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Rexides
Jul 25, 2011

I found that the physical comedy bits to be at odds with the tone of the rest of the show, but hopefully it will tone down as the protagonist is getting used to his new neighbors.

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Rexides
Jul 25, 2011

That "Star" calligraphy still confuses me. Is the character done entirely by panting the background around it black, or did Handa paint the entire canvas black and then drew the character on it with white paint?

e: Also, "Cargo Cult Calligraphy"

Rexides fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Sep 22, 2014

Rexides
Jul 25, 2011

XboxPants posted:

You're right that Handa's story is sorta tapped out for pathos, but Naru's sure as hell isn't. They were really heavily implying towards the end there that there's a really sad story there with her - she's not just a wild child because "haha fun, she frolics all over where e'er she likes!" but also because she's an orphan and she doesn't really have any proper caretaker, and she really desperately needs one.

Once I started looking at it that way, a huge amount of story elements took on so much more weight. How happy Naru was when she had the "Handa has to take care of me whenever I want" ticket, for instance, took on a lot more meaning. Just simply having an adult that cares about her that can take her to a festival meant so much to her, way more to her than Handa realized.

This can be the Yotsubato! anime we will never get.

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