Utapri: finished season one. lets see how I did

I was way off the mark with Ren.  In fact, episode 4 is my favorite because of the scene with him whistling his mother's song.  The sound design and direction of this show really gets to me.  The overlap of the echoed clapping and then a sudden cut to silence.  it's really powerful.  This whole scene just makes my cry every time I watch it.  What's interesting about the flashback is the coloring.  It looks so much like the 90's to me.  Movies like Home Alone or Homeward bound.  Maybe it's the shot of the park just reminding me of 90's movies that show central park.  Maybe it's the plaid shirt he's wearing or the tape that he found.  It just oozes nostalgia.  While I didn't like how stuck up Ren was in the last few episodes, I really did get attached to him from this one scene.

 It's a little scary how close I was to guessing this guy's problem.  No dead family members but I did compare his problem to a bomb and said that he would snap.  Heck, I thought him nearly killing people was a stretch but when I saw episode... 6 was it? I was like "I knew it.  The magane's always have hidden anger problems."  He's more comedic Bipolar though.  I really don't like bipolar characters though because it's always treated like a joke or really romanticized.  I'll give myself this one because I saw it coming.  I knew this guy was a mess the moment I saw him.

Turns out Otoya is just a happy, safe, boring, neutral character.

HA HA!  Gotcha Toikya.  I did get him being a jerk till the end and Haruka choosing him wrong though but I count this as being mostly right.  They worked hard to make him likable and even had him apologize.  It wasn't as big of a character change as princess tutu was with vakir but still it was satisfying.

Syo has a problem with heights but I don't count that as a huge problem so I guess I was right and wrong at the same time?  eeeehhhh.  I won't count this one.









I can't count Masato because I saw episode 3 before starting this.  I was wrong about him being my favorite in the end though.  Surprisingly, I really ended up liking Syo and Ren.  Ren mostly.  I just have such feelings for him.

STARTING SEASON 2!  look what I have to look forward to!

there's so much glorious booty