Happiness!

Story: 9 I really liked the whole idea that there is a school that is seperated into two devisions, magic and non magical. A lot of mysterieous events happen that are unexpected and there are twists and turns. While some things are quite obvious what the awnsers are, there are things that are less so. Art: 10 The artwork is extremely detailed, expessully the costumes of the magic users. This detail helps to give each character their personality. Sound: 8There were way too many explouding noises and odd noises that weren't so much needed. There was also nothing that stood out to me. Character: 10 The cast has a wide range of characters, from a crossdressing boy who wishes he was a girl, to a boy who hates, to a girl who is looking for the boy who saved her as a child using magic. Enjoyment: 10 I enjoyed every minute of it and loved the characters very much. Overall: 10 Everything for me was very good.

There are plenty of series where I've been unimpressed by the first few episodes, but grown to enjoy or totally love the result. It can be all about the writers hitting their stride, learning the characters, finding the new twists on old ideas that will surprise you, and somewhere in the middle there'll be a beach trip. This is not one of those series. This is the complete opposite. The writers actually started with a decent enough twist on the "magic high school" trope, and the first few episodes are "good enough" to make you want to see where it goes. IT GOES NOWHERE! Instead, the writing spiralsdownward after about the third episode. The characters are completely two-dimensional (no pun intended). They're stupid to the point of absurdity, and it's only their stupidity moving the plot forward. That's the kind of cheap writing that you can get away with a few times in a series, but you can't build the entire thing on it. This isn't Hamtaro, for crying out loud, it's trying to be a "serious anime." I lost all suspension of disbelief somewhere around the time where we find out why the main character was adopted (something like episode 8). It was crap before that, and it's unwatchable after. Oh, and there's the antagonist who doesn't care about killing her allies until she accidentally injures one. I pretty much fast-forwarded the last three episodes just to find out the ending, which was predictably stupid. I really don't like spoilers, so I'm trying to be vague about the plot points and describe the series in terms that will help you recognize what you're getting into. All-in-all, this series was barely worth having on as filler while you're doing something else.

Let me say that I was kindda confused around ep 10-12 until I understood what it was all about Yuuma's powers. I have to say...this anime is decent...not good...just decent..To be honest until the episode when all people gone to the beach I was kindda bored to watc, and at some point I even wanted to drop this anime...But then suddenly it became more intriguing, we even saw just some little tiny bit's of ecchi moments and from then to the end of the 12 th episode it had 2-3 gags that I actually liked.A little bit of drama, a little bit of romance, school lifeand magic...Is a weird "combo" but oddly enough I really liked the ending.The plot was kindda plain...A girl that was saven when she was little by a young boy who used magic...she enrolls in school at a magic division[after she met the boy she started to love magic...yay! actually not -] and finds out later that Yuuma's the boy who saved her...As usually we have a dummy character like Hachisuke that all he think's is girls, a cute girl that actually is NOT a girl but a boy [that kindda puzzled me -], a blondie who is silly and clumsy, and finally the only character that I really liked her development is the fortune teller Koyuki with her lot's of Tama-chan.She is one hot sexy cutie cool etc character that love her. The art was OK but not enough for me to rate it higher. The soundtrack...kindda bored me this time...didn't like the OP...and neighter the ED...Dunno why...it just didn't sound right for my ears. Character Like I sayed above...lot's of weird character's except for Koyuki...she is one hell of a girl [wish my gf was like her lol -] Enjoyment. To be frank...I was kindda bored until the moment the protagonist's go to the beach...then it started to get interesting...and at the last episode I really really enjoyed...but only the last episode...the first 6 ep was mediocre...the rest except the final was decent..and the final ep was quitte good.I was kindda pissed that the last episode fastened the story so it can end in 20 min but I still liked the last ep... Overall It get's a 7 from me...Even though I like comede,harem,echi,romance anime's...this one lack's some elemets that other anime's have... Well...This time I won't reccomandate this anime to anyone...I mean sure...it have's 2 or 3 gags that make's you laugh and except the last ep is kindda booring... Watch on your own risk!

Happiness! is simple, light, easy to understand, and starts off and ends with a decent storyline; however the majority of the in between episodes left you wondering if the series had a plot or not. Nothing of great significance happens until episode 9 (excluding episode 1 of course). But in the end, the writers left no questions unanswered and concluded it well. The characters were very simple, straightforward, and didn't raise much interest with the exception of Yuma since they did a good job of making you wonder why he disliked magic when used inappropriately. Overall, I enjoyed the beginning and ending episodes andthe circumstances surrounding Yuma and Haruhi. If you want to watch a light, magic themed anime, and don't mind a lot of filler episodes then this series might be worth watching.