5/5 Great anime
  by Benoit Dupras (Montreal)
Surpassed my expectations. This is the most innovative and creative anime I've ever seen. And the subs were crazy good! If you like romantic anime you should definitely buy this (don't watch fansubs because they won't be well done). So many touching moments, and it was REALLy funny too! Although I understand why people do not like the ending... There WAS no ending... You will have to start reading the manga once you finish the dvds because the anime ends in the middle of the story.
His and Her has become one of my favorite animes ever!

3/5 Great art, bad storyline
  by C. P. Boyd (Australia)
If you enjoy anime for the quality of the art work then this series is really something else. It combines so many different styles of drawing and is really creative and imaginative in the way that it's presented. The music is also beautiful.

The storyline has a lot of potential at the beginning, but it really fails to deliver. There are several 'recap' episodes throughout which are not only unnecessary but frustratingly repetitive. The story doesn't really go anywhere. The quite elegant ending doesn't wash because there isn't enough plot development to support it.

It's gushingly romantic, too. Painfully so at times!

The packing is very nice. It comes in a sturdy and attractive artbox. Inside are five slim DVDs. Covers aren't reversible and there are no booklets.

5/5 his and her circumstances
  by Pamela M. Brown (Sacramento, CA)
when two highschool students can prove to a school that they can keep their grades up and still find time for romance i just think its wonderful to prove to the world we cannot be stopped to develop an education and explore loves togetherness in a wonderful way too! thanks Pam :)

1/5 Disappointing for everyone
  by S. Driscoll (Independence, MO USA)
I purchased the entire series for my daughter, which I now regret. Fortunately she is college-age, as it is not for younger viewers, and it is not a shining example of romance. The animation is sometimes very hard to follow. The main character is a hypocrite, and she is very egotistical and deceitful, but changes for the better, to a degree, over time.

The series starts out like a teen girl soap opera, starts to become a love story, but then slowly crashes. In the end though, the girl (Yukino Miyazawa) seems to learn more about life and makes real friends, but by this time, we just don't care.

At first I really did not like the character, I don't think we are meant to. She meets a boy (Soichiro Arima) with a tragic past, and both begin changing for the better. Subtle changes continue happening over time and things get more interesting. That is when the series seems to have been taken over by another group of people. After the couple gets too close, the boy begins changing for the worse. At this point, everything changes too much, even the titles of the stories admit this.

The ending leaves you empty, our interest goes downhill as the series continues to change. Things get too confusing, which is probably why they are always recapping the story lines. My daughter felt the same way about the story that I did, by the end, she too had lot all interest in the story.

4/5 Not your typical anime
  by DynomiteWins (Costa Mesa)
This is nothing like your typical anime - so really clear off any preconceived notions because you're not going to get what you expect.

At first the series is very similar to your standard Shoujo anime. The main character is a cannonball of humor and humanity - not the typical wussy female heroine you often find in this genre. She's someone a real female can relate to.

Visually, as the anime progresses, it delves deeper into an avant-garde style of presentation. It becomes less of an animated series and more an experiment in visual storytelling. I actually appreciated this aspect of the series and looked forward to seeing how the story would be told in each episode. From the popsicle stick figures, cityscapes, flashing images, sketch book drawings, etc. everything was very different and very interesting to watch.

The story itself is great - it branches off gracefully from the stories of our two main characters as they progress in high school and develop into adulthood.

The reason I can't give this set a full 5 stars however is that the behind the scenes problems led to a number of useless recap fillers and a hanging final episode. I presume there was the intention of continuing beyond 26 episodes because the final episode does nothing to wrap up any loose ends (although it seems that most shoujo I've watched ends up with a mediocre or unsatisfying ending anyway.) The bright side is that the manga continues well beyond this final episode and any individual who desperately wants to know how all these fantastic and complex characters will end up is able to read on to a very satisfactory and complete ending.

Understanding that this is incomplete, experimental, and yet totally emotionally captivating this set easily earns 4 stars.