Story: The story felt derivative, SAO focusing on taking out the villainous players. It wasn't horrible, but I am not overly upset that this is part 1 and that part 2 isn't available (though it still could occur, it isn't that old). If I picked up the sequel, it would be to see if my predictions of where the story is going are correct.
Art: Nothing spectacular, neither is it horrible.
Character: Again, this seems derivative. SAO.
Enjoyment: I didn't hate it and if I become aware of the sequel, I might read it if it is also short.
If you like the genre and you have an hour
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Aug 15, 2008
I tend to enjoy "darker" themed Animes and Mangas. I stumbled across the Koi Kaze manga and enjoyed it, so I decided to watch the Anime. The story suffers the standard streamlining, yet does not change its essence. It builds up, the angst is not overly sappy and I think it is generally told well. The Art is bad. Not bad like Hitsuji no Uta, where it was just done on the cheap. My enjoyment of the story was constantly being circumvented by the distorted feet and hands, the ill-proportioned bodies and the like. You are not watching this series because of the art. It's
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