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I knew this was going to happen way in advance because I read the markers and hints the show was making. To prove my point, how's this? I watched as a particular character started to make their exit from the storyline. I watch the show as it turns the screws on me and as a rational, thoughtful person I can see it happening! But there's nothing I can do about it (other than not watch it).

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Nagisa is cute but shy, Tomoyo Sakagami is full on, Fuko is small and earnest, etc. The creators of both the show, and its original material, know full damned well which buttons to push in order for me to like the show. The only con as far as I can observe is the sheer level of audience manipulation going on. This draws your attention away from the cast and on the backgrounds as the characters audibly imprint their dialogue onto your sub-conscience. The show also does an amazing trick with how characters get framed in camera shots, where still moments have the cast in the corners or the bottom of the frame. Finally, the voice of Tomoyo Sakagami (Kaytha Coker) sounds slightly too old for the role but otherwise gives a flawless performance. Every time he gets bashed by one of the girls, his squeaky, put upon voice always does the trick. Two final things about the English dub: firstly, it's great that Greg Ayres is playing Sunohara. David Matranga as Tomoya is good playing him quiet and understated for the most part. They really play earnest and cute to a tee. In the English track, Sentai Filmworks has outdone themselves by reuniting the Harada sisters from DNAngel, with Luci Christian as Nagisa and Hilary Haag as Fuko. The voice cast is good with Mai Nakahara (Nagisa) and Yuichi Nakamura (Tomaya) performaces being the best and allowing the rest some latitude. Together with the rest of the cast, they serve as excellent foils to bounce against Tomoya and Nagisa. Nagisa's parents and their overreaction to absolutely EVERYTHING makes me laugh every time they swing into gear. Sunohara for his delusional belief in himself, Fuko for her dazes around cute things, Kotomi as she reads in the library and is, just, there but not there. Also the supporting characters are interesting for their eccentricities. As Tomoya brings in more people in for Nagisa to interact with, ostensibly for her benefit, they in turn bring Tomoya out of his shell and and force him to start thinking instead of just reacting. But his attitude towards others, and especially Nagisa, starts to change as the episodes progress. Tomoya, on the surface at least, seems to treat Nagisa as an experiment, not pushed but interested to see what happens. She has a nice home life with two wacky, if doting parents but illness has forced her to repeat the year so socially she's awkward. We can see as Nagisa and Tomoya interact with each other, that he wants to see her get ahead in life.

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What I mean by that is that the series does a good job at relationship construction. Little acorns grow into decent trees in this series.

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