Koharu Biyori
(Two OVAs watched):
Here's a series which appeared unexpectedly recently, and, knowing nothing more than the title (and having no idea what it meant) I downloaded the fansub. This OVA was 29 minutes long and consisted of three more-or-less independent subplots. The first one introduces us to Murase as he selects an artificial girl robot, and his choice, Yui. I was grinning and LOLing right from the start. I got a distinct feeling that the way Yui looks, talks, and acts strongly reminded me of a character from some other show I'd been watching recently; it may have been Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku!. I noticed how cleverly worded the dialogue was, and how important that is to keeping the jokes funny (the fansubbers deserve credit here). Murase fortunately isn't too much of a jerk; he has some strange fetishes but you can still like him, which is very important to keeping a series enjoyable. Yui is an innocent artificial girl who only wants to get her job as a maid done, but is willing to stand up for herself, which again is important (maybe it's one reason why she reminded me of Nagi). The second subplot was kind of sleazy as Yui finds herself in a dress-up contest at a small restaraunt; it made me wonder if I'd been too quick to embrace this show. Luckily the third subplot was lots of fun as Yui volunteers to babysit, and I left this first episode once more strongly giving this series the thumbs up. I'm looking forward to more Koharu Biyori.
Episode two had some good laughs but I couldn't help feeling that they were a little far apart for a show that's a full half hour long. Also, as fairly odd twists developed in the subplots I was repeatedly thinking that these would be goldmines of comedy, but then being a little disappointed that they ultimately weren't exploited to their full potential.
P.S: Notice the Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan poster on the wall of Murase's room!
My favorite line (so far): "Such a frilly apron dress is too shameful to wear!" --Yui
Last updated Friday, May 02 2008.
|
