SenNkA
___Cute girls doing ALL the cute things___ Let's start with
'design'. Whole the girls' design isn't original in the
anime world, it's very beautiful. They look adorable, they
have their own personalities (even though some weren't fully
explored yet) and the author really put attention to their
hairstyles and clothes. Yes, sure, they are wearing the same
stuff the first half of the anime, but then they start
wearing more cute clothes and each time it's a hit. The
girls even had special costumes for Christmas. (I've never
seen anything like that, it was hilarious!) That covers the
cute part!
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These girls play Mahjong, cook, grill, hike... we have a
beach episode, we have a glance at school uniforms, we have
random meetings... Everything we like and love is covered.
The beach episode isn't just about the fanservice! They
managed to incorporate lots of games into it and that made
it even more interesting. Grilling & cooking was a great way
for Pai to shine, the hike & onsen visit showed us more
about Haneru, Nashiko's personality was the first thing we
saw in anime and Riiche was simply genius with her
rich-girl-is-dense personality. Izumi is the only one who
slips from me - but she was hilarious. It's not only girls
though. I have to mention Chonbo - who didn't have a lot of
screen time, but was the meme of the show. He made the show
into something else just by appearing and while I think he
was just an impulsive thought of the author, I don't have
any complains about his presence.
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___"those" shots___ They deserve their own paragraph. I mean
what the hell was this??
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___Make your dreams come true... every morning___ Sounds
cliché, I know. But these girls managed to do it. At the
beginning of almost every episode, the girls had a weird
dream about gameplay - and it came true the next day with
their friends. I'll tell you... it was a bit annoying at
times. Mostly because of how unlikely that is to happen. But
I guess it was a way to introduce what the episode will be
about in a unique way!
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___So what is Mahjong again?___ While Pon no Michi has a
mahjong tiles on it's official poster, we never learn the
rules. I think they talk about it in one episode and then
just yell out various move names (I assume), expecting us to
catch one. Despite Mahjong not being a sport per se, I would
expect a better explanation when you're dealing with a game
like this. (Liar Liar at least said 'Your usual rules' as if
you were supposed to know them.) That is something I can't
glance over. I do think the mahjong side of the show was
fun, I just wish I understood the game more to be able to
get into it. They even did a collab with an online mahjong
game! And still didn't care to properly talk about the game
(rules). Normally this wouldn't bother me, but in this
particular case I am disappointed because I always wanted to
learn. # __Conclusion: recommended!!__
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I enjoyed Pon no Michi in it's own way. It was a great slice
of life that surprised me with it's course. I liked the
anime's opening and ending song, I live for the friendship
that the girls grew with each other, I loved the comedy of
this show and I thought it looked good. It was different
from other shows. I think this is the season's
underappreciated anime!
