nobahn's Anime

1. • A talking squirrel? But of course.....
   • So right out of the gate it's a reverse harem. Does make sense, though; what with there being only 13 episodes ─ which excludes the two-episode OAV.

2. "Top─of─the─line males"? Priceless, just priceless!

   The squirrel takes up an offer of an alliance.
3. Wedding.
4. Finally ─ the Big Kiss.
5. Now the Basketball Player makes his big move ─ off the court, naturally!

6. All right, I'll admit it: the blackout at the 07:07 mark really was quite effective!

7. More step-brothers make their move, and then there's a medical emergency.
8. • Azu has meningitis.
   • Yet another brother makes a move onto her.....
9. Ema finds out about her biological parents.
10. The family takes Ema to the grave site of her biological parents.
11. Angst over college entrance examinations.
12. All of the brothers vow to be the one.

1. Ski resort on X-mas Eve.
2. Valentine's Day shenanigans ─ gotta admit, it's unexpectedly humorous!

• depicts strong women characters.
• OST is quite enjoyable!
• The dub is hit-and-miss.

I find myself objecting a bit to the following from Carl Kimlinger:

One glimpse of its unsparing, compassionate treatment of Rin's highly unpleasant mother is all you need to tell you that this is too complex a series to dabble in Hallmark uplift.

• Opening Song
• Ending Song
• "Ivy Bridge" AMV edited by Shin (Music: "Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas) - Bestamvsofalltime Anime MV ♫
• Review by Tristan "Arkada" Gallant
• Sweetness & Lightning has similar themes.....

Early on it was demonstrating the standard tropes:
1. Women dressed sexily; (Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed them all! :p)
   
2. "scientist/researcher" wearing a lab coat when not necessary; (To ID what he is, of course!)

• The action sequences were all quite good ─ as were the graphics.
• I certainly didn't see the twist coming that involved those siblings! (And that "lipstick"..... Wow.)
• So a college student walking down a hall while talking on a phone doesn't notice a seriously injured fellow student? Gimme a a friggin' break.....
• A "shaking camera" to signify a heavy impact? Aw, c'mon.....
• 4 incidents of Hollywood physics! Oh, puhleeze.....
• There was no segue from the church scene to the gymnasium.
• Watch through to the end of the credits. (Whatinhell is that scene supposed to be about?)

At first, I was disappointed with the plot; but then it continuously improved throughout the rest of the movie. Barring a rewatch (which might happen ─ it's only 80 minutes long, after all) I'm rating it at 9/11. After the 1st 20 minutes, I knew that I was never going to rate it at 11/11 and there were too many negatives in it for me to rate it at 10/11. Still, there's no denying its rewatchability.....

EDITS:
1. (10/17/2018) How was it that that removing the "life stone" woke up the zombies? Definitely doesn't make sense to me.....
2. (10/19/2018) Lowering my ranking by one notch to 8/11 from 9/11 because of #1 (above) and also because no explanation is provided as to how the zombies were put to sleep in the first place.