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(Watch+ or Rent-) (All episodes watched): By all rights, Seto no Hanayome should have been a favorite of mine, with wacky characters, outlandish comedy, and reportedly made by the same team as Magikano, which I did enjoy--but somehow I was never really able to get into it. I'm still racking my brain to figure out why. Maybe the characters didn't develop enough. There was some comedy development, like Nagasumi becoming a Fist of the North Star sort of guy, but it wasn't serious. I don't recall any radical change in any character's personality throughout the series. Maybe a number of characters weren't particularly likeable to begin with, being angry, hostile and even out-and-out criminals. Maybe the longterm plot was too confused; the series was largely episodic and the individual episodes are a blurr in my memory at the end. Maybe it was more weird than actually funny--I don't recall LOLing all that often. Maybe for all the weirdness, there wasn't all that much truly original about this show. And maybe a lot of minor problems combined to weigh down this series to the point that, though I was still willing to watch it, I wasn't particularly looking forward to the next episode. This is a show which got off to a slow start to begin with, and I became tempted to stop watching it altogether. I was somewhat disappointed by the opening episode. There seemed to be a positive buzz about regarding this series, and I was impatient for my computer to download it, but when it finally did and I'd finished watching the episode, I couldn't help feeling somewhat unimpressed. I don't recall ever seeing a mermaid in anime before, but pretty much everything else was all too familiar--yakuza-lik For awhile I had demoted this to my "meal show", i.e. a mediocre program just barely worth watching, which I would view while eating. Yet, at one point I noticed that, hey, I'm laughing as I watch this! The new character Mawari was fun, and the fact that Nagasumi himself posseses some common sense is helpful as well. Episode ten, a Terminator parody, was especially good. There were still problems (this one definitely didn't match the quality of Magikano as I remember it), but Seto no Hanayome was restored to it's previous status among the countless titles I was watching. The final episode offered a pleasing conclusion for Nagasumi and San, using not too original but tried-and-tested devices for a rousing conclusion. But what about Mawari? What about the glasses girl? What about the guy who can't stand sunshine? Maybe another problem I had with this series was that generally disfunctional people are meant to be laughed at, but for the most part they seemed more pitiful/annoying than funny to me. San and Nagasumi (and San's mother) are practically the only more-or-less level headed people to be found; Saru's problem being mere stupidity makes him relatively well off! I've got a feeling that most people would enjoy this show more than I did. I wouldn't be surprised if it recieved a great deal of praise once it is (presumably) R1 licensed. I still can't put my finger on exactly why Seto no Hanayome didn't thrill me. All I know is that it was good enough for me to watch it 'til the end. My favorite line: "Reality is reality and idol is idol! This is this and that is that!" --Nagasumi Last updated Thursday, November 29 2007. | ||||||||
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Analysis : All Episodes Watched
OMG! My replacement for <strike>Magikano</strike> Maburaho!!!!. Well this is my #1 show ever! I don't know how it did it, but it delivered a funnier streak and with a WALLOP of a 2 episode ending. This is what Magikano promised but fell down right at the end. The ending is as powerful as Episode 12 of Maburaho but does it with 26 episodes. So Maburaho, move over. An anime that isn't even R1 kicked you to the side. What I liked About it?
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So the king has been dethroned. This has a rich cast (At least 12 distinct members) and each of them has a personality that is just hilarious. Poor Nagasumi's father...he in such a sad state. Last updated Monday, October 01 2007. | ||||||||
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(Four episodes watched) Yes, I am following this romantic comedy, but I am not as enthused as Forbin is about it. The main character is a wimpy young man who is ABSOLUTELY terrified by his fiancé’s father and his business associates (errr… Yakusa gang). While Nagasumi tries (very hard) to be a gentleman with San, he is always being chased after and terrified by her papa and his 'friends' – which comprises a lot of the humor in this story, so we can expect a lot of wimply SD action. And while Nagasumi’s papa is similarly afraid of his new in-laws, his mum has a hotty fascination for the handsome and suave right-hand-man of the father of her son’s new bride!?! Lets not mention that this slick & greasy Yakusa thug also ‘stole’ Nagasumi’s first kiss! And then there was that ring thing that happened in the 3rd episode! It seems to me that someone is really stretching for the off-the-wall humor in this series. Yep, I have a few minor issues with series. But if you like this series, then you might find more humor in these other (current) romance comedies – Last updated Wednesday, May 16 2007. | ||||||||
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(3 episodes watched)
OMG it took forever for someone to fansub this thing...since my japanese is very limited, watching the RAW versions were painful.
The story is not only interesting, but fun...the opening song is catchy, and i look forward to watching more...
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| Official Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.setonohanayome.com/ |
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