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Dec 23, 2009
Initially, I was skeptical about this anime. I wasn't impressed by the art and the story didn't seem to promise much; I thought it was just about some book-lovers who have the ability to use papers fighting against normal bad guys or other paper users. I watched the first episode and I didn't feel like watching any further. But out of boredom, I just did. And man, after a few more episodes, I could not stop watching more episodes.

ROD the TV revolves around three sisters who use their ability to use papers (as bow and arrows, flying medium, sharp knife,etc) to do detective work as their means of living (and yes, buying more and more books, since they are obsessively fond of books). They met Sumiregawa-sensei whom they are paid to guard and who was a good friend of the legendary paper-user agent Yomiko Readman ("The Paper"). As the story unfolds, you'll realize that there is more than meets the eyes. It is an interesting, enjoyable anime to watch though not without some flaws.

Like I said, the art failed to impress me, although credit could be given to the smoothness of the movements and the clear colours of the anime. Most of the times I was rather bothered by the disproportioned body parts of the characters. There were also some subtle prejudices in terms of the portrayal of the leadership and humanity of people from different countries. The characters leave nothing much to like either.

Still, it has a curious plot in that one would not have much foreseen what is really in store for them further in the story. And that itself is enough reason for it to be worthy of being rated at overall 7.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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