[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for final thoughts:

Just an awesome serious. The characters were great (Chiaki-chan ( ＾ω＾ )ﾍﾞﾛﾍﾞﾛ), the protagonist was great and likeable, and the story was interesting.
Even the beach episode (not really) didn't feel like it was a waste/filler, like it usually would for other anime.
The animation wasn't... that superb, but in general, it didn't go below average much.

Though despite almost everything else was good, the OP/ED sucked... bad. Mainly that Momoiro Clover or whatever singer. Terrible. They had an ED where Marika's voice actor sang and she was great, so let's replace these with her!
Not only that, but I don't get why they pronounce stuff like "Shi" as "Su". (Move your tongue a bit more?)