Midori no Hibi 13 (END)
Most of y'all have seen this by now, so I'll go on ahead and write my thoughts about it now. It is a happy ending just as you'd imagine (that cat even got a girlfriend, lol) and this episode went over with me a lot better than some of the previous episodes, but still... something's been missing here and there in Midori no Hibi. The manga chapters chosen to fill some of the episodes didn't really go together sometimes, and since they only had 13 episodes to cram all of the manga into a lot of corners were cut. I wouldn't mind if those were just some of the stories that weren't all that important, but some of Midori's character development in the manga got cut from the anime, leaving only the last few episodes to finally throw in the drama from Midori's feelings that was introduced earlier in the manga. I just feel it could've been done a bit better, and done even better if there had been more time to work with.
But as things are, it's not all that bad. It does manage to really be laugh-out-loud funny sometimes and that's when it's at its best. The technical aspects of the show were well done. Pierrot did a nice job with the animation. The opening and ending were the best of the spring shows, I think, and the music itself was decent.
Honestly, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed in Midori no Hibi, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth watching once. I'd say watch it, but pick up the manga and read it if you can.
That cat relationship was like what Ayase was hoping would happen with her and Seiji =).
Yeah, it was, wasn't it? lol.. too bad we won't be seeing any more of Ayase's crazy "Seiji GET!" plans animated :(
Hi, Matt.
I think that they did the series the way they did was to make it a bit more believable.
Sure some of the stuff in the manga's absolutely hysterical (like the mad scientist thing and how Midori doesn't show up on X-rays, for example), but I think they were going more for something people could identify with rather than a direct adaptation of the manga. So in a way, I'm sorta thankful for that.
I do have mixed feelings about the length of the series; it'd have been nice to see how much the characters could develop, but at the same time, no sense in dragging out what's been weighing on Midori's heart. Overall, I think it still worked out quite well.
In closing, I'll say this much, MediaBlasters certainly didn't waste any time picking THIS one up. Not even a week after it originally broadcast in Japan was it picked up. I'm just grateful I got to see the whole thing. :) Here's to hoping that they don't mess this up!
--Ian.
That certainly could be the case, though I thought the manga was paced a bit better than the anime. It was a good show, just not quite as good as it could have been, I guess was what I was trying to say :)
I hope Media Blasters doesn't mess it up. I haven't watched any of their releases so I don't really know how they go about things, but we'll see since I'll probably get the DVDs, whenever they come out (hopefully soon).