I believe the title of this anime is holding it back from its possible popularity.
I wouldn't go as far as to say this was the most amazing romance anime I've seen-but I can say I never lost interest from the beginning to the very end.
It had a very unique plot, despite what I thought beforehand. In the beginning I was more than willing to bet this would become a stereotypical romance, like a twisted version of Cinderella or something of the sort. To my relief, it didn't become annoyingly cliche, not at all. Even when I thought it was going to turn into that, a curve ball was thrown and the story would take an unexpected turn.
The only thing (Besides the title) I'd like to comment negatively on was the main protagonist in the beginning. Not too long ago I was more of an 'action' type of person-actually going as far as to say I despised romance anime. Why was this? Because in my opinion the characters always acted so damn spazzy, I swear I could die inside. So just guess my excitement and utter joy when I found Ahiru, the perfect definition of spazz? But somehow, I was able to look past it after awhile and I stopped really noticing it at all, something that I'm usually not able to do.
I'd recommend this to anybody who likes romance with a unique plot and twists being thrown in here and there.
Or really, anybody with the slightest interest in Ballet-this would definitely be your anime :3