only helps you get more lost than you were.

- Character - 2/10

The show itself provides next to no character development or information about the past... I think the most that I learned from the past of character was from Yukinari and that he hurt his knee one day and couldn't run as well as he did... But that is it. So let's the characters:

Firstly there is Touko, who doesn't do much in the show even though she is supposed to be the main character along with David. She pretty much spends the whole anime thinking what are the future fragments, and in the end she doesn't even understand it...

Then there is the weirdest character of the whole summer line-up(might have exaggerated a bit) he is the main cause along with Touko to why you can't understand the dialogues, it seems like he has some deep understanding and knowledge by the way he talks, again No. Plus, he is just plain weird... Sleeps in a tent outside his house, i mean c'mon ...

Now one of the characters that most surprised me during the whole series, and that is Sachi. At first you just see common sick bookworm girl that uses glasses, very common. But then she suddenly turns into the most manipulative character in the series, and in a way that will only get pissed. Not only that it seemed, for me, that she was breaking up with her ''boyfriend'' while making a confession to another character, lol what!?... yeah this is the part that surprised me.

Then there is Yukinari, which at first seemed a well rounded character, but then as the show passed turned into a boring depressive character after getting rejected, and he pretty much stays like that from mid to end of the show.

Next up, is Yanagi which was pretty much was simple character... At first during the show she seemed jealous of Touko because Yukinari had confessed his feelings for her best friend not her. But then tries to act all grown up like doesn't care and it stays like that until the end of the show.

Lastly, there is Hiro which is by far my favorite character of the show along with some support characters. The reason why he is my favorite is just because he was the most sane person in the group, and that had some pretty interesting interactions with the other characters, such as Sachi when she does something to harm DavidxTouko's relationship. And that is it.

- Art/Animation - 5/10

Even though the anime sucked, I got give some points in the art, nothing that stands out though... It doesn't match up to Nagi no Asukara, another work of P.A. Works but still it wasn't to shabby to complain. Even though, most of the show was slow and focused on the weird dialogues, the art compensated it.

- Sound - 7/10

Indisputably the best part of the anime. The OP/ END were nice, along with the OST's throughout the anime, but nothing remarkable as well.

- Enjoyment - 1/10

Didn't enjoy the show at all, mostly because the show was pretty horrible. But also because I didn't feel anything throughout the show sadness, laughter (being aside the part with Touko's Sister =D that cracked me up) anything at all...

- Overall - 1/10

The show purely sucked a lot. I just can't believe something like this was created by the same producer of Angel Beats! And that P.A. Works responsible for the animation of Nagi no Asukara and Angel Beats! agreed to make this...

I am astonished that no one looked at the script and the final result of the project and said ''Yeah this sucks ass hard, are we really making this?'' (Sorry for the rudeness but that is pretty much what the show is)