Being claimed as someone's fiancée the moment he learns you have amnesia isn't weird at all if the guy is handsome and the story treats him as a good guy.
Series in more sentences:
A young girl is gifted with the power to see and hear spirits, but becomes an outcast because of it. A mysterious street magician then sends her back in time, where this gift is welcomed and treated with respect, though the girl is more busy trying to impress the high-class writer who took her than help his friend find the spirit of a cat he lost.
Her personality swoons many handsome men, though she finds herself most attracted to him and she struggles with whether to stay or go back home when the chance arrives.
Harem animes. Don't like them, especially when the main character has a very clear preference from the start.
Finishing this series feels like a waste of time, you already know the girl won't pick any of the other pursuers. Maybe the dating game it's based on has these guys be an actual threat, but the anime was straight-forward and without surprises. The romance was rushed, the harem aspect a complete fake-out, and the main character's ability to see ghosts seemed to matter little for the story. But, I liked the way how most men warmed up to her and liked the girl herself.
The relationship between her and the greenhaired artist was more prominent, though, and would've made for a better focus. It was pretty sad to see so many episodes pass by where she didn't look for this cat of his. It became a forgotten subject at times.
Because Mei goes for the first cute guy she meets, those parts showing her blush at other men's introductions are pointless and inappropriate, but I guess are the remains of the video game. I don't even know why she likes the writer. He's clingy and overprotective, not to mention he called dibs on a lost teenage girl with amnesia. His eyes lit up the moment he heard the word, like damn, what a predator.
There are multiple characters in the series Mei builds a better relationship with, who have more interesting personalities as well, but she decides within a week or so she wants to impress and stay with this intrusive gentleman and it's not making me feel tingly like Inu x Boku SS. Hell, there the boy had a reason to be obsessed with the girl, and even the girl learned they had a past connection. What's Mei and this man's excuse?
And then there's the ending itself, where Mei regains her memories; this gave me a major deja vu. I could've sworn the exact same happened only a few episodes prior, but there she exclaimed with tears in her eyes she wanted to stay with her boyfriend. I roughly watched an episode per week, so maybe I forgot the moon wasn't yet full and she only remembered snippets? But then it still would've been better if that scene was left out. This girl is yo-yoing with herself and her love interest, and that's no way to treat people.
I respect her decision to take the initiative to better her life, but it feels misplaced after all those episodes of her talking about how badly she wants her man.
It had a funny scene here and there, but there's nothing that would make me want to watch this again.
That second credits song, though, it's boppin'.
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