Fairly standard story, but it has a lot of heart and looks great (except for the 3d panning shots). The trouble I have with it all comes down to Doga Kobo, who cannot stop being creepy. After that first scene where we see down the main character’s shirt from her sister’s pov (!!) and then get some lip sakuga, I spent the whole episode worrying it was going to be yet another anime where Doga Kobo spends way too much time sexualizing young girls (though this anime is at least high schoolers, so much older than their usual fare). Thankfully the fanservice(?) seemed to be confined to that one scene, but I just don’t think I have any remaining goodwill for the studio, which is so sad because I was such a big fan in their Nozaki and Tada era.

Seems fine, but I’d easily choose girls band cry over this. 3/5