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This starts off so promising and extremely interesting - especially for an all girl sport-anime. The animation and design is quite striking and bright; the high enegery that juxtaposes the initial conversation we hear, sets a precedent for the quirkyness you're about to experience.

But it then takes a turn, not only in terms of the side-car aspect, but in terms of all the drama.

Pretty much almost every relationship, bar ONE does not actaully grow, develop or change for the better, and that's the first one they address between Chiyuki SHIOBARA and Misaki NAGAI. The other girls' drama and misunderstanding don't really change from the beginning of the show to the end. The formula they take, of addressing 3 of the side character's stories with two episodes each, is quite honestly the only reason this anime stretched out to be a full 12 episodes long.

There is humour and a lighthearted enjoyment in the show, but considering the show focuses on so many people without really giving you time to get to know them well, our main characters Megumi MEGURO & Yuri MIYATA get swept off the side and we only really see some development with them in the last 2 episodes...which reverts back to what it was in thebeginning.

This show honestly could have been centered around anything and it may have left the same impression, but they chose to use side-cars as a metaphor for codependent relationships...and yet relationships are the one thing they don't really actually focus on. Its al very weird and confusing to be quite frank.

This is truly only an anime to watch if you dont wan't any plot or character development, and just want something pretty to look at.