| Title: | Hanhua Riji S1 & S2
God Troubles Me
汉化日记
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| Overall: | Unevaluated |
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2019, 2020, 2021, Comedy, ONA, Short, Slice of Life, Supernatural
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One day, Su, a 24 year old girl, gets a bit of a surprise: her father is actually a God, and her mother a 'Monster', and they have grown tired of pretending to be humans. Does this mean that she, too, will possess fantastic powers? Not exactly; being diametrical opposites, the powers of her parents cancel each other out, leaving her effectively an ordinary human. But she does have value to other deities, which she discovers are actually pretty commonplace in society.
S1 (12 fourteen-minute episodes) aired during the Summer 2019 season while S2 (another 12 episodes) aired during the Fall 2020 one.
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One day, Su, a 24 year old girl, gets a bit of a surprise: her father is actually a God, and her mother a 'Monster', and they have grown tired of pretending to be humans. Does this mean that she, too, will possess fantastic powers? Not exactly; being diametrical opposites, the powers of her parents cancel each other out, leaving her effectively an ordinary human. But she does have value to other deities, which she discovers are actually pretty commonplace in society.
S1 (12 fourteen-minute episodes) aired during the Summer 2019 season while S2 (another 12 episodes) aired during the Fall 2020 one.
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Hanhua Riji S1 & S2
(Six episodes watched):
As you might have guessed from the illustration above, this show derives a good deal of it's humor from imagery and a talent for turning things that we take for granted upside down. Su suddenly finds herself out on the street, and discovers that anything from a cat to a realtor may not be what they seem. I got the impression that this is a Chinese rather than a Japanese production, what with the accents and studio Bilibili being involved. I wonder where this premise could possibly go for apparently two seasons (24 episodes), and if it will remain 'fresh'. Su is declared 'The Chosen One' who will act as some sort of emissary between 'The Third Realm' and earth. An attempt is made to use principles of business management to help spirits (every object has one) interact with humans. It can be kind of hard to make sense of the story: the Gods are on some sort of a 'mission' but what exactly it's goal is (to better understand humans?) is unclear. I got one LOL out of episode two as two Gods experiment with hedonism. Various deities feel entitled to hang out in Su's apartment in hopes that 'Dear Ting' (as they call her) will teach them something about how humans think and behave. She, meanwhile, has given up all hopes of ever completely expelling them. In episode three they explore the meaning of 'work'. I was a little surprised to see how similar life in middle class China is to the same in Japan or even here in the US. In episode four the 'spirits' of various cell phone apps fawn over Su (apparently in China they say 'Ay-Pee-Pee', not 'app'). It got a little tiresome; half an episode probably would have been enough time for this joke. I didn't really 'get' episode five at all; something about a dog (or was it just the silly dog costume?) has a spirit of it's own. Apparently in China it is widely believed that pretty much everything has a spirit of its own--in episode six the spirit of a scale urges Su to go on a diet. Maybe the Japanese culture has a good deal in common with that of the West and therefore it's easier to make sense of jokes and plots than is the case with animation made in China, like this one. Back at episode one I had hoped for not just jokes but also some sort of an interesting story coming together as Su comes to deal with the mind-blowing discoveries she makes, but in fact it looks like the makers were content with the not exactly LOL humor. Perhaps the premise itself is a decent joke, but all the little jokes that are supposed to support it aren't quite as good. At any rate, I came to feel that watching these episodes demanded more time and effort than was justified by the entertainment I got out of them.
Last updated Tuesday, May 11 2021. Created Thursday, February 04 2021.
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