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This is Sola, the show about the girl with the sky-patterned umbrella. She acts pretty normally, despite her Misuzu-like fixation on her favorite drink, so I was wondering what the point of the show is… I mean, it’s written by Key’s people, right? The lead female’s gotta have a load of issues. Thankfully, my stereotype has not been broken: Matsuri has a load of issues.

Who doesn’t like the rain?!

“YOU’RE HIDING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MACHINE.”

Our compulsive sky-photographer hero, Yorito (which sounds suspiciously similar to ‘dorito’) walks up on Matsuri as she pursues her “foot campaign.” Punishment for doing nothing but support her ana body, she rams her poor foot into the vending machine again and again. ARIA references aside, the poor girl is trying to get her peach juice. … rather violently.

“I’M TAKING PICTURES OF THE WIND.”

I think that Nao of Windy Tales fame has a better reason for shooting the sky than Dorito-kun does. She takes pictures of the wind and how it shifts clouds; he just has an obsessive disorder. So he’s lying on his back on his school’s roof (which is probably filthy as shit) taking pictures of the sky. The sky, the sky. He’s a man possessed. And thus, the title of the show.

HE COULD SEE THEM

A pantsu joke without a pantsu shot? My utmost respect to the producers, honestly. It was kind of cool how he was just like, “mieru zo” and she stomped on his face. I’m fairly sure this bypasses ecchi and makes it way into “poor, overdone humor.”

A MAN DISTURBED

It seems that more things haunt Dorito-kun than the sky. That doll is about as ugly as Tomoyo’s mom, fashion disaster than she is. It’s pretty cute how Dorito-kun cries for the thing all episode long, though. The pathos is strong!!

LOLI ABUSE

Loli sisters, no less. I smell loliyuricest! Come back to me, gods of old, and rejuvenate this blog with the awesome it once held, the power of girls love~ I could do an in-depth analysis of why the above screenshot transcends every scale of awesome (on a scale from one to awesome, it’s sexual) but I shan’t. I’m still tired from my pantsu post.

“THERE’S A LEGEND ABOUT THIS VILLAGE…”

“EVERY TWO MINUTES…”

“… MANA STABS DORITO-KUN FOR BEING A COMPULSIVE SKY-PHOTOGRAPHER!!”

Well, even if Kono Aozora fails to please, it looks like Sola will have the Higurashi factor (©LK). German kitchen knives, aside from being the number one murder utensil in England for a few years, are excellent multi-purpose gadgets in anime. With them, you can prepare a good meal and treat your lesbian lover; with them, you can prepare a bad meal and poison that old teacher you have a crush on; with them, you can cut yourself, put a band-aid on, and be moe; with them, you can kill your osananajimi’s lover and earn yourself a lasting place in the Yandere Hall of Fame. Quite the lovely item.

“OOISHI DA MOU~”

Yes, Misuzu, drink that peach juice, drink it! Drink that rich and creamy juice! /me cackles.
Okay, so it’s a tomato blend… and so what? Dorito-kun can’t get over how foul the juice is and Matsuri drinks it, pouting, her pride in full swing. This is his chance to grope her, but he’s a chip, and passes his turn.

“THOR!!”

Who would have thought Matsuri capable of military-class attack magic?

YOU FIND A CARDBOARD BOX

A. Put it in
B. Put it in
C. Open it

And what’s inside? P0N0S!

“WHY IS THE TOILET FLUSHING ON ITS OWN?”

Like all other quazi-sane people, Matsuri becomes apprehensive when other people use her bathroom. I mean, what, they could be jizzing all over the place, who knows? Following this screenshot is the most wtf sequence I’ve ever seen in anime where she rolls around the pews like a ninja dodging light beams. I’m guessing they hurt her? We’ve also only seen her at night. I guess she’s not a daywalker.

“I MUST DEFINITELY DESTROY ABSOLUTE ANGELS!”

hax~

Majime na Lolikit

Welcome to “Majime na Lolikit,” a closed space unaffected by the metaphysics of notdotq. That is, within this section of a post, I will be serious. That said, here we go for our first run of “Majime na Lolikit…”

First we’ll take some first impressions of the show.

Visuals: DC art style aside, the episode was very beautiful. The animation was very close to Kyoto Animation level… like, actually. The art style detracted a bit, but actually, it’s less offensive than that Key uses with things like Kanon, so it wasn’t too big a problem.

OP/ED: was that short music clip at the beginning the OP? If so, wooooow. It was beautiful. The ED was also pleasant, but not something I’d watch every episode or bother getting from Gendou.

Characters: a lot of stereotypical stuff… especially the loli in a box. She pissed the hell out of me. Mana is cool because her name is Mana, Aono is cool because she’s freaky as shit, the little sister is hot because she’s loli, and Dorito-kun wins for being Dorito-kun. Matsuri and freaky sword dude seem to be in some Arcueid/Nero relationship; intriguing yet ultimately overdone like the Churuya in this site’s background.

The Story: what lol?

Now, some thoughts…

This was a lot better than I thought it would be. Depending on how interesting they make Matsuri, this could actually be fun… Dorito-kun is pretty cool, pretty shows are sex, and the script is easy enough for me to understand without subtitles! This looks to be a winner for watching, and if it stays this way, I should be able to make good blogging out of it.
And now, over to Shirukii-chan.