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Japanese Name: �?��?�グラ!
Release: 07/2006
Episodes: 13
Genre: Comedy, Love-Romance
OP: “Dramatic Girly” by Akemi Kanda, Sayaka Ohara, Erino Hazuki, Misaki Sekiyama & Ayumi Tsuji
ED: “Aitai Kimochi Kara~Placid Time~” by Akemi Kanda and Sayaka Ohara

Impressions:

Just as I expected it to be: funny, cute, with lot’s of fanservice. Yuuji’s a bit extreme on the perverted side though, and Hatsune is just… I don’t know how to explain it. Marie is a fun character – the teddy bear gun-toting little sister. Kazuki is far to forgiving for a normal girl, but of course, none of the characters in this show are normal, so never mind that. The character designs are pretty good, except for the cheeks which I think are drawn to large, and the faces should be more triangular (there I go again, raving on about tiny things that many people would find perfectly fine). The storyline is… well, pretty generic I assume. Overall, I’d give this series a rating of above average. I’m still not quite sure about whether I should follow this series or not. Maybe a few more episodes before I make up my mind.

Summary:

Arisaka Kazuki has not seen her childhood friend for 10 years, and now he’s moving back, which happens to be the house next to her. Kazuki heads to school in high spirits and is ecstatic throughout the day. She impresses the class by solving a difficult problem, gets the last yakisoba and curry bread, gets a good time in swimming. She is unaware that her friend Suzuhara Chihaya had been spying on her the whole day. Sometime in the afternoon, Chihaya surprises Kazuki by suddenly dragging her to the roof. She has noticed her friend’s excessive energy and asks her about it. Kazuki explains about her childhood friend moving back. Chihaya steals Kazuki’s wallet and finds a picture of her childhood friend when he was young.

On her way home, Kazuki notices that the furniture movers have arrived at Yuuji’s house. She runs home and starts preparing his welcome party. She converses with her teasing sister before heading upstairs to change. As she is half naked, she starts having fantasies about Yuuji being a handsome, charismatic prince. As she finally gets round to putting some clothes on, Yuuji appears outside on the balcony. Seeing Kazuki in her underwear, he runs up to her to feel her. After a struggle between the two, Yuuji gets attacked by Marie, who’s teddybear is actually a gun. Kazuki’s sister finds nothing wrong with the situation (Yuugi trying to molest Kazuki who is half naked) and throws the perverted boy onto Kazuki. After getting hit in the face by Kazuki, Yuuji becomes silent.

Later on when things have settled down, everyone is sitting peacefully in the lounge room. However, the peace does not last long and another argument breaks out. Marie gets out her gun once again as Yuuji has buried his face in Hatsune’s chest. She proclaims that she will fix her brother’s behavious using force. Yuuji lunges for Kazuki after being barraged by rubber bullets, only to be punched in the face. He then says some touching words, which softens Kazuki up. He reaches out, offering to be friends again. Kazuki is about to take his hand when he takes the chance to grab her again (how desperate and sad can a guy get?) Kazuki retreats into her room, refusing to come out.

During the evening, Kazuki is considering eating the cake she made for Yuuji all by herself. As she is thinking back to the time when she first met Yuuji on the balcony, Yuuji appears inside her room. He had gotten in by the same balcony. Yuuji leans across the table to cut the cake, but Kazuki plants her foot on his head. Yuuji’s desires return at the sight of her panties and grabs her again as she is putting the cake away. Infuriated, Kazuki kicks him out of her room.

After the sun sets, Kazuki is still upset. She hears him call out to her and starts talking about the first time they met. Kazuki is surprised he actually remembers. She asks him what he had thought about her when he saw her for the first time. Yuuji replies saying that he thought she was pretty cute. At this remark, she forgives him somewhat of his earlier crimes and takes the cake outside, prepared to share it with him. However, Hatsune and Marie have gathered outside with Yuuji without her knowledge. The three had been waiting for her with dinner. After dinner, the four make a toast of reunion and split the cake in four. Everyone takes a bite, but to their horror, the cake tastes revolting. Apparently, Kazuki is a very bad cook.

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