Sasameki Koto Episode One: Whispered Words

Sasameki Koto is a yuri romance show about Sumika Murasame, a girl in love with her best friend, Ushio Kazama. Ushio openly likes girls, but has made it clear that she's only interested in "cute girls". Sumika doesn't want to jeopardize her friendship with Ushio, so she hides her feelings the best that she can.


It can be hard to find good yuri shows, and so I'm always interested when I hear one is in the works. However, Sasameki Koto hasn't really managed to capture my interest yet. The show absolutely had some cute and funny moments, but I'm just not very involved in the romance or with either of the main characters. I feel like the show focused so much on the drama and not enough on the comedy- the drama will work much better once the characters have been better developed, but the comedy moments were pretty hilarious as is. Of course, this is only the first episode. The anime has plenty of time to strike a balance between now and then. 


Though I'm being pretty negative, I don't think this Sasameki Koto is bad at all, and I'll definitely keep on following it. Hopefully it'll improve as the series goes on, but there's still plenty to like as is. Whether this anime gets better or it stays about the same, I should have no problem staying interested enough to watch 12 episodes.


Rating: 80/100