Ranked #935

Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!

Here's a multiple choice question before I begin talking about this series:

What would you do when your carefree life is suddenly being thrown into unsettled chaos when three girls, a middle-schooler, a fifth-grader, and a toddler wants to be under you care due to an unprecedented tragedy?

A) Call the cops
B) Try to find another babysitter
C) Slap yourself twice and tell yourself that this is all a dream and you'll wake up soon.
D) Take responsibility, learn about the value of family life, and take care of them

If you choose D, then kiss your carefree life goodbye and hello to responsibility of being uncle, big brother, and father all at once.

Judging by the title of the series, there's not much to expect and could seem to be quite predictable. "Listen to me Girls, I am Your Father!" But let's face the music, here...how many of you actually listen to your parents when you were little? (I know, I didn't). And going from there, we have the first episode where at the ending, one of our main characters (Sora Takanashi) is caught with her pants down literally. Now, you're probably thinking about dropping the series at this point as it might turn into an "ecchi" series. Well, dead wrong.

You see, in this story, we have our main character, the carefree Yuuta Segawa (also known affectionately as "uncles" by our cute little Hina. Of course, judging by just that, we might have our "kawaiiiii" moments running through our heads. Then, we have the middle child Miu Takanashi who causes mischievious deeds throughout the series for "uncles" and Sora. And finally, who could forget our tsundere-like Sora? I mean, the first scene we see her with uncles gets her pants caught down literally!

Despite all that's mentioned above, there is much more depth into this series than meets the eye. From a tragic news of the morning comes forth an unprecedented event that will change uncles' life forever. I mean, how would you feel if you certainly found someone you once knew disappear from the face of this Earth?

With the surprising turn of events, it is clear now that this series has a much in depth theme, the theme of responsibility and be someone you never thought you'd be: a father, an uncle, and a big brother.

Despite this though, there are still those fan-service scenes popping up occasionally such as Sora's untimely undressing and morning wake up calls. Them, there is our Raika girl, the strange girl with boobs that makes Sora's look like marbles. At this point, some of our viewers may have pushed that "dropped" button on their anime list. With the common usage of fan-service we see in nearly God-knows-what % of anime we see these days, it's not surprising. However, if you watch the series carefully, you may notice that this series eventually shows its true visage.

That visage is being the emotional and drama side of the show. It is deep as the series progresses. It is emotional as we see some of the more vulnerable sides of our characters. It is dramatic in the way how events turns out to be. And it is reality, not a dream.

Seriously, if you or most people were in Yuuta's shoes, it would of been something that you wish and wish was a bad dream and wake up to a morning coffee. But mornings will never be the same again with these three girls under your roof.

Beyond that, there are also some insightful side characters of the series some of us may want to keep their eyes on. (not just our hot girl Raika) For instance, the lolicon Sako who's there for the comic relif, the ladies man Nimura that has some great chemistry with Miu, and last but not least is Raika that skyrockets Sora's tsundere sense like no tomorrow. Despite her relatively short appearances, it is clear that her view in this series has touched the hearts and our minds (no, not just with her appearance) but by her interactions with the other characters.

As for the art and sound, I would say that both are just average and not award worthy of the year. I mean, it is just there. Of course, the light themed piano tone of the background occasionally does mix in with the series well but overall, not something I'll remember by for a long time. The art (like most 2010+ series) is presented well. However, there are those scenes where they background and obscene characters looks like computer generated graphics that leads to a turn off.

Overall, I'd say that this was a great series that debuted so far. It has its good (the realism of taking care of people and becoming someone you never thought you'd be). It has its bad (the pointless fan-service and some blend character designs). And then it has the ability to make our viewers continue to watch through its drama that all started after an unprecedented tragedy. What originally thought by some viewers (you know who you are) to be a series that tried to get attention through common cliche instead became a series of a touching melancholy. Perhaps, responsibility changes people who they are from carefree to responsible. Perhaps, it is unprecedented events that leads to people to discover their identity. Or perhaps, it is the reality that most of us may face today in our lives that can be reflected upon from this series. But all in all, this series is something to keep an eye on (especially since it only covers roughly 1/3 of the light novels). Remember, responsibility is not a privilege, it is a right. Don't believe me? Just ask Peter Parker.


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This anime is about Segewa Yuuta and his life as a college student and how his sister is suddenly incapable of taking care of her three daughters, but who takes care of them, well of course our protagonist Yuuta. It is mostly about how Yuuta with his low income and the combining of college, part-time jobs and a suddenly big family leads to problems and happiness.

The story starts out pretty fast, Yuuta enters college, meets the Street Observation Research Society led by Shuntarou Sako a lolicon and Raika Oda an awkward person who likes to act.

A few weeks later Yuuta has to "babysit" his three nieces and after that (for reasons I will not spoil) he decides to permanently take in his three nieces.

The anime itself is very realistic and has lots of moments where it covers problems a lot of people face such as being poor and having to take care of kids while you are going to school.

The anime also really knows how to touch your feelings with for example where Hina plays in the musical that was really good and it shows you that family doesn't need to be blood-bound.

The art is above-average, but nothing too outstanding from a recently completed anime, it has bright colours, good character design and nicely animated facial expressions.

The opening theme is lighthearted which perfectly fits in with the anime. The opening is a theme song from Eri Kitamura who also voices Miu Takanashi and the ending theme is also sung by a voice actress this time its Yui Horie who voices Raika Oda in the anime. The voice actors/actresses are a mix of experienced and inexperienced, but all of them do a great job.

The anime is character-wise very strong with a lot of development and various personalities, take the main character Yuuta first off he does what he wants and is a little lazy, but later he does everything to make his three nieces happy.

The three Takanashi sisters all have different personalities, Sora a girl who goes to middle school and is romantically interested in Yuuta, but she is a bit of a tsundere, Miu is Sora's younger sister who is in elementary school and she knows of Sora's interest in Yuuta and often tells him he should be more delicate with girls, Hina the youngest of the Takanashi sister who is in kindergarten, she creates for the most emotional parts in the anime.

All the supporting characters add something to the story Oda Raika the woman Yuuta is in love with, but can't say it because of his responsibilities Shuntarou Sako a lolicon who has taken interest in two of Yuuta's nieces, Kouchi Nimura a guy who Yuuta met at the beginning of college who befriended Yuuta quickly because he said Yuuta was interesting.

Overall I really enjoyed this anime because of its realism and how it shows you that as long you have family and friends you can be happy and that it hurts to lose family who you love and treasure and the process of living without that person, furthermore that it is financially hard to take in a few extra people, which is a fact a lot of harem comedy anime don't cover.

If you want a realistic romance comedy anime with heart-warming moments Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! is the anime for you.

Life lesson learnt: Family and friends are best in quality, not in quantity.
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