First Date: H2O ~footprints in the sand~
- Title: H2O ~footprints in the sand~
- Studio: ZEXCS
- Genre: Romance
Ratings (out of 5):
- Story: ♥♥♥♥
- Animation: ♥♥½
- Characters: ♥♥♥
- OP/ED Themes: ♥♥½
- Overall: ♥♥♥ (In the first minute, a chick gets punched in the face. I’m so there!)
Thoughts:
Hmm, I don’t quite know what I was expecting from this show, but it wasn’t this. The male lead, Takuma, is blind (which of course doesn’t stop the fanservice one bit) as well as being a Really Nice Guy. The female lead, Kohinata, is something of a tsundere– with a lot more tsuntsun than deredere for now. And why not? She gets the crap beaten out of her by her schoolmates for no obvious reason. So right now she’s kind of like a feral cat, who will probably be tamed into something of an affectionate house pet by the end of the show.
The other female lead, Hinata, seems to know Takuma already via some family connection. She’s nice and sweet, though not nice or sweet enough to a) tell Takuma whatever she may know about him, b) help out Kohinata. And there’s another prominent female character, Otoha, a mischevious girl who claims to be a spirit and tells Takuma he’s the Promised One. And a cast of other over-the-top characters…all female, except for two henchboys with amazingly obnoxious voices.
That’s all we’ve really got so far, except that there is a possibility of Takuma being able to see. This isn’t my genre, but I’m curious about why everyone treats Kohinata like shit (even the teacher!), so I’ll keep watching. Besides, I can’t quite tell how much of this show will be character-driven comedy and how much will be plot-driven drama– I’d say this first episode leans a bit more towards the drama, but then, it has to set up the story.
The art and animation are all pretty average, by the way, as are the OVAs. The characters…I think some of them will be really fun, though at the moment they’re all pretty stereotypical. Nah, what keeps this one going for the moment is the plot, specifically the mystery of What’s Up with Kohinata?
Tags: first-dates, H2O-footprints-in-the-sand, winter-2007-8
January 9th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
So did H20 rock your soul? =b
January 9th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
@Nebs: If it had, don’t you think it would have gotten more than three hearts? =P