# Watayuri Anime Review

Originally I was going to write this review right after the anime
ends, but I had indefinitely delayed. After reading Surenaga's [re
view](https://surenaga.neocities.org/ota/watayuri) I thought I don
't want to delay it anymore so I'm writing this.

This is an anime-only review. If I start to write about the manga,
it won't end or it will become too long.




## First impression

It's Ogura Yui. I mean, yes it's Ogura Yui. Sorry for being a seiy
uu otaku, but if you know Ogura Yui and her personality you will i
mmediately understand. How the hell I couldn't realize right after
the casting announcement?

It's so much Ogura Yui that it feels like Ogura Yui acting herself
as a role. I'm not saying she's actually decieving people, but her
public image is quite Oshi no ko.




## Seiyuu

Extraordinary. Besides the obvious Ogura Yui, they are all industr
y-verified seiyuus and did it great. Personally, when I read the m
anga I imagined Kanoko's voice a bit lower but that's acceptable.
It was funny when some people refered Kanoko as "Blue Yaya" and he
r seiyuu is Tanaka Minami (She participated in Hanayamata).




## Music

### OP

Classic Ogura Yui. The extra layer of vocal really worked well.

### ED

They harmonized very well. I like the bell sounds in prechorus & c
horus. Those were blessing. Also it was good that strings are not
too strong.

### BGM

Did what it is supposed to be very well. This might be only me, bu
t aren't the soundtracks similar to Magia Record (game)? It was go
od that the soundscape is nothing like MariMite.




## Visuals

### Art style

A lot more bright and shiny than the manga, but that's usual in an
animezation. So it's acceptable. For an anime, it's good enough.

### Art quality

So so. It's not especially good, but there was no noticable visual
collapse.

### Animation

So so.




## Direction

I really like the PPT-like direction. The transitions from one sce
ne to another were a lot like the transitions from one slide to an
other in PPT.

Also I like that it shows a lot of archetypal symbols like tying t
he scarf of own petit soeur (little sister). Those were very nosta
lgic. I'm not in the generation of MariMite though.




## Story

It follows the original story of the manga. So there is nothing sp
ecial, but the original story is sufficiently good.

A notable thing is that the final episode is more like OVA than th
e final episode of TVA. I mean, that was good but not impactful. G
ood fanservice though.

Definitely needs another season. The relationships are not yet dee
p enough. Personally I like the "Hime <- Kanoko <- Sumika" arc but
Sumika hasn't fully realized her feelings yet so... there should b
e another season.




## Overall

It is good. I even rewatched all the episodes at once lol.