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jennariaFULL MOON WO SAGASHITE
Genre: Drama and Miscellaneous
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: Girl dreams of being a singer: there's something about a childhood promise. Only one small problem: she's got something a tumor in her throat, that means she can't sing loudly without horrific pain. Well, and also her grandmother Does Not Approve of singing, for reasons not explained in the first episode.
Enter two shinigami (one male, one female). They got their dates a little mixed up: she's not technically supposed to die for a year - and they accidentally let this slip to Mitsuki. Realizing she can't afford to keep waiting, she goes for an audition to try to realize her dream, and talks the shinigami into helping her. The shinigami agree, on the grounds that she'll try, fail, and have no lingering regrets that might make their job more difficult when she dies in a year. They age her up, remove the tumor, and send her in.
Except when she does step up to try - and nearly fails, afraid to sing too loudly because of the pain, despite the shinigami's interference - one of the shinigami encourages her to give it one more try. And this time, she aces it.
Overall opinion: It's cute. I have to give major props to a main character who reacts to the news that she's dying not with Noble Patience but by saying 'fine then, I am going to go for my goal come hell or high water,' and then doing it. It doesn't immediately grab me and put little stars in my eyes the way Ah! My Goddess did, but it understands that its appeal is its cuteness, and knows how to use it well enough that I wouldn't mind seeing more.
It's worth noting that the voice actress for Mitsuki was much better known as a pop singer, and this is one of only two roles she ever acted, per Anime News Network. Whether this adds something or subtracts it, I will leave as an exercise for the reader.
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Lunch. Lunch lunch lunch. See also: there are very good reasons why my friends tease me about being part hobbit. (But only part. I'm way too tall for a real hobbit.)
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Genre: Drama and Miscellaneous
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: Girl dreams of being a singer: there's something about a childhood promise. Only one small problem: she's got something a tumor in her throat, that means she can't sing loudly without horrific pain. Well, and also her grandmother Does Not Approve of singing, for reasons not explained in the first episode.
Enter two shinigami (one male, one female). They got their dates a little mixed up: she's not technically supposed to die for a year - and they accidentally let this slip to Mitsuki. Realizing she can't afford to keep waiting, she goes for an audition to try to realize her dream, and talks the shinigami into helping her. The shinigami agree, on the grounds that she'll try, fail, and have no lingering regrets that might make their job more difficult when she dies in a year. They age her up, remove the tumor, and send her in.
Except when she does step up to try - and nearly fails, afraid to sing too loudly because of the pain, despite the shinigami's interference - one of the shinigami encourages her to give it one more try. And this time, she aces it.
Overall opinion: It's cute. I have to give major props to a main character who reacts to the news that she's dying not with Noble Patience but by saying 'fine then, I am going to go for my goal come hell or high water,' and then doing it. It doesn't immediately grab me and put little stars in my eyes the way Ah! My Goddess did, but it understands that its appeal is its cuteness, and knows how to use it well enough that I wouldn't mind seeing more.
It's worth noting that the voice actress for Mitsuki was much better known as a pop singer, and this is one of only two roles she ever acted, per Anime News Network. Whether this adds something or subtracts it, I will leave as an exercise for the reader.
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Lunch. Lunch lunch lunch. See also: there are very good reasons why my friends tease me about being part hobbit. (But only part. I'm way too tall for a real hobbit.)
Ten posts down, 39 to go (yay?). Blogging for the Nature Conservancy - comment to let me know if you donate, so I can match it.