Well, another tear jerker for those who can watch it with tissues. A story about three girls, two sisters and one niece from another marriage who are very close to each other. Raika, Hina, and Miu. They live as happy as can be in a household where they love their mom and dad dearly. Yet as part of a business venture, both mom and dad decide to celebrate their marriage with a late honeymoon. Now who comes in the picture, but Yuri's (mom) brother Yuta. Who is to take care of the girls while they are gone. Everything is going to plan, Yuri convinces her lazy brother to help her, and comes to their house for the last of the instructions. As with all kids, the three girls hardly know Yuta as their uncle, but decide to give him a chance to make their mom and dad happy. All is well, as both are on trip. Except a bad plane accident had killed both parents on route to their honeymoon. A week later, the existing family members who are at their wake, tries to split up the girls so as to not overwhelm themselves with too much expense. But through all of this, it is Yuta and his brawn of his non thinking ability, decides to raise the girls in his one bedroom apartment against incredible odds. Now with a new home, and a new outlook on life, the girls slowly become adjusted to their new surroundings. Yet I can see where this is going to lead. The youngest of the girls, (Hina 3 yrs) has not been told that her parents are dead, and each one make excuses as to why they haven't come home yet. This is building to something which will rival another series . . . (Rozen Maiden), where a living doll named Hina Ichigo loses her life for a breach of contract with a human. The series episode had gained humongous praise as one of the most powerful episodes to date because of the emotional turmoil the producers gave the home audience. This show however will either ultimately match it, or become something that can be treasured forever when the time comes for Hina to learn of her parents sad demise. Be sure you have a lot of tissues ready for that episode. I guarantee you won't have a dry eye.
2 Reviews
Great story, unacceptable presentation
Snootz16 April 2020
The story of this anime is good: a 20-year old college student suddenly facing the rigors of raising his three nieces. The story line is realistic, the issues they face (including a teenage girl trying to cope with her mixed feelings), as well as the family's involvement is reasonable. I did have to wonder why the rest of the family didn't step in and help financially... but there's the possibility of an attitude issue of them secretly wanting him to fail so they could gain custody.
However beneath this all is the unexpected regular sexualizing of the minors- especially the ten year old girl. This isn't done so much in the actual show, but in the "still photos" often used as a break in commercials (which stills were often blatantly sexual in nature).
The directors and producers would have done well to leave sexuality totally out of the equation. Except of for those expected moments when the four would accidentally intrude one one another's privacy in a 1-room apartment (such would be expected), there was no place in this storyline (or any) for the sexualizaiton of minors. Such is the shame of some anime. They could have produced the series with more class and common sense.
Overall in a theme that was primarily a drama-comedy, there was far too much deep cleavage, panties, side-boob, bobbing, etc for this to be anything but a show directed at males... when it could and should have been directed at all viewers as a morality play. Much of the "boob comments" were presented as an element of humor, but actually detracted from the main and important point of the story: family obligations and meeting those needs head-on instead of shying way from them. In this story especially, such obligation mixed with unwarranted sexualization was somewhat hypocritical and paradoxical.
So overall I can only give it 4 stars. It could easily have garnered 7 or 8 stars if it weren't for the blatant sexualization of minors (there's just no excuse, rationalization or defense for ANY sexualization of a 10 year old). Such could have easily been avoided and the show been just as good, of not better.
However beneath this all is the unexpected regular sexualizing of the minors- especially the ten year old girl. This isn't done so much in the actual show, but in the "still photos" often used as a break in commercials (which stills were often blatantly sexual in nature).
The directors and producers would have done well to leave sexuality totally out of the equation. Except of for those expected moments when the four would accidentally intrude one one another's privacy in a 1-room apartment (such would be expected), there was no place in this storyline (or any) for the sexualizaiton of minors. Such is the shame of some anime. They could have produced the series with more class and common sense.
Overall in a theme that was primarily a drama-comedy, there was far too much deep cleavage, panties, side-boob, bobbing, etc for this to be anything but a show directed at males... when it could and should have been directed at all viewers as a morality play. Much of the "boob comments" were presented as an element of humor, but actually detracted from the main and important point of the story: family obligations and meeting those needs head-on instead of shying way from them. In this story especially, such obligation mixed with unwarranted sexualization was somewhat hypocritical and paradoxical.
So overall I can only give it 4 stars. It could easily have garnered 7 or 8 stars if it weren't for the blatant sexualization of minors (there's just no excuse, rationalization or defense for ANY sexualization of a 10 year old). Such could have easily been avoided and the show been just as good, of not better.
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