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Impressions:

This show is very boring. Things get dragged on too long and the storyline is just plain dull. The quality has been degraded slightly as well. It would be good if something interesting happened soon, such as a kidnapping. However, as this series is meant to be about a boy and his new younger sister, I doubt anything too serious will happen. The manga’s meant to be better and funnier, but I simply cannot bring myself to read it. I just like Anime better than manga. (But in the case of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni where the last two arcs will not be animated, that’s different).

Summary:

In the morning, Choco fries some eggs for Haruma, but he doesn’t want to get out of bed. However, when Choco turns away from him, Haruma notices that she is actually naked, which is what finally gets him up. Choco had thought that Haruma liked seeing girls naked in aprons, but as he had reacted in such away, she tries to reaffirm a few other facts as well. She asks Haruma if he likes bunny girls, but he doesn’t either (or so he says). This confuses Choco as her notebook says that he should like them. As Haruma is lost in thought about his first encounter with Choco, she reminds him that he has school today. The realisation slaps him on the face and he quickly gets ready for school. Choco watches him run off from the window, but also sees him stop to chat with Ayano from the florist. Choco does not think too much of this and starts her daily duties – first she has to hang out the futons (beds).

When Haruma gets off the train to school, he helps a woman (who is the new manager of the apartment Haruma lives in) find her contact lenses, which she dropped after being bumped by the stream of exiting passengers. He notices that they are on the woman’s chest. As it has now been found, Haruma leaves for school. When the woman looks down though, she notices that her contact lens has disappeared. She feels around for it but accidentally shatters it. She takes out her glasses and stares at them. She doesn’t especially want to wear them, as during the last year of high school, the boy that she liked had called her ugly because she wore glasses. However, as she does not have any spare contacts, she has no choice but to wear her glasses.

During the day, Choco goes around the town to buy groceries. The woman arrives in town and starts searching for the apartment block that she will be managing. As Choco wanders around aimlessly like she probably always does, the woman becomes lost as she searches for the apartment. She eventually finds it, but when she arrives outside the manager’s office, she realises that she has lost her key. As she rummages through her handbag for it, Choco returns and asks her what she is doing. The woman explains the situation and Choco decides to help her find the key. They retrace the woman’s steps but don’t find it. On the verge of giving up, the two sit down at the park. The woman goes to buy some tea from the vending machine and remembers that she had bought some earlier as well. She looks down and – there it is! The key! However, in her excitement, she doesn’t watch where she’s going and trips over a rock. The key, which is now on the ground, is picked up by a crow. Choco and the new manager chase it, but the crow simply flies higher. When it seems that it’s going to escape, Choco takes out her notebook at chucks it at the crow.

In the afternoon with the key secure, the woman starts her job as a manager by first sweeping the entrance to the apartment (although I’m not sure that a manager is meant to do things like that). Haruma returns from school and recognises the new manager as the woman from the train. The woman introduces herself as Serikawa Chitose and old landlady’s granddaughter. Haruma remarks on how seeing her with glasses reminds him of the old manager. Serikawa suddenly becomes very conscious of her appearance, afraid that she’ll be thought of as ugly because of her glasses. However, Haruma says that the glasses suit her, which relieves her. With that, Haruma enters the apartment, leaving Serikawa to blush about his compliment. As Choco is writing in her diary about the days events, she comes to the part where the key is taken by the crow. This prompts Haruma to enquire about how she got it back. Choco replies saying that she used her notebook to scare the crow into dropping the key (the book did not hit the crow). When Haruma asks if she said anything about being his Christmas present to Serikawa, Choco starts saying inappropriate things. Haruma is shocked to hear such language and tries to get her to tell him where she heard it from. Apparently, it’s all written in the notebook. She continues to say improper things, which is overheard by Serikawa, who is standing outside the door. She had been about to give Haruma a present, but hearing Choco asking about such strange things makes her rethink the idea. She decides to come back another time.

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