Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka is a romance harem light novel series by TNK. The story revolves around the main protagonist, Junichi. One day, as he was walking home from school, he saves a girl who was being harassed by punks. During the very next day, he kisses her in class due to a misconception, and finds out later that she’s his fiancé.
Overall, the story development was horrible. With an initial cast of so many interesting characters, Akane-iro only manages to develop two of the females. Most of the other characters only serve as comedy sidekicks, and have no real purpose. Although this anime is dubbed as ‘harem’, the harem doesn’t really appear until the rushed ending. As for the ending, it seems really revolting, although they do try to clear up their names in the ending credits.
The art of this series is good, but not great. Characters receive a lot of attention and detail, but the anime seems to pan off into weird angle at times (often focusing on the female character’s legs, ass, or chests). The artists sometimes animate things wrong. For example, during a few scenes, one of a person’s chest bounces up, while the other bounces down.
The music is good, aside from the opening.
Overall, the anime is good, but not great. I’d recommend a watch if you’re a fan of harem romance type shows.
On a side note though, I might not watch another show with Rie Kugimiya in the cast. In every single anime I’ve watched so far, she always plays the role of a stubborn blunt square character who never changes (this anime is no exceptions, though her character is “softer” than the other roles she’s played).