Be careful when throwing beans at animals!
What They Say:
It is the start of the New Year, and traditional beans thrown for Setsubun affect the pets of Moe, Maki, and Suzuki differently.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
It’s the New Years time period and the big event of the day is the bean throwing event. This gets us some cute nods towards various things relating to the time of year, including the always fun oni instance, and Moe getting completely into the bean throwing. Going after Poyo with the beans is quite comical since Poyo just can’t deal with it at all and simply panics. Everyone has different ways for dealing with the beans and we see them with some of her brother’s friends as well as nothing goes right. The only one that goes fairly well, at least at first, is Kurobe as her owner doesn’t throw beans at all. But sometimes Kurobe can be the demon herself as a cat. The different methods are certainly cute and I’ll even say that I’d be game for an entire episode of Moe just chasing after Poyo throwing beans at the cat.
In Summary:
The quick hits here are definitely cute and fun as Moe and the others deal with the problems of New Years, particularly when it comes to throwing the beans. I particularly loved Poyo’s reaction to it but also the things we see others doing with their pets and how they handle it, or arent able to handle it. While it’s not a big piece overall, or long as is to be expected, it’s a quick shot of comedy and cuteness that continues to work for me. When I get into doing my Sunday morning shows for review, Poyopoyo is always the first this season because it starts the day right by making me smile and is a great way to wake up, realizing you get to watch this silly kitty and his adventures with the family.
Grade: B
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Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDS-R70XBR2 70″ LCoS 1080P HDTV, Dell 10.1 Netbook via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.
