Atsumi’s potential for a boy toy only grows. If only he really wasn’t a boy.
What They Say:
Atsumi won tickets to the movies and Atushi begs her to go. Also going is Sayo; she is finally getting her chance to meet the little brother.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Things do move in an amusing direction for this episode as it deals with something that I realized hasn’t been covered. While Atsumi has handled things well with friends in school who have grown up with her being short, she’s managed to keep Atsushi from seeing too many of those friends. When she wins a trio of tickets to a romance movie, he begs her to go since it’s a fun time out regardless of the movie and she brings Sayo along to fill out the group. Sayo expects two short people since Atsushi is the younger brother, but when she meets him she can’t really understand it to some degree and just views him as incredibly handsome and desirable. She doesn’t really get it that he is younger, by quite a few years, and won’t understand anything she has when it comes to being interested in him. Which does make you wonder just how dangerous he can be when he’s just a few years older and more aware of such things.
In Summary:
I’ll admit, I was more curious this time around to see what happened as “worlds collide” and Atsumi’s friends Sayo gets to meet Atsushi. Having her being smitten by him is certainly understandable but owing to the four panel gag nature of the series origins, we’re not going to get any kind of real story material here, like Atsumi actually explaining the situation and heading her off before mistakes and more misunderstandings happen. It is cute, if awkward, to see how she views him because you know a lot of girls and young women are likely to feel the same way on seeing him without realizing it. The kid certainly has a lot of potential in his future if things settle out at this kind of appearance level.
Grade: C+
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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.
