Just finished True Tears and enjoyed it a lot. It reminded me of the ef series in many ways which is a good thing of course.
The characters felt believable and the amount of drama was just about right. The artstyle and backgrounds both felt perfect for the series too.

That said, I hated how the main ended up breaking the heart of the most likable and refreshing girl in the series and even with that put aside I didn't care for the ending very much. It just felt way too vague and the "so-called-epilogue" made the whole thing even worse.
Other than when Noe was directly involved there wasn't a lot of light-heartedness or straightforward comedy and that coupled with a few heartbreaks have given the series a reputation of being sad which I personally feel is exaggerated.
I mean, the nature of the story makes it a bit more gloomy than your average cliché romance shoujo but that should pretty much be a given if something wants to have any real emotional effect.

Anyway, the positives outweight the negatives by far and I'd give True Tears about 8/10.

This post was edited by GuZ on Feb 22 2012 08:39am

first half of gyo was fairly interesting, but the second half was way too bizarre for my liking
also had a lot of logic errors. this and the designs made the whole thing pretty laughable
as far as i know a very original take on the zombie apocalype theme tho
5-6

some examples of the design
http://i.imgur.com/1zNeH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rdlIF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mEUZt.jpg


everyone i know likes noe better, feels like i'm the only one who rooted for hitomi

By the end of the series I actually liked them somewhat equally I guess. Hitomi sorta pissed me off early on with her gloom and constant lies but it made sense when you got to know how much she suffered (losing her parents, being treated with contempt by Shin's mother and loving someone she thought was her half brother). I wasn't dissatisfied that they ended up together; quite on the contrary in fact. Just hate it when someone ends up getting hurt and especially someone as adorable as Noe

Checking out Amagami SS next btw Looking forward to it!

This post was edited by GuZ on Feb 22 2012 01:37pm

Is that the anime version of that manga with a shark coming out through a door and going gashunk?

yep

Try Koi Koi 7 it might break your record

This was supposed to be a HORROR??? I could not stop laughing for the first half
and at the end!! A fucking cow, in the middle of Tokyo!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

5/10 overall but I would recommend this shit to anyone

e/ anime is called Gyo http://myanimelist.net/anime/10417/Gyo

This post was edited by TheResistance on Feb 22 2012 08:25pm

lmao what is this

I hope another sub group picks this up and uses decent compression. Would love to see it

that cow was great comic relief indeed
well, i warned you