SenNkA
___Cute girls doing ALL the cute things___
Let's start with 'design'. Whole the girls' design isn't original in the anime world, it's very
beautiful. They look adorable, they have their own personalities (even though some weren't fully
explored yet) and the author really put attention to their hairstyles and clothes.
Yes, sure, they are wearing the same stuff the first half of the anime, but then they start wearing
more cute clothes and each time it's a hit. The girls even had special costumes for Christmas. (I've
never seen anything like that, it was hilarious!) That covers the cute part!
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These girls play Mahjong, cook, grill, hike... we have a beach episode, we have a glance at school
uniforms, we have random meetings... Everything we like and love is covered.
The beach episode isn't just about the fanservice! They managed to incorporate lots of games into it
and that made it even more interesting.
Grilling & cooking was a great way for Pai to shine, the hike & onsen visit showed us more about
Haneru, Nashiko's personality was the first thing we saw in anime and Riiche was simply genius with
her rich-girl-is-dense personality. Izumi is the only one who slips from me - but she was hilarious.
It's not only girls though. I have to mention Chonbo - who didn't have a lot of screen time, but was
the meme of the show. He made the show into something else just by appearing and while I think he was
just an impulsive thought of the author, I don't have any complains about his presence.
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___"those" shots___
They deserve their own paragraph. I mean what the hell was this??
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___Make your dreams come true... every morning___
Sounds cliché, I know. But these girls managed to do it.
At the beginning of almost every episode, the girls had a weird dream about gameplay - and it came
true the next day with their friends. I'll tell you... it was a bit annoying at times. Mostly because
of how unlikely that is to happen.
But I guess it was a way to introduce what the episode will be about in a unique way!
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___So what is Mahjong again?___
While Pon no Michi has a mahjong tiles on it's official poster, we never learn the rules. I think they
talk about it in one episode and then just yell out various move names (I assume), expecting us to
catch one.
Despite Mahjong not being a sport per se, I would expect a better explanation when you're dealing with
a game like this. (Liar Liar at least said 'Your usual rules' as if you were supposed to know them.)
That is something I can't glance over.
I do think the mahjong side of the show was fun, I just wish I understood the game more to be able to
get into it.
They even did a collab with an online mahjong game! And still didn't care to properly talk about the
game (rules).
Normally this wouldn't bother me, but in this particular case I am disappointed because I always
wanted to learn.
# __Conclusion: recommended!!__
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I enjoyed Pon no Michi in it's own way. It was a great slice of life that surprised me with it's
course. I liked the anime's opening and ending song, I live for the friendship that the girls grew
with each other, I loved the comedy of this show and I thought it looked good. It was different from
other shows.
I think this is the season's underappreciated anime!
