Cute girls doing ALL the cute things
Lets start with design. Whole the girls design isnt original in the anime world its very beautiful. They look adorable they have their own personalities even though some werent 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 its a hit. The girls even had special costumes for Christmas. Ive 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 isnt 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 Nashikos personality was the first thing we saw in anime and Riiche was simply genius with her richgirlisdense personality. Izumi is the only one who slips from me but she was hilarious.
Its not only girls though. I have to mention Chonbo who didnt 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 dont 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 clich 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. Ill 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 its 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 youre 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 cant 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 didnt care to properly talk about the game rules.
Normally this wouldnt 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 its own way. It was a great slice of life that surprised me with its course. I liked the animes 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 seasons underappreciated anime
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