Two months ago, when the first episode aired, there was a lot of hope that this anime could be something special. Oh how naive that truly turned out to be.
First, Tomoe continues griping over her lack of marriage prospects. She’s only 28, but I guess that’s already too old. She’s debating whether or not she should quit and return home.
Better shack up now or no men will ever want you.
Next, a group of unruly “survival gamers” (they sound like LARPers) roll up on Kissuiso. Their target?
The chests of high school girls.
These manchildren are driving the staff up the wall, but no one will do the reasonable thing and kick them out ’cause they’re customers; customers are everything to a failing inn.
On the other hand, allowing grown men to prey on young girls isn’t anything to worry about. Just deal with it.
When anime gives you sexual assaulting lemons, what do you do?
You assault them back, of course. Thankfully, Tomoe didn’t opt for lemonade.
Enamored by the fact that any woman would ever play with them, the manchildren promise to return. Oh glorious day, we have secured the reservations of men who try to peep on girls — this classy inn will stay in business.
After all, young girls deserve it for taking a bath. Just like skinny jeans, baths mean you are asking for it!
In the end, Tomoe decides not to quit.
The eighth episode deals with a sudden surge of customers, but the inn just happens to be understaffed.
Sui tries to help out, but in her old age, she collapses. So while she’s in the hospital, Takako comes back with a vengeance of action lines.
ACTION LINES.
ACTION LIIIIIINES.
On a bit of a tangent, I like how the Wikipedia entry for this anime describes Takako as “erratic.” Anyway, Takako advises the staff to prioritize special clients, but Ohana objects, parroting the creed that all customers must be treated equally. Ohana then decides to go drag Tohru back to work despite it being his day off. I guess Kissuiso has never heard of seasonal temp workers.
I thought the only plot development of any interest in this episode was the fact that Ko is on his way to see Ohana.
I liked the last episode well enough. It wasn’t great, but it didn’t abuse the sitcom shenanigans that the other episodes did, and the coming invasion of customers will at least provide some incentive to see how it goes in the next episode. Might blog it if it’s any good/especially bad.
I don’t know, I actually paid less attention to the eighth episode versus the seventh. At this point, I’m just finishing the show for completion’s sake.
Not watching any more, but poor Ko.
He’s gonna help out with the inn next episode and when the dust settles, they’ll stare into the other person’s eyes… doki doki. Maybe if he’s lucky, they’ll hold hands, then his ass is back to Tokyo. Book it.
And then dickface will end up with Ohana or something.
One morning, Ohana’s upper torso is found floating in a hot spring completely drained of blood. In fact, the only sign of blood is a single bloodstained sakura petal in a tiny black box held in her hands. Ko instantly becomes the prime suspect but Balut girl isn’t far behind. Nako is missing and body parts are being found one by one in the countryside. It is a race against time before the Kissuiso Killer strikes again. It just so happens that Akihiko Chuzenji is passing through town…
Whoops, what am I thinking? Just have Nako run away in terror cause a boy looked at her and Minko call Ohana balut a couple times — so funny!
And those episodes are enough for me to drop this anime to the core.
So far, despite a very darkish beginning, this show plummeted to a maggoty cheese, boar’s asshole, bird spit, century egg, human placenta, corn smut, civet poo coffee and a helluva balut of a show!
… Unless one of them bitchslaps the other. :)
The beginning was darkish?
I probably should have heeded the OP. Good shows rarely have such annoying eardrum destroying OPs.
I just wanted anything, to be honest. If HanaIro was supposed to be a drama, move me. If it was supposed to be a comedy, make me laugh. All I ever feel when I watch this show is either boredom or disgust (esp. the “survival gamers).
Darkish in a way that some characters have SOME problems with the main character. It’s not like everyone in the anime gets along within 2 episodes and poops rainbows, sparkles, and happy happiness. We gotta get some people who the main character does not get or able to please, knowing that the “irresistible charm” is not actually applicable to all people inuniverse.
It HAD potential within the first two episodes because I thought it would follow a soap opera-type anime with the conflicts, plots, and cliches (Ever wished anime had a Mexican Soap Opera-inspired series?) flying about here and there. Sucks that it fell flat after episode 3.
OP is earhash. I was thinking of replacing the OP audio with some Classic Metal. ;3
The anime is just cute girls doing cute things and that’s usually enough to get by in anime.
well, i thought eps 5-7 were enjoyable. not groundbreaking or wow-ing, just fun. that’s enough for me really. cute girls doing cute things is K-on. this is close, but different…
How much do you differ, idiffer?
how much do i differ in what? i’m happy to indulge your curiosity if only you would be more specific…
i differ in a lot of things…
My question is a rhetorical one in response to your previous comment.
well, i was going to ask you if that was sarcasm. in which case you are missing the target skightly. a person shouldn’t feel the need to live up to his nickname, among other important things. if the question was rhetorical, why ask at all???
I don’t think you understand the point of a rhetorical question.
whatever. i was trying to provoke you to say smth you normally wouldn’t have. anyway it would still be nice if you would openly declare your intentions)). playing games with rhetorical questions is all good, but i’m getting too old for that really. plus you really get the feeling that i differ, when i’m talking like this. (to continue the answer to your rhetorical question)
I don’t really bother to play games. I made a comment and my intentions are quite clear within that comment, but you can interpret it any way you wish.
mmm…no, they weren’t to a person who sees several options and not just the obvious one. i don’t understand your reluctance to help me understand the meaning of your post. i’m not a native speaker, as you may have noticed by now, so…and, btw, lol, what you are doing IS a game. or at least a defensive mechanism. otherwise you would have just answered my question or openly refused to do so.