Note: Due to the recent floods brought by the very bad weather, I was not able to do my /watchlist/ing. In order to recover from the backlog, I’ll post the episodes one-by-one. ——————————— Take note of this bizarre situation: You are inside an unfinished picture book. Set aside the opportunity of meeting a fairy, look at the situation. “Atsushi, in his earlier days, draw picture book to drive away boredom and sadness brought by being alone in the hospital bed.” Since I am focused on this particular script from the show, I am thinking that the reason why Atsushi can’t rest in peace is that he haven’t finished drawing the picture book. What really Atsushi wants to rest in peace? That is the question. I don’t think he just wants to be with Rokka forever, there must be a deeper reason for not moving on. This might be the outcome if we focus on the first paragraphs I wrote. Either way, the series is classic — see the pastel colors, the dramatic storyline, it’s a classic that needs to be remade in a live-action setting. It also has a different take on Prince Charming and Fairies, by taking (drunk) Hazuki into a wonderland where he is being called a “Prince” by a fairy.
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Episode 5 Living as Hazuki has its challenges at first, like not knowing where he lives and having no money. On top of that, he has very poor eyesight, so Atsushi goes out of his way to replace his contact lenses with glasses. I can finally relate to him on one thing…contacts are horrible! Personality-wise, [...]
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This series gives new meaning to the phrase “a storybook romance”.
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I can’t believe Atsushi’s taking advantage of being in Hazuki’s body to try and distance him from Rokka. He jumps in while Hazuki’s in a vulnerable state…kind of a jerk move. He also stayed in longer than I expected. Typically, you’d expect him to be forced out once Hazuki’s regained consciousness, but apparently he can [...]
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Last week we left off with Hazuki finally giving off his body to that ghost in a drunk mood. This episode carries that further, and it’s definitely different from usual anime, in which such a possession only lasts a few minutes: at the end of this episode there still was no sign of him being [...]
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Atsushi “borrows” Hazuki’s body while Hazuki’s consciousness is stuck in some kind of surreal dreamworld within the pages of one of Atsushi’s sketchbooks he used to draw in while hospitalized. He is accompanied by a fairy-like Rokka. Atsushi has to deal with Hazuki’s poor eyesight, lack of money, small apartment, and unavoidable hunger. Rokka cooks [...]
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Categories: Anime, Natsuyuki Rendezvous, Summer 2012Tags: Natsuyuki RendezvousMaybe Hazuki in wonderland would have been a better title for this episode. Up until now, I’ve considered Natsuyuki to be a fairly down to earth romantic drama. Despite it possessing mild supernatural elements such as Atsushi’s ghost, these aspects … Continue reading →(Read more...)
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In this week's Kokoro Connect, Hazuki and Shimao switch bodies.  Wait a second, wrong series... Still, even though this isn't Kokoro Connect, the basic concept is the same, except on this occasion one of our two body-swappers is a ghost - this means that Hazuki finds himself trapped in a decidedly off kind of fairy tail world which I assume is lodged deep within Shimao's consciousness.  I also
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