Speak for yourself. I was playing hide and seek in grade 9 Canada, or 3rd year Junior High.
You sure cutesy Slice of Life just isn't your thing?
Honestly, it's fine for what it does; I only stopped watching because of the voices.
To pity someone is to tell them "I feel bad about being better than you."
That's my secret Cap'n, I don't expect anything. And it turned out really great for me.
I think the story didn't even tried to bank on cultural differences to expand on in the first place. Just because the characters are of different races and cultures doesn't mean it will focus on such differences. It was just simply 'a story about two people who became the best of friends, with their homes half a world apart, who met each other due to a home stay', and then the story pretty much focused on that part consistently. Simple. And it's pretty much one of the best iyashikei So L anime I've watched since Non Non Biyori and Mushishi in terms of atmosphere.
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Starts off nice...then devolves into a Cliché Storm
Don't you just hate it when a show looks like it's going to be good, then devolves into the biggest Cliché Storm you've ever seen?
I really wanted to like this show. I really did. The first episode was so nice and so endearing. I really thought it'd be a nice little slice of life anime about celebrating cultural differences between England and Japan, similar to how Ikoku Meiro no Croisée was. But I was wrong.
After the first episode, this anime turns into another moe moe kyun slice of life anime about teenage girls who sound like squeak toys acting like complete idiots and overreacting to petty things. Seriously! Hardly anything of importance goes on, the characters are pretty much moe stereotypes personified (even the TEACHER is moe!! What?! And what high school kids play hide and seek? No high schoolers I know in real life behave the way they do!), they all sound like they're voiced by squeak toys, the jokes got old fast, the humor was bland, the drama was artificial and forced, Aya is the worst character in the entire show (all she does is blush and jump to conclusions about everything! That's all!), and even though the art style and the music are nice, it's not enough to stop this from devolving into the most boring piece of fluff I've ever seen.
And seriously, this show takes saccharine to a whole new level.
This show would have been very good if it took itself seriously, focused more on cultural differences, chucked the moe stereotypes away, and actually had a story to tell. This is just a boring piece of fluff, nothing more. For moe fans, it's okay (if your ears can actually stand their stupidly squeaky voices). Otherwise, watch something that's more worth your time.