This has to be one of the sweetest anime series I've ever seen. I am a bit skeptical about anything too cutesy but the reason this series is so sweet is because it feels so real. It is basically centered around a cynical thirty year old man who is unsatisfied with his life and becomes a surrogate parent to a young girl. The rest of the series is primarily focused around their relationship and how our protagonist Daikichi goes about learning to be a parent and performing day to day parental duties.
I love this series because the characters are lovable and realistic. What I've found through watching Japanese animation is that they are able to represent kids very well. Often I've found, particularly in western animation, is that the kids are unrealistic, for example; they act a lot older than their age and do things no normal kid their age would. But Rin is a very realistic young girl, she means well but is often unreasonable and gets angry just like real kids do.
But also, even though the series is sweet, Rin and Daikichi's relationship is far from perfect. Daikichi often shows up late to pick up Rin from school and Rin has often got mad at him for this. But this is realistic, all father's and daughters encounter the struggles we see in every episode.
I haven't touched on the visual style which cannot be understated, it looks beautiful with a really effective watercolor paint look that fits the tone of the show beautifully.
It has also inspired me immensely to think in depth about the characters I animate on screen and making them true to reality, it is the perfect subject for studying not just a father daughter relationship but relationships between people in general.
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