Saturday, February 25, 2012

Initial Impressions: Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!

This review has been updated. To check out the final impressions, click here.


February 25, 2011
Posted by MedusaS

Oh wow, this review is SO late.

Well, better late than never,
(By the way the hint I gave was not for this review)

It's time for lolicon fever! (Ahem... DarrenW Ahem...) "Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!"


Well well, what do we have here, an unusual family-orientated anime from the producers of feel. Yes, very odd, because that company is very known for... ahem. 'Decent' animes. (Yosuga no Sora, KissxSis Mayo Chiki...)

But forget I said all that, let's carry on!

University life (Lol I'm also in university, hope this doesn't happen to me.) for Yuuta Segawa starts off with a romantic start as he enrolls in the School of Literature at Tama University. She gets attracted to his senior Oda Raika, of whom she and Yuuta's best friend Kouichi Nimura are members of the street observation research society. (Wtf? Who ever though of such an external activity?)

Oda Raika
Anyway, life proceeds as per normal for Yuuta, until the day when his newly-wed sister, Yuri Takanashi, decides to leave Japan to celebrate her honeymoon with her new husband, Shingo Takanashi. She then leaves her three girls in the care of Yuuta while they are away. Weirdly, all three girls have come from different families before.

And who are these three girls?

Well, firstly, we have Sora Takansahi, who is the eldest of the three at 14, and is TSUNDERE. Yes, though she is tsundere, but she has a crush on Yuuta, (though he is her uncle) and often gets mixed up in super random sudden lucky (SRSLY?) ecchi scenes. (WOAH at the end of episode 1) Her mother passed away when she was very small.

Secondly, we have Miu Takanashi, of whom is 10 years of age, but acts extremely mature (at most times). She has a spontaneous personality and has blonder hair inherited from her russian mother, of whom divorced Shingo.

Thirdly, we have the youngest and cutest Hina Takanashi! The daughter of Yuri, she is only 3 years old, and acts all innocent! She is very friendly to anyone she meets, and most of the time, mispronounces words.

They spend one day with Takanashi at their house, and have a very enjoyable time together. Smelled something fishy by now? Why spend a short time with these children if the whole anime is about these 4?

Well, the plot starts developing when Yuri and Shingo's flight, uneventfully, crashes, and the two are nowhere to be found (MISSING, maybe not DEAD). A funeral is held of which the three girl's families all want to take back the children, separating them. Yuuta, who has lived through that phase in his own lives before, was outraged, and decided to take these
3 girls under his OWN CARE. Like a BOSS.

Running away with the 3 girls, he escapes to his university apartment, and finds that he now faces the reality of being a father.

When I saw episode 2, I can't help remembering Usagi Drop, also of the same sort of plotline. However, in this case, this anime features 3 girls, and instead of a salary man taking care of them, a university undergrad is.

Technically that's not right.
Plot-wise, it seems simple and understandable, no serious developments, however, it depicts a good story of young parenting.

The theme is well attributed to the idea of taking care of children and understanding their different problems at the various age groups, middle school, elementary, and kindergarden.

ROFL
Atmosphere-wise, it is unfortunately ECCHI. Unlike Usagi Drop, it has a ton of ecchi scenes which I can;t describe. Furthermore, I agree with DarrenW, ECCHI standard has gone UP A LOT.

~ SPOILER!! ~
Personally, I recommend this anime because these types can be very touching and meaningful. Can't wait to see what happens next!

Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai! premiered LONG AGO on January 11, 2012 and will have 26 EPISODES with a special. Right now its at episode 6. Its being fansubbed by rori, Doki, Pettanko, Shin-SHatsuyuki, Oyatsu, and is available on Simulcast on Crunchyroll.



Happy lolicon-ing!
Hint: Yes, the Jinki anime is next.
MedusaS
Edited by FayeA

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