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We see how everyone prepared for their first day of school, before the series started.

Impressions:

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this episode. The previous episode had a very “final episode” feel to it. The way it showed everyone together, all Torako’s friends coming together in her support, gave off the kind of feel that a final episode would have, so I suspected that this episode would be different, and it was. I just didn’t quite expect for it to be a prologue like this. I did find it very good though. It really showed how much all of these characters have changed. Seeing Ayu really lonely, seeing Torako and Suzume by themselves, it really helped to show how important the series we just saw was to these characters, how it helped them get these friends and become happier.

I was slightly disappointed that the last couple of episodes weren’t really focused on the comedy. Just when they had finally gotten though introducing so many characters, they show that in one episode when they feature them together its hilarious, but then they don’t’ build on that any more. They just drop the whole thing and shift more to a slice of life focus where they show how troubled everyone was before becoming friends and so on. I’m not disappointed because those things they did were done badly. In fact I thought they were done very well and were actually some of the better episodes. It’s just hat they had those episodes right after finally having the opportunity for better comedy. I just wish they would have consolidated one or two episodes that introduced the classmates into one so they had more room for episodes like the dodgeball one.

Final Words:

This series hasn’t been my favorite comedy series, not by a few series. It isn’t my favorite slice of life series either. Looking at both genres this series falls into, and even them as a combined genre, this show doesn’t really come out on top. It’s not the greatest by any means as there are many shows that just do a better job at coming up with comedy and making you care and feel for the characters in the slice of life aspect. However, this series is far from bad. Although it doesn’t do anything outstanding, it’s still a very solid series. Just wanting a series to watch and not think too hard about, not have to think of theories or contemplate what things mean, just a relaxing enjoyable watch. In that sense, this show does great. It’s nothing special, but not bad at all. It was a very enjoyable and fun series to watch and just relax to.

As far as characters go in this series, it’s obvious that Torako is hands down the life of this series. Although they tried to make it come across that there were four main characters and then the other classmates as support characters, really everyone was a side character compared to Torako. As many comedy shows do, she was the eccentric character that did wild and crazy things that ended up pulling these other characters into action. She’s not unique in that aspect, as plenty of other characters fit her role in their respective series, but just looking at this series Torako was a joy to watch.