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Well, sorry for the double post. I was originally going to follow the original schedule to blog the first episode of every show this season, but some things turned up (once again) and that didn’t work out very well. On the other hand, I have realized that I’d probably die if I had to blog [...]
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This is such a heartwarming series as Rin gets taken in by Daikichi when no one else in the family wants her. Continue reading →
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This is such a heartwarming series as Rin gets taken in by Daikichi when no one else in the family wants her. Continue reading →
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So after all the hype and badgering from fellow readers, I rushed off to watch the first episode of Usagi Drop. I didn’t really have expectations. I heard it was good and heartwarming – that was about it. I vaguely recall there was a little girl involved. Anyway. the moment it started, it reminded me [...]
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Usagi Drop is everything I thought it would be – a charming, relaxing and heartwarming story. The style brings to mind Disney animation while the plot seems to be lifted off of a Hollywood indie drama. That is, until you realize that the grandfather knocked-up some hot, blonde young mistress prior to the story, and you get [...] Related posts:Ro Kyu Bu! 01 [First Impressions] Ikoku Meiro no Croisee 01 & Sacred Seven 01 [First Impressions] Mawaru PenguinDrum 01 & No. 6 01 [First Impressions]
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Let’s start with the new show that seems most likely to be any good, which would be R-15, but that’s not out yet, so we’ll settle for Usagi Drop.  Episode 1, start! …thirty minutes pass… Mmm. Kind of a slow-moving show, and with Rin too shy to talk we don’t get as much dialogue as [...]
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For me this is easily the best premier episode of the season. This is a little show for big people or at the very least, people with big hearts. Let [...]
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I hope it’s acceptable for guys to cry over anime, cause I came close already. Definitely one of the best episodes of anime I’ve seen. Summary: Going home for his grandfather’s funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his [...]
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Summary: Daikichi is an average 30-year-old unmarried guy with his well-over-30-looking face perpetually stuck in a frown. He’s pulled out of his nichijou (that’s cross-promotion, J159) when his maternal grandfather dies. But at the funeral, he gets a shock that pulls him out of his ultra-mellow ways: apparently the little girl running around his grandfather’s [...]
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