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When I first looked at this series on FilmBooster, I was already two episodes in, so I figured I was watching the wrong one because I didn't see the couple pictured here anywhere. But don't worry, they showed up :-D Although I would have preferred to know more about them... We have a lot of characters, a lot of girls and guys, and they're all unique, they all have their own personality that's definitely not checked off with three traits and an ability. They're all beautifully complicated, which works wonderfully against the utterly simple, almost static artwork. I really liked the mixing of the cartoony with the real, I didn't think it was hammered in as it is sometimes. The series is very good at capturing a certain mood, a feeling, and interpreting it in a way that you just have to feel it. Even though it's a cartoon from the end of the last century, I absolutely – as I'm sure is clear by now – loved it. Never mind the opening sequence, it's average; I didn't need to hear it. But the ending somehow mysteriously started to appeal to me, more and more with each episode. Especially towards the end. What could bother you is the fact that the whole 16th episode is a summary of what has happened so far, and it could happen in the next, upcoming episodes, that a chunk of the episode could give us such a summary again. I admit it – I skipped it. I will definitely continue with the story, or open the manga, because these human! beings are interesting to me. A better 4 stars. (23/09/2010)