Synopsis:
On his way home from high school one day, Jun'ichi Nagase notices a girl being harassed by a couple of kids the same age. Not about to let this go, Jun'ichi walks up to the trouble making teens and asks if there is a problem. But before they respond, they notice that Jun'ichi is the infamous "Geno-Killer" and instead of making trouble quickly back down and leave the girl alone. Thankful for saving her, she introduces herself as Yuuhi Katagiri and asks for his name. Instead, Jun'ichi turns and walks the other direction towards home saying that his name is not important. However, the next day at school Yuuhi arrives as a transfer student in the same class as Jun'ichi and during a simple conversation with her, his less than helpful self-consciousness tells him to make a move and Jun'ichi leans in and kisses Yuuhi squarely on the lips in front of the whole class that gains him nothing more than a fist to the face from Yuuhi. To make matters even more complicated though, later that day Yuuhi arrives at Jun'ichi's doorstep and informs him that informs him that she is moving in as she betrothed to marry him as an agreement between their parents. Jun'ichi's life just got a little more interesting...
Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 12
Review:
You're probably saying to yourself "Hey, this sounds... typical" and I couldn't agree with you more. This type of scenario usually develops into an enjoyable anime... but not here. After the first episode this series simply trips over it's own two feet and falls flat on it's face. Through the next 12 episodes, this show does nothing more than goof off... and not in a good way. Presenting you with no story progression, little to no character depth, and a shallow plot that will have you asking the show "What the hell are you doing?" as it borders on the realm of stupidity. The show tries to go off and focus on a different character for each episode which really shouldn't have been done as you won't care about this person and they are totally irrelevant to the main story. This gets frustrating since the relationship between Jun'ichi and Yuuhi will see absolutely no fruition until near the end of the series where the last couple of episodes hand you some last minute drama, try to explain the whole "Geno-Killer" thing, and even show the love a sister has for her brother. Unfortunately, all this is too little too late and you're left with an unsatisfactory ending that really needs a sequel to explain itself... but will never get it.
The animation is solid and the character designs are great but without an engaging plot to go with it, viewing the whole series is a lackluster experience. Watch at your own risk...
Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka (uncensored opening)
Recommendation: |Low|
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