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*May include some spoilers
Gokukoku no Brynhildr is just another anime that had the potential to be great but turned out to be mediocre.
Theres only one thing that has made me continue watching this, and thats the story. There are what could be called unnecessary, filler-ish episodes (though not many), and endless/pointless characters being introduced, but the actual idea of the story stands out.
What pulled me in at first was the idea of Kuroha being Kuroneko. I kept asking myself, 'how could that be?' 'when will we find out if Kuroha is Kuroneko?' 'if Kuroha is Kuroneko, how did that happen? I thought Kuroneko was dead!'
We're ... now 12/13 episodes in, and I'm still wondering about the Kuroha/Kuroneko story, especially since we're introduced to Valkryia, who looks uncannily like Kuroha and somehow knows her from the past.
We're also told that Kuroha hasn't unleashed her full power - something I'm looking forward to seeing. All in all, the plot keeps you wondering, and it's what has kept me watching this show. I don't know how they're going to tie it all up in one episode, though. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Now, the weak part of Gokukoku no Brynhildr is none other than its characters.
To me, characters make up a very important part in an anime, and it's hard to watch something that doesn't have at least a couple of decent characters.
That's what has bothered me in Gokukoku no Brynhildr. Although they try to build up the characters with short backstories, everyone still seems so one dimensional. The only people with real personalities would be some of the supporting characters, and Kazumi and Kana. Even though they do have 'personalities', they aren't very good ones. Kazumi oversexualizes everything and wants to lose her virginity. Its played off that shes a 'tryhard' whos cute when you get to know her, but in reality she just seems so annoying.
Kana, on the other hand, would be fun to watch if she wasn't plastered to her seat all day (although I understand WHY they did that, it's just kind of annoying that one of the interesting characters can't even move.)
Apart from their personalities, the other thing that bothers me is the half-assed melodrama. "Why would you give up your life to save me?" says Murakami, with a straight face. Two seconds later, he decides to have a normal conversation with one of his girls. There shouldn't be so much death if they can't even play off a proper, shocked reaction from the characters.
All in all, the characters are Gokukoku no Brynhildrs weak point. If they were done well, the anime would be close to perfect.

The sound and art are both decent. I liked the first opening song a lot, but other than that not much stood out.
The art is alright. The character designs are done well, and all in all the scenes give of a 'feel', but the art is very generic - not anything you cant see in other anime.

Story: 9
Art: 7
Sound: 7
Characters: 4
Enjoyment: 8
Overall: 7.

I never thought I would like Kuroko no Basket. I am a lazy teenage girl, sport just isn't my thing, and yet here I am completely hooked on this anime that revolves around sport - I've found myself rewatching matches over and over and I went as far as to read the whole manga in a day because I couldn't wait for the next episodes to come out. Everything about this series adds up.

Story (10/10)
For an anime as simple as a basketball team trying to win their way through the ranks, Kuroko no Basket incorporates amazing back stories on each of the characters, with lots ... of flashbacks shown throughout the series - but it's not the annoying type of flashbacks that would come in the middle of a battle, these flashbacks are very well placed in the middle of each basketball match, simultaneously giving us a break from the action while building anticipation for the next match. The back stories give us the information needed about characters to sympathize with them even during the climaxes of battle.
When it comes to the actual basketball matches, nothing is lacking. It's true that each character is totally overpowered, but because of that during the games there is twists and turns, even total backflips on what the outcome is going to be. It makes normal basketball look boring.

Characters (10/10)
The characters were the highlight of KnB for me. If the story is good, the characters are outstanding.
Like I said before - most of the characters have back stories, which makes it easy to sympathize with them during the heat of battle or even off the court, but the best thing about the characters is that each and every one of them have a different, three dimensional personality.
While this can be said for most anime, I think its shown very strongly in this series - there isn't a boring character in there, it's almost crazy how different and interesting each one is, but at the same time I find myself legitimately believing that these characters could be people in the real world. The silly one liners or short conversations put in for comic relief sound like things I could actually picture my peers saying, plus the fact that its implied that teammates hang out outside of practice makes KnB seem realistic in the way that they capture high school teenagers. It gives a feel that not many other anime give.

Art (10/10)
KnBs art is great. I feel like the characters are designed amazingly, and each persons appearance fits their personality.
The action scenes are done so well I find myself unable to take my eyes off the screen as I watch fluid exchanges between characters with different colours and angles used to convey more feeling of suspense during the intense battle scenes.
The only criticism I would have is that during the start of the first season, occasionally characters faces would look weird if shown from a certain angle, but they fixed that up during the second season.

Sound (8/10)
I don't usually pay attention to sound in anime, and while sometimes I don't skip intros its usually to watch the animation at the start/end, not for the sound, so I'm not quite fit to review this, but something I have picked up on is the music they use when the games begin to get fierce.
The music is used to build suspense, and it does it very well. I find myself entranced in the complete badassness of it all, and while the action scenes are already great the music definitely adds to it.
Other than that, sound effects are used well, it sounds exactly like it should on a basketball court - feet moving, balls bouncing, cheers from the crowd. The sound was done how it should be done.

Enjoyment (10/10)
Kuroko no Basuke has me entranced in this crazy world of teenage basketball stars and crazy characters. It's a personal favourite. It gets your blood boiling and after you've watched an episode you feel as if you can't go another minute without watching another. I would definitely recommend it, if you don't mind being obsessed.

-Just a side note; this is the first review I've written, so my apologies if I've left anything important out xxx