(12-ish episodes ?)
What’s it about ?
Slice of life about four high school girls, with a heavy lesbian subtext. Wait, it’s pretty much text, actually.
Characters
Run, the ditzy central character. She can barely walk without tripping over her thoughts ; don’t let her lean over a window !
Tooru, Run’s self-appointed bodyguard. She’s one year younger than the rest of the cast, and very worried that Run may be moving on from her. In consequence, she’s (i]very[/i] possessive of Run and tries to prevent anyone from getting too close to her (with her baseball bat, if needed).
Let’s be honest : there’s no way to interpret her behaviour without yuri glasses. (Run’s mostly oblivious… or is she ?)
Mika, the sarcastic glasses girl with a bit of a mean streak.
Yuuko, who got off the wrong foot with Tooru by being a bit too close to Run when they met, and desperately tries to make friends with the runt (to no avail, alas). Mostly there to be the butt of jokes.
Production Values
That’s some very impressive animation, especially for a 4koma adaptation that doesn’t really warrant it. What’s with the trend this season of slice of life series with bizarrely high budgets ?
Overall Impression
It’s okay, I guess. It’s a middle-of-the-road high school slice-of-life series… with one selling point : Tooru. Most of the other characters are kinda bland, but the little gal’s got a striking emotional hook and is by far the most memorable aspect of the series. (Aoi Yuuki’s superb voice-acting doesn’t hurt, either.)
I’m probably going to give it a couple more episodes to see where it goes.
