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This anime feels like a cross over of "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso" and "Hibike! Euphonium" but isn't particularly good at anything. It lacks in the drama part compared to "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso" and in the orchestra/music part compared to "Hibike! Euphonium". A lot of parts are filled with cliche and slow story development. The characters are mostly dull with the occasional event thrown in to make the story work. For the music part they could have added more pieces rather than repeat the same piece over and over. The animation is mixed with CGI which ruins the music performance since it can't ... convey the intensity of the performance like "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso", "Kono Oto Tomare!" or "Nodame Cantabile" do.

Overall it's a 5/10 for me. If it had less CGI and a more varied selection of pieces together with a bit more characters development it could have gotten a higher rating from me because the story is actually decent.

I find this anime to be too simple. They put so much effort in the animation and design yet fail to create a story or character development. The first episode got me hooked as it looked promising yet 13 episodes later nothing really happened. The character relationships developed ever so slightly and the characters themselves haven't changed at all. I really don't understand how they decided to animate this for 13 episodes when it could have been a pretty good OVA (maybe 40 min).

As it stands, I did enjoy the first few episodes but it became tiring after the 5th or 6th episode especially with ... the soundtrack repeating over and over. I also liked the overall story and the characters. If this had been an OVA or perhaps short episodes I would have rated it higher.

This is a sports and work life anime so I thought it was going to be a cross over of "Haikyuu" and "Wotakoi" but it turns out it was poorly executed.

From a sports anime perspective, it lacks the character development because it skips/skims over stories. The action animations are poor as well because they are rushed and lack the build up to make you really excited for the matches. Usually, sports anime will also teach you about the sport and that was lacking as well. If it were just a sports anime I would have dropped it midway.

From a work life anime perspective, I feel ... like they really just did a shallow copy of corporate work that just feels hollow for the most part. Within the company the characters face the type of antagonist which you can predict easily and then the poorly designed corporate challenges which will make you just smirk if you have ever worked in an office before. We sit through a presentation where suddenly a document is missing (pikachu shocked face). The supporting character who has social anxiety for the majority of the anime has to step in and continue the presentation despite his social anxiety. You would think he would choke but he actually manages to overcome his social anxiety on the spot within seconds. This is just very poor character development. Then the antagonist steps in and criticizes the product/presentation just to give the anime a little plot I guess. At the end Quality Assurance steps in, shows that the clients like the prototype and the project gets approved. Scenes like these are sprinkled across the anime and make you think: "What an anticlimactic conclusion". Overall these work life scenes were just pointless for the most part because you could predict them miles ahead and they make the overall story just shallower and empty.

Why did I give it a 4 star rating ? On the bright side it has elements of a good sports anime and the story isn't horribly bad. Also I think the story itself actually has a lot of potential but they just rushed it and didn't put enough effort to build the characters.