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I had this prequel in my Stars collection that I just never got around to watching until just recently. To call this little episode an "adventure" is a stretch; it's mostly dialouge heavy as they explore an old ship of their ancestors. Luckily, Dubus and Plakia are mildly amusing characters but unless you're really curious about Lafiel's then feel free to miss this prequel.

Rin Tsuchimi is one of the most underdeveloped main characters I've ever seen. He lives with his equally underdeveloped, life-long friend named Kaede who's only goal in life is to cook and take care of her precious Rin; not that he cares. Despite his lack of character, every girl in anime land STILL wants him.

You're probably wondering by now why I gave this such a high score. By the time I got to the end of the episode I found the set up so ridiculous that I was actually laughing and so I clicked on to the next episode. Then the next. And I'm ... really glad I did.

The focus on this anime is not really the male, of course, but all of his female interests. Kaeda's persona gets fleshed out to reveal a dark regret. Other characters include Sia, princess of the gods and Nerina, princess of the demonds, and Primella a young demon. All three have their own secrets to reveal.

Magic doesn't play a huge role until the second half of the series and while the buildup to the finale was great I found the reasons for conflict a little, well, stupid. Overall though, Shuffle! has some great moments that will reward people if they give it a chance.

Clannad is more than just your average slice of life drama. It has a supernatural substory that starts from the first Clannad and you don't really figure it out until the last episode of afterstory.
There are lights that appear at happy moments and a ghost girl trying to get to older sister to find her own happiness.

However, for someone to fully appreciate Clannad they'd have to have played the visual novel. There are extras called the Kyou and Tomyo arch and the last episode of the series acted as a sort of reset. It's better to think of it as "okay, so that's one ending ... what would've happened if the people had lived? Or if he chosen this girl?" Now you get to peek into some of the other possibilities. I was sort of disappointed that my favorite character didn't get an arch with Tomoya (an Tomoya x Kotomi story).

The anime is funny and sometimes just the characters actions were enough to make you laugh. Some of the characters, such as Fuko, were just too cute but the overly cute moments didn't last long and then it was just the right amount of sweet to counteract the more dramatic parts of the show, especially with Kotomi and Ushio. There is something in this anime for everyone almost.

The movie is a bit different from the anime but covers all the main plot points in a shorter amount of time is worth the watch. You won't feel as connected to the characters if you don't watch the anime first but it's just as beautiful none the less. I actually liked the "other world" people's betrayal better in the movie as it makes a little more sense than the two people in the movie but you're opinions may vary.

The animation and music is absolutely stunning. I'd suggest watching it with subs though as the dub voices just don't match the characters. At first the tune to "the big dango family" is just kind of meh but by the time you finish the series you'll find that cute little tune stuck in your head.

Lovely Complex in all honesty is going to be boring for anyone who's ever seen at least one romance comedy series before. Or anyone who ever had a crush on the opposite cootie-infested gender in elementary school.

You know what's going to happen right from the first couple of episodes. Even the characters height differences couldn't add much to these two very bland characters. The comedy was all slap stick and you can already tell by the anime's description the jokes mostly revolve around short stack and giant similies.

Seiko's introduction kicked up the story for a couple of episodes and there were a couple of ... sure-to-be heartwarming moments thrown in.

Don't fret if you've passed up the chance to watch this anime. If you've got other shoujo RomComs in your collection then it'll be easy to cut and past the storyline of LovCom together.