A little slow, but very charming so far. I initially had a bit of a grudge because the main character looks like a copy-paste of Shirayuki (one of my all-time favorites), but I’m a huge fan of artificing so that attitude didn’t last long, lol. There was so much heart in all the interactions between her and her dad (please, anime, for the love of god, do not kill him off, I’m begging you), and as I understand it this is a romance so I expect that same quality character writing will carry over.

With just the premiere, I give it a 3/5 with plenty of room to grow. Ultimately, the dynamic between our romantic leads will decide how good this show is, and while I’m hopeful about it, one of them didn’t even show up this episode (an understandable choice, to be clear), so I can’t really judge effectively at this point.