Hm, so at this point, hating Hanasaku Iroha kind of makes me feel guilty. It's like calling someone a retard online, then realising, that they actually are retarded due to a medical condition. The anime is nearing the end and at this point and they are just sprinting towards the ending as if they just want the story to end. It feels almost as if they were going for 25 episodes but realized halfway through the series that they only had time for 13.
So what makes me feel this way? First off, side characters do nothing. If the writer, son or Beanman were replaced, would anyone notice? Would it change the story? Not really. If they're just background characters, then why did we spend so much time with them?
Which brings another complicated part about the writer's arc. It showed that Ohana had some skills in cheering people up, yet later on in the story she forgets she has it and even has to have others cheer her up. Multiple times. It's kind of ironic in that when she was thrown into a hostile environment where should didn't understand anything, Ohana was able to inspire others, yet when she ends up as finally picking up her stride is when she falls apart.
However, even the main characters are pretty much bipolar. Tohru falls in love with Hana for no reason (other than checking her temperature; damn I better not do that!), the grandmother starts liking Hana for no reason, and the mother becomes a normal person for no reason at all. Now, suspension of disbelief, I can understand them doing this, its realistic and its interesting. But it pains me when all this interesting stuff happened OFF SCREEN. Why would you hide the most interesting parts of your show? This makes it seem like they were making it up as they went along, and never had a clear goal from the beginning.
And then the plot hole. Why doesn't Ohana live with her mother now that she's back? Sigh.
They have one episode left to finish this. I hope they break even. But for me, I'm glad its finally about to be over.
Also would someone explain to me what the hell "Fest it up" (Bonbori?) even means?
And offtopic, Amagami SS OVA was....of dubious quality. They didn't even animate half the scenes (I'm not kidding about this) Then again, the only way they can redeem themselves is if they make a TRUE Rihoko ending. (Even if its not canon)
? Where are you getting that HI is only 13 eps? Everywhere I check still says 26.
ReplyDeleteYou're entire 2nd paragraph is blasting characters for not being one-dimensional.
Tohru has been falling for Ohana since they first met. Grandma never disliked Ohana to begin with. With Ohana adopting Grandma's viewpoints and being a hardworker, why wouldn't she warm up?
-Tyrio
1) Yup. This is the first time PAW gets a 26-episode run. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A._Works
ReplyDelete2) Fantasy much? It isn't narratively explored until she looks for him at the wedding, so any Tohru x Ohana shipping you've done is purely in your head.
3) The grandmother disliked the mother and Ohana was simply the recipient of a similar treatment due to similar personality. The hospitalization forced Ohana to live without the aegis of a guardian, and finally learning that they shared strong convictions. It was a moment where Ohana had matured ahead of her mother (only to have it lapse again in later episodes, resulting in her QQ state).
4) I agree that the minor characters were given too little screentime. Given all the promotional art, I'd suspect we're going to get more exposition for Nako and Yuina, since we sorta dipped into Minko's backstory already.
TLDR This show has too much Ohana, they might as well call it "whiny girl captures pokemon-like inn employees"
It's 26 episodes? I think I'm going to be sick
ReplyDeleteTohru's been flirting with Ohana (comments on body) since like episode 3. He noted that Ohana was the only who tried to get him back when everyone thought he was headhunted by that rival inn and in the episode where Nako and Ohana dress in kimonos he has this derpy dreamy expression.
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