As The Garden of Words began airing, the number of danmu comments kept climbing!
How should I put it? The Garden of Words was definitely no match for Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal—that was beyond doubt! But it was still a good work. Fans who'd gone in with high expectations would probably feel a little disappointed at first, but if they kept watching, they could easily get drawn into the story.
The stunning visuals, the finely detailed storytelling, Yukino's snow-white, delicate legs, and the fresh, sweet development of her relationship with Akizuki...
It was the perfect fantasy for a whole crowd of leg-loving perverts in the 2D world.
"Why does this anime look so different from the manga?"
"Yeah! When I read the manga, it felt pretty average. But the anime turned out great!"
"It's not like the work is especially breathtaking, but the visuals and BGM really go well together. The story is simple, but it's not clichéd at all! It feels like something a teenage boy would actually do—immature, but brave!"
"But I'm still a little disappointed. The quality's good, but I don't think it can surpass Lost Forest!"
"Didn't everyone already say The Garden of Words wasn't meant to compete with Lost Forest? Teacher Shui Xin has more than ten works that did better than Lost Forest. You guys just have to compare his short debut work with Ruan Zhiqi? That's not how you compare horses in a handicap race! Teacher Shui Xin has more than ten top-tier works and one middle-tier work, The Garden of Words. Ruan Zhiqi has a pile of bottom-tier works, and this season he came up with one that might be top-tier, Lost Forest. Then you force a comparison and use it to smear Teacher Shui Xin? That's not how you smear