GuyInTheShadows

Alright, since all the reviews here are full of bullshit and too long to read I had to make one of my own. The anime had potential but at around the first girl they messed up bad, it was a major turn-off and since then it only got worse. The anime is really cliche and generic. It's awkward and boring. The main character is useless like in most of the anime these days. I don't recommend it, but if you are bored and you have nothing better to do with your life then it sure is a good way of wasting your time.

84DaysWithout

This review contains mild spoilers. -------------- Seiren offers an insurance policy against the inherent risk of harem anime. You don't have to worry about best girl getting her heart torn to shreds by some milktoast dude choosing the worst possible option. Instead, the milktoast dude chooses every single option in different timelines. Everybody wins!....or do they? What Seiren gains in having multiple routes it loses in meaningful character progression. You won't feel the ultimate satisfaction from watching two lovers grow together over a dozen episodes nor is there any conflict to set up an emotional payoff. This problem is further compounded by boring character designs barely distinguishingeach heroine from the other and the bizarre decision to not have the most interesting girl, Hikari, end up in a relationship with Shouichi. She decides it's more important to focus on her career and never talks to him again until a random five year timeskip where they run into each other in a shop, The End. Shouichi is your standard harem protagonist with zero motivations, zero backbone and zero backstory explaining his personality. There's absolutely nothing going on in his life aside from these random hot girls who want his dick. There's no reason to give a fuck about him and his relationships. Why should anyone root for his success? In Seiren's spiritual predecessor Amagami SS, lead character Junichi got stood up by a date on Christmas. The pain from that night gave him a complex about being rejected. We as viewers were given a reason to cheer for his success, bringing a level of catharsis to each arc where he got over his mental hurdle. Amagami SS had better arc resolutions, better designs, 26 more episodes to explore it's concept and most importantly - better girls. There is more personality in the hair of Kaoru than anyone in Seiren altogether. There is still merit in watching Seiren if you desire a basic eroge game styled rom com. The girls are cute. The OP/ED themes are catchy. There are certainly some beautiful moments, most notably the underwater kiss in episode 4. Seiren has good qualities, they're just interspersed in an overwhelming dredge of crap that only the most tolerant of romance fans can hope to shift through. If you aren't in that crowd - avoid this like the plague and go re-watch Amagami & Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge for your fix of a satisfy all romance anime.