kyoukai no kanata - 1
Surprise, there's a Tragic Past for the lead. I wonder if this is the kyoani LN formula by this point - it'll no doubt pop up in episode six ruining whatever good will the viewers had for the show.
The writing was pretty bad. Everything from the initial introduction to the stilted, unnatural dialogue. The latter feels like the writers buckling under the pressure to deliver something witty, but it's self-referential and knowing without really having anything to talk about or reflect on. Mirai Kurayama (the glasses-wearing moeblob heroine) is the bigger problem, though; her life is supposed to be divided into two, the clumsy uguu~ girl and the persecuted spirit warrior buffy thing, but this split isn't handled well, and her sociopathic disregard for the pain of others makes her a hard subject to be sympathetic to or root for.
That said, I actually liked everything else. The soundtrack is pretty strong, and appropriately moody even if the writing itself struggles to support it. The designs are good, and the direction is pleasantly to the point. And there's some really good animation here.