Lucky Star
Okay okay, I know, I keep putting off my comments on Mnemosyne ep 5. I started it, but I couldn’t get far because now Apos stirs such feelings of hate that I have to take a break. God he’s like the ultimate Rape The Dog villain.
Um, so to provide much needed break, I went and finished off the last two eps of Lucky Star. Which, overall, was a series that to my surprise grew on me despite its KyoAni and otaku roots. I’m not a raving fan, I didn’t marathon it, I’m not obsessed with any characters, I don’t think it’s like a super anime… but I really really enjoyed it like you would a nice cup of milk tea. You drink one cup at a time, and not every day, but when you drink it it mellows you out and leaves you with a smile.
My favourite part of Lucky Star is the dialog and writing. I love how they talk about all these really mundane everyday things which, really, I know for sure that I think and wonder about every now and then. Like seriously, the choice of eating a cream cone bun from the top or bottom really is significant to me, disproportionately so. I mean, I consider many different things when making that decision! Such as if you eat from the big end, you save yourself the trouble of having the filling plop out as you go along, but if you eat from the small end, your final bite has the highest filling to bun ratio… and so on. So, Lucky Star is like the ultimate mirror to my non-work-related brain.
The antics between the girls are also admittedly fun. All the otaku stereotypes are here, but it doesn’t feel exploitative or “made up” at all. I don’t know why, but when you put all these stereotypical character types together in this show, it’s totally natural! And funny. In a non-slapstick way. Which is the way I like my comedy. Non-slapstick that is :P
When watching this I wondered if non-anime fans would find it as amusing as I did. I really should run a test with some friends of mine… But the only problem is that the first 4 eps are really not that good (you know I never noticed the change in directors, but I just thought ep 5 and onwards a lot more fun) so it’s kinda hard to conduct the experiment. Ah well.
I guess I should watch Haruhi. So I know what 50% of the world is talking about. Like how I should watch End of Evangelion, or something.
Or, I think I will go watch Wolf’s Rain first. Must support Bones!
Image from anime.com. It was too cute! I had to use it! ToT
