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For me, Charlotte was a really good work overall. It was probably the best out of the Summer 2015 season, and honestly one of my favorites in my anime experience so far.

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STORY - 8/10
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Don't get me wrong, the synopsis sounded so cliche and so boring I didn't actually feel like watching this in the first place - what actually gave me the push to was the poster art (we'll get into that later, anyway) - but it surprised me really much. It had really surprising plots, and the feel you had while watching everything happen, characters showing up, everything, wasn't constant. This story brought not one way to look at it, but uncountable ways to.

ART - 10/10

Personally, I loved the art for this. Charlotte had a great animation and even though this whole art rating thing is personal and differs with people's tastes, I think that's the one thing most people can agree about. What I loved so much about the art, too, was the colors. So, this was this fantasy sci fi piece, with a comet's name and they used a lot of purples and blues and whenever the sky was visible here, it was just gorgeous to look at. That was a great point too - the colors mean a lot to me in a good art.

CHARACTERS - 10/10

Some people say there was no character development - well, I don't think like that at all. There was a ton of character development, but it was so fluid and natural to watch, you don't even realize it happening. And I just loved it that way. By the time you finish Charlotte and compare the character's behavior the first and last time you saw them, you realize it. Specially the main character. The main character got a huge change of attitude, that you don't quite realize until half of the series is through.

OVERALL - 10/10

I hold Charlotte in a really dear place, specially because I felt like there was something more to it. The abilities only teenagers have are some sort of symbol to the troubles of being a teenager: it's tough, it's when you come to terms with yourself and try to realize were you belong. And that was a conclusion I came to personally after thinking about the series as a whole for a bit.

I'd really recommend you to watch this series, but you have to be able to see beyond what's right there and try to get something out of it. That's the best way to do it! (:

Fushigi yuugi is not a piece to be underestimated.

It's a pretty clear reverse harem anime, so it is expected to be loaded with drama. The beginning is very light, but still captivating, which definitely counts as a factor to keep watching. In the end, it's well worth. It has several messages, some of them a little hidden, and some of them more obvious. The fact that it isn't very long, but not too short, is very good. Mainly, this is a very solid anime piece and I do recommend it to fans of romance, adventure and drama. it's based on four old Chinese beast ... gods and their correspondent constellations, so fans of fiction and mystical anime would enjoy it too.
The characters have a very good design - I admit, I do have a preference on nineties anime designs - not only in physical means, but also in psychological. I think there's truly a match between the characters looks and their own personalities, that were very well traced!

In the end, it's a very solid anime and a very, very good one.
It's really to sigh and cry for, and i highly recommend it, regardless.