Now then, this anime had a different emphasis, and that was on romance. I would say about half the anime was about romance, and the other half baseball. I really enjoyed the baseball half, I got caught up in the emotion and excitement, especially in the final arc, which is what you want out of a sports anime. I did not enjoy the romance part, but it wasn't badly done. The romance was able to keep me guessing for a while, which was good. So the baseball part I would give a 7 or 8, and the romance a 6.
If the review was over now, I would give it a 7, but sadly it is not. They felt the need to have a filler episode...and I really hate those. Not only was there no new content, but it was also entirely about the romantic part of the anime. Also, at some point near the middle-ish, they started to have an opening of Momiji either drawing a cat, or giving a quiz. This was pure fluff, and annoying, and I hated it a lot. I can't stand when any anime, and even more so an anime less than 100 episodes does something consistently just to waste time. They already had a recap, which I guess is tolerable, why couldn't they just extend that?
Anyway, due to the recap and idiotic intro, I am forced to give it a 6, and if the ending was not as awesome as it was, it would be a 5. So there you have it, 6 out of 10.
