Mina1234

Ahhh...This anime

Okay, lets start with the characters:

The main character is Amano Ichigo, a 14 year-old who dreams of becoming a pastry chef (a little bit too young if u ask me).

She has a huge appetite for sweets, and one day, whilst pigging out, she came across a handsome foreigner who happened to make sweets for a living, his name was Henri Lucas, a French dude(so help me -_-). She talkes about her grandmama because one of the sweets she had eaten had tasted just like the one her grandma made, which surprises Henri. He allows her to taste his latest creation and is instantly amazed at what an amazing palate she has, and invites her to attend St. Marie Academy, a school for the culinary arts, concerning sweets.

Now what I think about this girl. She had this certain quality that just makes her very likeable. She is clumsy, and a crybaby, two things I would normally hate in a heroine, but she is also determined. Her naturally oblivious and naive nature initially agreggated me, but she's 14, an amateur when it comes to love and success, and still has a lot of time to reflect. She had an innocent crush on Henri, which is natural, because he was the first male who is not her father to praise her, and she was not used to praise, having always failed at things like piano, swimming, ballet etc...

Fun character.

The Sweets Princes

Kashino Makoto: Ichigo's frenemy and later love interest, which is weird because he hated her guts, because he came from a rough background, and he is determined to give his all when making sweets, despite being a sadistic tempermental freak, and he was furious with Ichigo's naive nature. Despite this, he is admired by his fellow classmates, and constantly crushed on by girls, especially Koshiro Miya, but we'll get to her later. This caused him to develop a derious hatred for the opposite gender.

Now what I think about him. Well, he does have jealousy issues. He refuses to make a move on the girl, and constantly gloats over her interaction with other guys later on in the series. He has issues, but his family is no better. I guess Ichigo brightened his world a little bit, which is why I enjoy her so much. 

Has issues, but come on, he's just sooo cute~(curse my girly fantasies)

Hanabusa Satsuki: A narcisstic, but kind-hearted dude who likes to make sweets while incorperating things like roses and everything beautiful. 

Imma just get to my opinion. He is cute, but a closest playboy, although he never broke hearts. His sweets are beautiful, and you can see the hard work her puts into them. One may argue that his backstory is not that effective to use.

SOOOO CUTE.

Andou Sennosuke: Probably the nicest guy one would ever meet in St. Marie. He specialises in Japanese sweets, this probably explains his calm and refined nature. The only problem is that he has no backstory at all, and if he did, I did not notice. It allows for little connection between the audience and this character. That aside, he does actually get his dream of opening a branch of his family's shop "Yumezuki", and at 16, that is pretty darn admirable.

These three dudes all like Ichigo, but she picks her polar opposite Kashino, which is good, because she can teach him to be more open, and he can teach her to be more mature and professional. 

*Koshiro Miya is an annoying psycopath who would stop at nothing to get Kashino's affection(though she never succeeded even through her several attempts of teen marriage)

Now the story:

It's a pretty nice story. Good for kids and teens, nothing harem or whatever. I like the ending and the events were well chosen.

Romance:

No, just no.

Visuals: 

The way the sweets are presented is absolutely beautiful. They look so delicious, and the description of the sweets and the professional tone they are taking when taking about the sweets is awesome.

All in all, I really loved this series, I watched it several times and will continue to watch it again and again for years to come. :)