The trials and tribulations we went through in our adolescence involving relationships and such can seem trivial by comparison to our current lives, but when we were in the moment they seemed so monumental. If you aren't in that crowd - avoid this like the plague and go re-watch Amagami & Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge for your fix of a satisfy all romance anime. Seiren has good qualities, they're just interspersed in an overwhelming dredge of crap that only the most tolerant of romance fans can hope to shift through. There are certainly some beautiful moments, most notably the underwater kiss in episode 4. There is still merit in watching Seiren if you desire a basic eroge game styled rom com. There is more personality in the hair of Kaoru than anyone in Seiren altogether. Amagami SS had better arc resolutions, better designs, 26 more episodes to explore it's concept and most importantly - better girls. We as viewers were given a reason to cheer for his success, bringing a level of catharsis to each arc where he got over his mental hurdle. The pain from that night gave him a complex about being rejected. In Seiren's spiritual predecessor Amagami SS, lead character Junichi got stood up by a date on Christmas. There's no reason to give a fuck about him and his relationships.

There's absolutely nothing going on in his life aside from these random hot girls who want his dick. Shouichi is your standard harem protagonist with zero motivations, zero backbone and zero backstory explaining his personality. She decides it's more important to focus on her career and never talks to him again until a random five year timeskip where they run into each other in a shop, The End. each heroine from the other and the bizarre decision to not have the most interesting girl, Hikari, end up in a relationship with Shouichi.

This problem is further compounded by boring character designs barely distinguishing You won't feel the ultimate satisfaction from watching two lovers grow together over a dozen episodes nor is there any conflict to set up an emotional payoff. What Seiren gains in having multiple routes it loses in meaningful character progression.

Instead, the milktoast dude chooses every single option in different timelines. You don't have to worry about best girl getting her heart torn to shreds by some milktoast dude choosing the worst possible option. Seiren offers an insurance policy against the inherent risk of harem anime.

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