(12 episodes)
What’s it about ?
Slice-of-life series about girls living in the countryside.
Characters
Hotaru, the newcomer from Tokyo. She’s a bit overwhelmed by all the country things she’s not used to : the decrepit school with only 5 students (all in different levels) ; the buses that come every two hours ; the dearth of stores ; the animals…
Renge, the young first-grader, still a bit naive and random. Loves playing the flute. The heart of the group.
Natsumi & Komari, the two sisters. The former is wilder, the latter more serious (and shorter, despite being the oldest of the group).
There’s some guy in their class, but he barely has any dialogue, and they mostly acts as though he didn’t exist. Poor guy.
(Also, their teacher is lazy.)
Production Values
Scenery porn ! Perfectly pleasant to watch.
Overall Impression
Are you healing yet ?
This is a very slow-paced series that’s all about feeling nice and agreeable. Some jokes here and there betray its 4-panel gag manga origins, but the main focus is on how nice the countryside is… or not, as some of the drawbacks are played for laughs.
Let’s see whether I don’t grow bored of it by the second episode.
