Note: This is an anime that aired during the Summer 2016 season.
Comments on the theme song:
The theme song revolves around the main characters of the show (as it often does - this show is no different. The main character is a single father trying to raise his 6 year old. How cool is that? You almost never get anime with those kinds of characters! Obviously, his daughter is also a main character. Originally, I thought that she was going to be REALLY annoying. You know, that squeaky voiced character that tries too hard to be cute. The third main character is a student at the school where the main character teaches.
Overall, the theme song is upbeat and catchy, as well as slightly reminiscent of the theme song for Ouran High School Host Club.
The basic premise of the show is that the main character is trying to raise his daughter to the best of his ability without his wife, who passed away six months previously. Since he is gone all day at his job he often has to resort to buying food from the convenience store for their meals. He will get home late from work most days, so they rarely eat supper together. Despite these struggles you can really tell how much they love each other.
His daughter did not actually annoy me as much as I thought she would, which was a pleasant surprise. She is very cute and sweet!
One weekend they go to a flower viewing together. It is spring and the cherry blossoms are blooming and many families can be seen spending time together. At the flower viewing they meet a girl who is eating her lunch alone under a tree. Her pleasure in eating the food is evident in her facial expressions and the daughter salivates over her description. The girl apologizes that she has nothing left to share, but she offers to give the main character the business card for the restaurant her mother owns (who made the food she was enjoying).
That night the main character and his daughter are eating supper - food from the convenience store again. He asks her if it is good and she says that it's okay. The next night he comes home to find her salivating over a cooking show on TV. This prompts him to take her to the restaurant for supper so she can get real food for once.
However, they arrive at the restaurant to find it empty. The girl they met before apologizes, saying that the restaurant is temporarily closed because her mother is away on a trip. They turn away disappointed, intending to come back another night, when the girl stops them on the way out. She says that she can make rice and convinces them to stay for supper.
With her mom gone on trips frequently (she hosts a cooking show) the girl is often lonely. She really enjoys getting to eat supper with other people and at the very end of the episode she asks the main character if he and his daughter would be willing to come back and make supper with her again.
I am expecting this short series (there are only 12 episodes) to be a fun, light-hearted anime that is relaxing and enjoyable to watch!
Note: To read my review for this anime go here. Likewise, for a video version of the previously mentioned review go here.
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