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Nov 13, 2019
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka (2008)

Story

An unexpected meeting with a girl, an unexpected engagement and living together is the gist. It is a form of Harem that has a bit more refined in that the girls are not all immediately over the guy with crazy actions of love, but they are more a group of friends that show interest and respect each other for the most part vibe. Depending on whether it is the game, Manga or Anime they have different endings. Some vary between the sister being blood-related and some not so that changes endings around. There is a bit of a Yosuga no Sora vibe in the solitude they have which presses actions in the anime. At one point it is a comedy romance and suddenly it goes super serious with the odd things in the background happening too. Main point that starts the show is mistaking a girl’s intent and kissing her which goes for an expected scene.

Art

The art is very good for the show. Must remember it is 2008 and for 2008 it is a very good. Some odd times with faces being a bit out of context with odd angles shown but ultimately it is good. Nice to see how wacky hair styles and extremely long hair a staple for has been so long.

Sound

The OP is a nice tune to go with. The ED changes after ALMOST every episode with some sharing them. They are satisfying to listen too and the other sounds in some cases are spectacular. In its own way it is great but also at times slightly odd but then so is the whole show.

Character

Katagiri, Yuuhi is an interesting rich girl pretending to be normal. She is naive in many ways of the world due to a sheltered upbringing. She is a nice and kind girl with Tsundere traits for a fair amount of the entire show.

Nagase, Minato is the younger sister (Adopted depending on the scenario) she is a perfect housewife, affectionate and overall a great person. She does get jealous and bottles things up which creates its own friction. Much to the fault however of the parents who fail to tell if she is adopted or not and just let it play out.

Nagase, Junichi is the MC. He is somewhat selfish and deviant to which he is somewhat annoying being closed off in his selfish world. His personality is the cause for the majority of issues during the show. He does recognise a girl’s feelings but fails to act properly. He has a Chuunibyou personality which causes him to have delusional behaviour.

The other Harem girls are all generic in filling tropes. The childhood friend, rich girl, Idol etc.

The most interesting girl away from the main bunch is Shiraishi, Nagomi who is somewhat unusual in her actions, she also appears out of nowhere and is likened to be an alien. This is recognised by Shiina, Mitsuki.

Enjoyment

The show is enjoyable throughout from start to finish. It takes a light romance vibe with comedy up until episode 10 where it suddenly gets deep in the relationship aspect so unexpectedly so. It changes the whole feeling of the show so suddenly and even though it falls back towards the old way from episode 11 onwards it never really recovers truly because it was such a deep dive change.

Overall

It is funny for the most part, easy to watch and enjoyable. Characters are good, the art and sound are good too. It doesn’t do anything game changing but it does at least entertain you all the way through.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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