Based on the manga by Masao Otake that has been running in Harta magazine since 2010. The story revolves around a Yakuza member named Nita Yoshifuma. One night, while celebrating that he won a very rare vase in an auction, a strange anomaly occurs over his head. From this portal bursts a metal pod that hits him on the head. When he recovers, he sees the pod with a forlorn looking face staring at him. Thinking it may be the effect of pills he took, he decides to go to bed and that it will be gone in the morning.
After waking up, he showers, dresses, and returns to his living room, only to be greeted by the pod and the face asks him to release her. Yes, that face belongs to a little girl that tells him how to do so. He presses the button like she told him, and in a surge of energy, he is staring at a naked adolescent girl, who immediately requests clothing.When Nitta tells her to get out, she demonstrates that she's nobody to tangle with as she has telekinetic powers. She immediately proceeds to destroy his beloved vase collection.
When Nitta tries to find out more about this girl, who says her name is Hina (Japanese for Doll) he's stonewalled by her saying she can't tell him. Season 1 does not explain where she came from, although there is foreshadowing in the first episode. All we find out later on is that she was an experiment from an organization that was trying to make a powerful weapon. She is the third, and most powerful, of the three the anime introduces.
Hina and Nitta form a bond when the head of his Yakuza family (the Oyabun) wants him to find a low cost construction crew to clear some land for a development. Having discovered Hina's destructive capacity if she doesn't use her powers, which he forbade her to use, he immediately realizes he can use her to do the land clearing. Afterwards, Nitta is excited by what they'd accomplished in one day, and the look in his eyes disturbs Hina. She was familiar with that look from the adults that had once ordered her. Nitta shows compassion and says he won't be like those adults.
Suddenly, his cell phone rings and the second in command is on the line. The oyabun has been attacked by a rivel gang. Nitta is given the task of taking out the head of that gang. It's a suicide mission, as the target is holed up in their headquarters.Unknown to Nitta, Hina has hidden in the back seat of his car, and offers to take on the job: all Nitta has to do is order her to do so. Nitta refuses, holding true to his word that he won't be like the adults that sent Hina to him. With a smile, Hina proceeds towards the building on her own. Nitta tries to stop her but before he can, she's already inside and members of the rival gang are flying out doors and windows at a rapid rate. In the English dub, the word "owie" takes on a hilarious connotation and becomes the running gag of the series, although not overused.
Nitta gets a field promotion and, true to manga/anime tradition, Hina has one classic quirk: her appetite. Her favorite food is Ikura with salmon roe. Nitta treats her to that as a reward for helping him get this promotion in the organization.
While that is just a summary of the first episode, there is a lot more.The first superpowered girl we meet is in the opening scene and occurs 3 years after Hina arrived. We meet her again, late in the season. her name is Mao.She was the first experiment. Episode 2 introduces us to the second girl in the experiment, Anzu. She has been sent by the organization to destroy Hina. By the fifth episode, she becomes everyone's favorite. Episode 11 even has Nitta wishing she were his "daughter" instead of Hina.
The fourth girl in the series, and along with Anzu, a major support, is Hina's Classmate, Hitomi Mishima. A hard working young girl that gets top scores in her class.While in Junior High she becomes a bartender, putting away a nice nest egg, while keeping it a secret from her mom, and her teacher (who happens to be one of her best customers).
The story is considered a slice of life, but, due to how the girls arrive, and the powers they wield, the Science-Fiction/Fatasy label can be incorporated. It's fun for the whole family.
After waking up, he showers, dresses, and returns to his living room, only to be greeted by the pod and the face asks him to release her. Yes, that face belongs to a little girl that tells him how to do so. He presses the button like she told him, and in a surge of energy, he is staring at a naked adolescent girl, who immediately requests clothing.When Nitta tells her to get out, she demonstrates that she's nobody to tangle with as she has telekinetic powers. She immediately proceeds to destroy his beloved vase collection.
When Nitta tries to find out more about this girl, who says her name is Hina (Japanese for Doll) he's stonewalled by her saying she can't tell him. Season 1 does not explain where she came from, although there is foreshadowing in the first episode. All we find out later on is that she was an experiment from an organization that was trying to make a powerful weapon. She is the third, and most powerful, of the three the anime introduces.
Hina and Nitta form a bond when the head of his Yakuza family (the Oyabun) wants him to find a low cost construction crew to clear some land for a development. Having discovered Hina's destructive capacity if she doesn't use her powers, which he forbade her to use, he immediately realizes he can use her to do the land clearing. Afterwards, Nitta is excited by what they'd accomplished in one day, and the look in his eyes disturbs Hina. She was familiar with that look from the adults that had once ordered her. Nitta shows compassion and says he won't be like those adults.
Suddenly, his cell phone rings and the second in command is on the line. The oyabun has been attacked by a rivel gang. Nitta is given the task of taking out the head of that gang. It's a suicide mission, as the target is holed up in their headquarters.Unknown to Nitta, Hina has hidden in the back seat of his car, and offers to take on the job: all Nitta has to do is order her to do so. Nitta refuses, holding true to his word that he won't be like the adults that sent Hina to him. With a smile, Hina proceeds towards the building on her own. Nitta tries to stop her but before he can, she's already inside and members of the rival gang are flying out doors and windows at a rapid rate. In the English dub, the word "owie" takes on a hilarious connotation and becomes the running gag of the series, although not overused.
Nitta gets a field promotion and, true to manga/anime tradition, Hina has one classic quirk: her appetite. Her favorite food is Ikura with salmon roe. Nitta treats her to that as a reward for helping him get this promotion in the organization.
While that is just a summary of the first episode, there is a lot more.The first superpowered girl we meet is in the opening scene and occurs 3 years after Hina arrived. We meet her again, late in the season. her name is Mao.She was the first experiment. Episode 2 introduces us to the second girl in the experiment, Anzu. She has been sent by the organization to destroy Hina. By the fifth episode, she becomes everyone's favorite. Episode 11 even has Nitta wishing she were his "daughter" instead of Hina.
The fourth girl in the series, and along with Anzu, a major support, is Hina's Classmate, Hitomi Mishima. A hard working young girl that gets top scores in her class.While in Junior High she becomes a bartender, putting away a nice nest egg, while keeping it a secret from her mom, and her teacher (who happens to be one of her best customers).
The story is considered a slice of life, but, due to how the girls arrive, and the powers they wield, the Science-Fiction/Fatasy label can be incorporated. It's fun for the whole family.