A three legged race with Atsumi should warrant hazard pay.
What They Say:
With Atushi’s sports day coming up he needs a family member to participate in the family events. Will it be Mom with her sudden hip pain, Dad with his knee acting up, or Atsumi?
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
While people with different abilities and problems are all encouraged to work together in sports day events and other school functions so as to not make them feel left out, you have to grimace a little when it comes to what Atsushi has to deal with because of his height. He can easily win almost every event just by his different physical capabilities, though his mentality could slow him down a bit on the flip side. Amusingly, he does try to get his parents to help out but both of them fake injuries in order to get out of it, proving they’re going to have a minimal impact on the series. Instead, Atsumi gets caught up in it and has to help out, not that she’s going to offer much help overall. This one is a continued story, which is rare for this series, but just seeing some of the sports events is more fun than I would have expected.
In Summary:
When it comes to what Atsumi can do differently because of his size, it’s almost always things that could be positives but end up being negatives because of either who he’s dealing with, such as other students, or because he’s so clumsy and unthinking that it just turns into a mess. The sports festival is the kind of event where you can’t keep him from participating, it’d just be cruel, but there’s only so many things you can do to handicap him without hurting him. And even then it’s still seemingly unfair to everyone else. There are cute moments here to be sure, especially with the parents, but it was just sports silliness for the most part and that kind of works.
Grade: C+
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.
