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This is a 10/10 for each category.
Story:[9.7/10]
The story was a prequel to my favorite anime:Free!.I loved how we got to explore their past selves and how they got to bound to be a team.The story was solid overall and the pacing was good.My feelings died completely after I passed 57 minutes when the so called feeling trains begun.It had a clear start,their middle was full of drama and struggle and it was taken out of our everyday life with the ending having the message that,a friend can get you through thick and thin.

Art:[10/10]
The art was beautiful,something I appreciated always about the Free anime.

Music:[10/10]
... The music was very well executed and it was one of the few animes in which I actually paid attention to it,knowing from the previous two it is going to be great,OLD CODEX is really amazing at what they are doing.

Characters:[10/10]
The characters are really drawn from real life.My favorite is Makoto,a kind soul and a kid who struggled with finding his own identity and my heart broke when he and Haru became distant and I was melted at their pool scene and when Makoto panicked so bad when Haru fainted.He is the heart of the group and he keeps them all in check.Haru is the mysterious genius who feels cold at first,but once you know him you understand just how much he cares,in his own way,he showed Makoto who he was with a simple phrase which killed me yet again,he is the team's leader and their secret weapon.Asahi is one of the new characters introduced and he is the type that is up there on a stage and is very enthusiastic only to be brought to reality and be made to work harder for his goals,he was the motivation of the team.Ikuya was the silent one,the timid one,the one who tried to copy his role model to be as good or better than him and in doing so he tried to be noticed by a brother who pushed him away,he was I believe,the team's brain,always saying things how they were and his breaking scene broke me and shook me from inside.

Enjoyment:[11/10]
If you want a beautifully shaped story,a great art and to cry from inside out until you dry yourself of tears then watch this.I really missed Free! and this brought back the wonderful anime that I remembered.

Story:10/10
I loved Sinbad since the Magi series and he easily became one of my favorite characters.It felt so good to be able to witness his journey to become king and to create Syndria.I loved the pacing and all his adventures that came,how he matured and captured all the dungeons.It was a series full of surprises as well because of the turns it took such as his quickly mastering the djinn equip and his courage to face everyone with an open mind.The story I enjoyed the most was his adventure in the Imuchakk kingdom as part of Valefor arc.Also to see elements such as amazons and ... legendary warriors assimilated into the lore of the series was great.I hope that we will get a season 2 because what is to come is even better.
Art:10/10
I loved Magi's series art and to see it back it was a complete delight given the fact it was by the same author.
Sound:9.5/10
There were very few occasions when I felt that the sound was out of the place but usually the songs chosen made the situation justice.
Character:10/10
Sinbad is a young man born into a war-torn world that needed desperately a hero and with his ambition,intelligence and ability to make the others follow him he ended up being a great leader as well as being really handsome.Hinahoho was transformed through Sinbad into a fierce warrior able to have a family and responsible enough to be a father.Jafar was a soul full of darkness and the moment when Sinbad hugged his dark and his pure self-was heartwarming because he gave him a purpose to live for.Hinahoho's father,the king of Imuchakk,the knight king of Sasan and the queen of Artemyre were all characters who despite the problems each had in their country and the traits each one exposed:fierce warrior,religious zealot and a lonely queen who rules by the law of iron were brought to a point where they needed to expose their qualities in order to face and join Sinbad's company.The Djin we saw are various and each I think was given time to shine individually and my favorite was Valefor.
Enjoyment:10/10
I sincerely enjoyed this series far more than Magi,each episode made me hunger for more and each time I wanted it to deliver it did,sometimes more than expected.
Overall:10/10
I loved the ending because I interpret it as a preview of a possible season 2 that can't come faster.

Story:[9/10]
This score was given just because there have been so many animes with the theme of time traveling,reliving events and so on.Excluding that the story can touch you deeply and can make you reflect upon your life a little,of course, it kept me glued to the screen and excited for the next part.I like the traces of romance and that my initial belief was proven right in the end,much to my delight because at some point the story twisted the point of patient nr. 1 even if it was all there if you ever wanted to look.I like that he got friends and affected the ... surrounding because he needed a change and they needed too,the whole concept of "you want something but need an entirely different thing".I loved how the story developed,that we had brakes so other characters shined and that they gave everyone a purpose.Overall I would agree with such a project it may change our lives for good.
Art:[9/10]
I must point out flat and clear the art was beautiful,every detail worked in care to look as close to our world as they could.
Sound:[9/10]
The sound was graciously put together and I must say never unpleasant,for example, you have a love scene and you get a harsh,darker piece.
Character:[10/10]
I must say this is given because I personally fell in love with the protagonist and how he gave up his citadel of solitude and started to breathe the change that was ahead.I am glad they touched his supervisor as well and how he failed and now tried to do good against his orders,which is in human's nature to misbehave to get a job done properly.His assistant so to call her was rather cute and I hope they will go beyond being best friends because they really complete each other and match in scheming.The stories of the side characters were well put together and it gave the feel of your everyday life looked at from a grown man's perspective.
Enjoyment:[10/10]
I enjoyed it far more than I should have but I feel this was THE SUMMER ANIME for me,as I will cherish it.The jokes were good,the clueless moments were gold and the motivations were so funny sometimes.
Overall:[10/10]
I was never in a long time been so anxious to wait for a new episode of an anime,thank God they were all there.

Story:[7/10]
It is nothing special,just a story about a perfect role model who makes every one fall in love with him.This score was given for the unpredictable moments.I also like to note that the character was flawless and had the ambition to prove to everyone his superiority which for some may be boring but I appreciated it.I also liked how each episode had 1,2 or sometimes 3 different stories collected and put together for one episode,it is a rare thing to see this type of construction in an episode and all they had in common were the characters and that they remembered ,in the end all ... they have done.
Art:[8/10]
The art was beautiful to some extent.I liked to see all sorts of situations and places put in an anime style.
Sound:[6/10]
I liked the intro and the ending music but I can't say otherwise I was very much impressed by what they choose.
Character:[10/10]
The perfectionist,the devil wears prada type of character,the protagonist had a great sense of humor and a great chance to evolve and I think his year and experience was altered by his classmates.I liked that we had most of the high school types of characters and not just good looking characters,but also delinquents and the model-comedian type who added to the story.I also thought it was quite original how a student's mother was in love with our protagonist but was also weird.
Enjoyment:[9/10]
Overall I enjoyed it even if it was repetitive at times and the jokes sometimes were flat.I liked it as I said in my story description because we saw all sorts of environments and were thought a little more about the culture of Japan.