Kurenai 01

I don't know much about the manga so this is all new to me. Also, I hate summaries (had enough of that shit with college essays) so I'll just keep this simple.

Summary:
An extremely rich girl named Kuhouin Murasaki, who looks like she's seven years old, is taken from her garden a.k.a. HUGE MANSION (and I'm pretty sure she WAS NOT taken against her will). She is put under the care of Shinkurou Kurenai, a high school student who seems to have some kind of special power in his (was it right?) arm. She is used to her rich lifestyle and isn't used to Kurenai's apartment which is pretty shitty even by my standards. The next morning, Kurenai has to leave for school and when he gets back, she's gone. So he runs around town, finally finds her and they have a little hug...a few tears here and there. It's all for fun though right?

Impression:
So...is it just me or does the art style of this show resemble Kamichu and Darker than Black combined? Same art directors? Maybe. Other than that, the story caught my attention and the animation was superb. A good start.

I want to see more of Kurenai's neighbors and I'm guessing they will influence Murasaki in some ways that won't be to her benefit. And from the looks of the preview for episode 2, they're gonna take care of her while Kurenai is out for school. I suppose that they will be the comic relief for this series. The brunette looks like she's gonna be a cocktease too.

Yesssss you are the main reason for why I'm watching this show.

OP: The song is so so. Better than a lot of other shit OP's out right know. *cough kanokon cough* The art style is a little strange but I can deal with it.
*****After getting to know the characters better, the OP animation is a lot more fun that it was when I first watched it.

ED: 「crossing days」 by 新谷良子
I love it. The song is great, although the singer does sing kinda fast...that might be an understatement. The ED animation was fine. Perhaps the animators got lazy but I'm guessing they just wanted to be stylish.

Overall this was a good first episode. I will probably keep up with it because Murasaki is too cute and I want to see how she develops. I'm still wondering if she'll fall in love with Kurenai...that seems a little strange though so I hope not.

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