The capsule summary:

the “great craftsman” show which starts with a premise that sounds ordinary or even trite, but executes it so brilliantly that it becomes something wonderful.

The hystogram at ANN tops at about 2.5 (Haibane Renmei easily takes 0.1 and Shingu takes a strong 3).

My problem with all this is no matter how brilliantly it is executed, I'm sick of school love stories.