I'm not going to recommend this show to anyone except a complete masochist. The supporting characters also suffer from this 'drama', as many of their characteristics and personalities are just plain annoying now. Akari's character flaws are highlighted in many of the 'dramatic' moments of the show, especially towards the end of the series. Akari was originally a gentle, caring girl, and although they tried to keep those traits for her character, they spoiled it by making the show 'dramatic'. In Remember My Memories his character comes across as annoying, whiny, selfish, angry (in other words, he's a brat). In the original To Heart Hiroyuki was a kind, sensitive (if somewhat absent-minded) guy. The creators have tried to make Remember My Memories more 'dramatic', and with this in mind they have turned the characters into an abomination of what they originally were. As I pointed out, the voice acting was a major disaster, but the character flaws don't just end there. The characters are the main reason why the show is a huge let down. The other voice actors are no better, which makes me think that these changes were intentionally added to 'heighten' the drama (when all it did was make me want to kill the characters or kill myself). In Remember My Memories he sounds like he's desperate and screaming all the time. In the original To Heart his was quite smooth and well defined. Ichijou Kazuya (the voice of Fujita Hiroyuki), must have been up all night smoking and drinking before recording this series. The voice acting in this show has also dropped in quality (even though the same actors were used - how the hell did they manage that?). There's no mellow BGMs in this show, and the effects are sometimes random. The sound is another area where a lot of corners have been cut. The animation is decidely jerky, and the colour palette has been changed to make the show more 'cheery' (failing miserably at this as well). In their place the animators saw fit to make the faces more angular (pointy chins abound in this show). Gone is the naturalistic character design and the nice watercolour stillframes. The art and animation are sorely lacking in Remember My Memories. The only problem is they failed abysmally. The creators decided to turn what was an enjoyabl slice of life show into a true harem romance/drama. to harp on about the rest of the story, which in itself is pretty much standard fare. Hiroyuki is pining for Multi though when she suddenly comes back to school, only for everyone to be told she has the robot form of amnesia!?!? Multi has left, Hiroyuki, Akari, and the rest of the cast are still pretty much the same. The story in Remember My Memories is set around a year after the end of To Heart. This extension on the other hand, should never have been made. It's a nice slice of life show that gets misnomered as a harem romance.

The original To Heart is rather enjoyable. WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT'S HOLY HAPPENED TO THIS SERIES!!!

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