I looked at Aoi and Mutsuki (the sequel) in order to recalibrate my scale. I thought that I bitched too much about insignificant details of jawlines too much recently, and I needed a look at bad anime.

It was surprisingly watcheable. The story was trash and I dropped it 15 minutes in, but as far as anime goes, there's something to be said for simplicity. And it still does not look americanized (although these days imitations are multiplying...).