At first glance one might think this series is aimed at young girls with its pastel shades, cute fairies and pink haired protagonist... just watching the first episode will prove it is aimed at an older audience though... in an utterly surreal scene a loaf of bread starts ranting then tears itself apart and bleeding profusely! While this is officially a Seinen (young men) series I imagine it would appeal to women too.
Set in a distant future where the human population has declined and much technology lost the unnamed protagonist is a young woman who acts as a mediator between what is left of humanity and the fairies. These aren't traditional western fairies though; they don't have wings; they appear to be predominantly male and have fixed open mouthed smiles. Over the course of the twelve episodes she gets into a number of surreal scrapes; including getting attacked by a load of skinned chickens, being caught in a time loop (don't worry it doesn't go on for eight episodes like Haruhi Suzumiya!) and even caught within the pages of a Manga!
This series was a lot of fun; largely because of the juxtaposition of a cynical protagonist in a surreal world with the saccharine sweetness of its appearance. The unnamed protagonist is a great lead character and the sugar addicted fairies provide plenty of laughs. Early episodes provide some shocks although these seemed toned down a bit in later episodes... or I got used to them for the most part. The episode order may confuse some viewers as the various stories aren't told in order; the final story takes place before the events in the others. I really enjoyed this and heartily recommend it to anybody looking for something a little different.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles; at the time of writing it can be watched on Crunchyroll.
Set in a distant future where the human population has declined and much technology lost the unnamed protagonist is a young woman who acts as a mediator between what is left of humanity and the fairies. These aren't traditional western fairies though; they don't have wings; they appear to be predominantly male and have fixed open mouthed smiles. Over the course of the twelve episodes she gets into a number of surreal scrapes; including getting attacked by a load of skinned chickens, being caught in a time loop (don't worry it doesn't go on for eight episodes like Haruhi Suzumiya!) and even caught within the pages of a Manga!
This series was a lot of fun; largely because of the juxtaposition of a cynical protagonist in a surreal world with the saccharine sweetness of its appearance. The unnamed protagonist is a great lead character and the sugar addicted fairies provide plenty of laughs. Early episodes provide some shocks although these seemed toned down a bit in later episodes... or I got used to them for the most part. The episode order may confuse some viewers as the various stories aren't told in order; the final story takes place before the events in the others. I really enjoyed this and heartily recommend it to anybody looking for something a little different.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles; at the time of writing it can be watched on Crunchyroll.