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I marathonned Usagi Drop last week, because the license at Crunchyroll ended tonight. I had meant to watch it, because the idea of a show about a grown man who was not in any kind of mortal danger intrigued me. Wow, that show was a joy. Daikichi is the most levelheaded father I've seen in an anime. I liked the duo of Daikichi and Rin, and their relationship with Kouki(and his mother) was fun to watch too. It was just cute enough not to be annoying. It was just realistic enough without being bummer. It actually starts out kind of sad and becomes upbeat as it goes. Even for a childfree cynical asshole like me, this was a very enjoyable show. Most of the shows I watch are edge of your seat suspenseful, so this was refreshing and I finished it in two days.



then I watched another arc of Higurashi over the weekend. I started this a couple weeks ago. It's reminded me of Clue a lot of the time, but I thought this arc was more like a Twilight Zone episode. The way they have you thinking "well, this happened" . . .and then you come to find out it didn't happen at all, and it was actually something else completely. Another thing I liked about this arc was certain characters being less grating than usual. Sometimes, Rena is a bit hard to take. The main reason I still like Another better than Higurashi is the tone is more consistent. That said, I still find Higurashi scarier. Part of that has to do with the crazy eyes. Higurashi doesn't have the best quality animation, but they make up for that with facial expressions. Sure, it didn't invent anime crazy eyes, but Studio Deen has made them that much more unnerving. I don't suggest searching mumblr for anything Higurashi related after 7pm, it might fuck your shit up.

I'm a week behind, I gotta get back on this show. . . .especially since there's an OVA (or at least, that's what people are assuming it is right now. We STILL don't know) coming in the Spring.