(Average+) From Me to You

Series in one sentence:
Ghost girl spends hours on repetitive inner monologuing.

Series in more sentences:
A kind-hearted outcast with the smile of a ghoul catches the attention of the most popular guy in school, and from that moment on, luck seems to be more on her side.
Even so, their obvious love for each other can't seem to blossom thanks to many factors and people working against them. Sawako is optimistic, though, and cherishes every friend and happy moment.

My sister, a noob to anime, suggested this to me. And this is a nice watch for people who likes sappy stories and haven't seen millions of other animes with the same tropes. Sorry, sister.

Sawako's inner narration is so drawn out and repetitive at times, I struggled to keep on watching with genuine interest, especially at the start. How many more times do I have to hear her mutter in a whispery voice about how lonely, confused, or happy she is?

Something the show did well was the introduction of conflicts. Whenever a new development showed its head, I sat up excitedly to watch shit go down, but it always ended up being a tame ride that got resolved immediately.
From Me to You doesn't want to go overboard with things, and this was especially the case in season 1.
Sawako's friends were also way too quick at getting attached to her. Why are they crying over a person they believed was a cursed witch just a few days prior? I can't empathize with characters who cry all the time, which includes Sawako.

Season 2 sadly does what many romantic animes do when they have more than one season, which is to go back on earlier established feelings and again make either lover ask the question: "Hm.. Am I in love with this person?".
Yes, you absolute fool. Give him your Valentine chocolate already. Why are you entertaining the absolutely moronic thought the guy doesn't like you and you should be distant with him?
They turned Sawako into such an unbearable coward, I could only cheer on her worsening relationship with Shota.

The show acknowledges all this is stupid through Yano, but that doesn't make it more pleasant to watch. I despise stories that backtrack like this for the sake of adding a bit more drama.
Further on, some interesting ideas are entertained, like whether or not Shota is giving her attention out of his pity for outcasts, but the season should've started off with that. Now it was basically "We don't sit next to each other anymore and so we stopped talking, lol dunno".

It's obvious Sawako needs a watchful, assertive person to force her to speak up, and that's why Shota's rival is a surprisingly good match for her.
I liked this guy, even though the series portrays him in such a way that very slightly insinuates he's an annoying, self-important, loud-mouthed womanizer with an American-sounding name, YUCK. But he really isn't bad. The way people shouted him down and wanted him out of the way was unfair. Why couldn't he have a chance at love?
But sadly, there's little fight from him, as the story wants things to move on and reunite Sawako and Shota.

In the end, the show managed to make me care, so points for that. I'd say From Me to You is a high "Average+", and for many people a "Good", but the negatives I mentioned just bother me too much.