Even as a person with no patience to kids I couldn’t resist charm of those girls. To my surprise even moments with more bratty and irresponsible behaviour didn’t bother me. Whether it’s because of realism that reminded me of my own childhood, relaxing music or just cute smiling girls, this anime made me appreciate kids being kids, with all the noise and naivety coming with it.
Mitsuboshi Colors doesn’t go too far with “moefying” characters. Their designs are cute, but actual sugar overdose comes from their actions, which also aren’t forcefully cute and feel very natural. I’ll even go as far as to say that characters are realistic.
When praising characters, I should mention that adults are also very nice (both as a personality and as in “well written”) and their interactions with kids melt your heart. They are rather one-dimensional, but considering it’s very light-hearted anime I wouldn’t consider it an important flaw.
While heartwarming part is top-notch, comedy aspect of Mitsuboshi Colors was a bit lacking. Some jokes hit the mark and made me genuinely laugh, but some other not only fell flat, but were also overused.
One thing you will quickly notice when watching this anime are backgrounds. They are simply awesome and add a lot to immersion. Background art is very detailed and there is also a good variety, despite action taking place mostly around the same locations.
Music is quite good too, although it wasn’t used as often as I think it should.
One thing Mitsuboshi Colors failed for me, is keeping my attention. Despite absolutely loving it while watching an episode, I didn’t really have motivation to get back to it if I took a break. Naturally, episodic nature of show and lack of any drama are known to cause such things, but I haven’t experienced it with other similar titles.
One one hand it’s not anime one should marathon. On the other it’s hard to get back to it once you stop.
I’d sure recommend Mitsuboshi Colors to any fan of CGDCT anime. Iyashikei fans might have some problems with “loud” nature of girls, but I believe this audience should be satisfied too.
Other than that, I believe anybody who enjoys slower and heartwarming anime should like this one.
