First series from last season finished

Well after falling quite far behind on the previous seasons shows (as seems to happen with every season, and as such is one reason I don’t bother with episodic blogging) I’ve finally managed to complete two shows this season.

 

Ika Musume

 

This was quite a fun series. Adorable and amusing, made more so by the fact some people I talk to online referred to the show as moethulu. The “plot” was only really there to give a chance to put a stranger into the human world and go through various episodes being surprised and scared/overjoyed by seemingly everyday things. However a look through my list of anime would suggest I don’t have a problem in which characters matter more then plot :p

 

Towards the end I was worried the usually upbeat and cheerful show was going to take a sad ending path, but I guess it all worked out in the end, restoring the status quo and most likely leading into a new series at some point. And if it’s as good as this series that won’t be a good thing.

 

Oh and I’ve had the opening stuck in my head for about a week straight now.

 

 

The second show I completed was Panty and stocking.

This was a bit odd as for most of the season I was only up to date with P&S and then fell behind. Again as with Ika Musume this wasn’t a show for which plot was of key importance. During the first six weeks or so it was my clear favourite of the season, with funny quirky if completely flawed characters, some amusing scenarios and quite a bit of fanservice even outside of the transformation scenes. However towards the end of the middle it did start to drag a tiny bit, but did have an interesting and crazy ending episode, even if it had been preceded by 9 minutes of recap in episode 12. Oh and the ending theme and transformation music for both P&S and S&K have been stuck in my head for quite a while now.

 

Scanty :teeth: