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Arakawa Under the Bridge (both seasons) (TV).

In anime context, an airhead is actually a dojikko. So no, Nino isn't one.

Mushi-Man wrote:

Also I have a question for everyone watching this series. Would you consider this anime to be seinen or josei? I ask this because I'm torn on this decision.

If this is seinen, then SZS is practically a snuff film. I wonder though, if my own perception of that classification is skewed somewhat? I thought only really serious and/or violent stuff got that mark.

Edit: holy cow, TVtropes says Kanon is a seinen series. What the... Ok, time to revisit definitions.

She forgets things easily
She says she's from Venus
She says her friends a kappa
She lies to herself about the truth
She sleeps in a draw
She doesn't know what a date is
She lives under a bridge
She used to think it was acceptable to bath naked in public
She thinks that wacky world is real life
She acts innocent and pretends not to know whats really going on

She forgets things easily
She says she's from Venus
She says her friends a kappa
She lies to herself about the truth
She sleeps in a draw
She doesn't know what a date is
She lives under a bridge
She used to think it was acceptable to bath naked in public
She thinks that wacky world is real life
She acts innocent and pretends not to know whats really going on

Oh wow, I thought this was a thread about an anime series. Guess I was wrong, huh?

We don't know a whole lot about Nino. As such, we can't really brand her an 'airhead', she might have a perfectly good reason for acting the way she does.

ShinobiX wrote:

She forgets things easily She says she's from Venus She says her friends a kappa She lies to herself about the truth She sleeps in a draw She doesn't know what a date is She lives under a bridge She used to think it was acceptable to bath naked in public She thinks that wacky world is real life She acts innocent and pretends not to know whats really going on

None of those things, to me, suggests she's an 'Airhead'. They suggest she would struggle to adapt to modern society, that she's a little unusual (Okay, okay, a LOT unusual) and she's a bit naive.

Then again, we're back to the whole 'Define Airhead' discussion, and that's a can of worms I don't want to be associated with, soooo...

Yeah I also noticed that episode 5's OP's theme, it was spoiler[like Maria Holic's opening, a partial joke about haveing characters with a simular name and sadistic personality. That being said, it offers a hint of irony on the insults of being a crossdresser, even the blood shooting out of Sister can be likend.]

Good all around, they introduced a new character, kind of a spoiler[moe character, though of course weird. It was kind of funny that they said that no one falls on banana peels, not even in comedies, as Hitagi in Bakemonogatari slipped on one.]

Lastly on the subject that spoiler[Recruit was a leech felt funny, I was practicly expecting him to break down or pass out. Instead his face freezes like a supervillain and starts to laugh evily, I wonder what kind of job he will get.]