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Good things I have to say about Hanebado:
-It was beautifully animated.
-It brought attention to a sport that doesn't get a lot of attention.
-Gave us a show about female athletes without making it entirely about fanservice.

Everything else was generally not good or just not enjoyable for me to watch. I went into this thinking I was going to absolutely love it. I was so ready to fall in love with these characters. And then... I met these characters. I have rarely watched an anime where I found main characters to be quite so unlikable. I kept holding out, not dropping this show in ... the hopes that they would grow on me. Instead, by the last episode I just felt more frustrated. The story and characters are both just lacking.

After seeing how high this is on MAL and how much everyone seems to like it, I expected myself to really enjoy this and was left disappointed.

I found the idea behind the story to be really interesting and a great opportunity for a compelling and moving story, the execution just fell flat. The story itself was a bit disjointed, with what felt like unnecessary additions in order to keep the pace and relationships moving. While this is meant to be incredibly moving and a tear-jerking tale, I found myself to be generally unmoved, and disinterested. Overall, the characters were far too underdeveloped for ... me to feel much for them, and the endings were predictable enough not to surprise any tears out either.

And for all you music fans here, the emphasis on music and guitars in the presentation and synopsis of this show are a bit disproportionate in their importance in the show. That meaning, you could have the exact same show with those elements taken out and it wouldn't make a difference.

Overall, interesting enough to watch, but not what I would call "good".

I would not advise anyone to watch this show.

What originally drew me in to watching this show was the description and the tags. I'm a sucker for anything vampire, and I'll watch pretty much anything tagged vampire even if people think it's the worst. This show is a perfect example as to why a lot of people think vampire based shows and movies suck (heh). Secondly, it's known as being reverse harem and I have a soft spot in my heart for reverse harems.

What I actually got was a misogynistic cycle of abuse that honestly made me feel sick. The truth of the ... matter is that this show is meant for girls. It has at least a decent enough following to be fairly high up on the list for popularity, and it was meant to appeal to women. I genuinely feel sorry and concerned due to that.

If you want to watch 12 episodes of dull characters abusing a young girl, including non consensual sexual implications, with the cover of a story line that is weak and makes little to no sense, this is the show for you.

I highly recommend giving this anime a try, though it's best to give it a few episodes as the pacing in the beginning can be off putting at first.

I found myself surprised by how much I enjoyed this anime. Normally I don't really like the Sci-Fi genre, but I didn't feel weighed down with this show like I normally would. The application of science to fantasy elements was balanced and important, but none of the main characters are the scientists trying to do so. Instead, they find themselves in a predicament that pushes them to try to understand what's happening and why.

As ... mentioned previously, the pacing of this show was a little unique. In the first few episodes I wasn't greatly enjoying it as many elements felt a little rushed. The show doesn't only follow around one main character, but jumps back and forth between them. Coupled with the pacing, this made the show a little hard to settle into at first. However, once you get past the first episode or two I felt like the pacing really suited itself to the story and the multiple perspectives added more interest overall.

As far as the plot goes, I think it's a lot more interesting than the summary makes it seem. When I first read the summary for this show I thought it was going to be something very different. The show is technically about a group of kids who run a blog trying to disprove the occult, but it's so much more than that. The show has one major incident dealing with the occult that the characters find themselves caught up in. As it goes on, pretty much all of the lesser incidents tie together and connect all of the elements of the story. The plot flows together, despite some apparent plot holes and issues.

I did have a number of issues with this show that normally would have warranted a lower score, but I enjoyed it so much despite those flaws.