Myself; Yourself and Watchable Bad Anime

Thinking About Myself; Yourself A 2007 anime called Myself; Yourself came up in one of my recent email exchanges. The anime was an adaptation of, or companion to, a PlayStation 2 visual novel of the same name, which was released exclusively in Japan in 2007. The anime, which was produced by studio Doga Kobo, made it stateside and aired for 13 episodes in the fall 2007 season. I had been aware of the anime since 2008-09 or so, and not for a good reason. I had noticed that it received negative review scores from some review outlets I read, namely, off the top of my head, THEM anime (1 star out of 5) and the former Nihon Review (4 out of 10). I always have more than enough anime to catch up with (noting I started watching non-Adult Swim anime in late 2008 or so) without trying the most critically panned anime series in Crunchyroll’s library. But I ultimately did end up watching Myself; Yourself, as evinced by a quip in my 2024 article on hair color in Days With My Stepsister: I find…