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| 3. Tempy
 
Three girls for reasons unknown travel through space and time
in search for the person who might provide answers and a way to stop travelling.
The oldest girl is Ai, who is kind and gentle, and also able to talk to the dandelions
(tanpopo). The middle girl is Mai, probably the most normal of the three, though
frequently concerned about the size of her breasts compared to those of Ai. Mii
is the cute little one. Together with their cute little ferret Unagi (who likes
to plant herself between Ai's breasts) and their maid Mea, their adventures seem
like mere fun at first. They meet all kinds of new people, and friendship ensues.
The flip-side of this is that their sudden forced departures causes pain and loneliness
in themselves and the people they leave behind. Despite
appearing as yet another fanservice show at first, Popotan develops a surprising
amount of depth. Based on a hentai game, Popotan the anime focuses a lot
on these relationships and does it quite well. Relationships are not always fun
and games, and solutions don't come easy. Along the way the show also sheds light
into the mysteries of their travels, keeping things interesting, and the audience
looking forward to the next episode. Though the girls are frequently naked, it's
often only during bath scenes, where it seems to be just a natural thing. With
cute characters, a nice original story that doesn't shy away from drama, pleasant
music, and consistently good art & animation, I enjoyed Popotan a lot
and can easily recommend it to people who fear it might be just too shallow. It's
not Shakespeare, but perhaps you'll find it as surprisingly good as I did. |
| 2. Neko
Tsukimi 
Popotan is the story of three sisters who are constantly
traveling on a journey. They don't know where they are going, when they'll next
travel, nor when their journey will be over. Everywhere they go, they make new
friendships which must be abruptly dissolved. Along their journey, the eldest
sister Ai ask the "popotan" (tanpopo or dandelions) for their assistance
on their journey. They don't offer too much advice however. The middle sister
Mai doesn't share her older sister's excitement for traveling so she doesn't open
herself up to making friends. The youngest sister, Mii fancies herself to be a
magical girl and enjoys squishy things, especially her big sister's breasts. She
enjoys the pleasure of meeting people every stop on their journey. Their android
maid Mare serves as a guardian for the girls. All four of them live happily in
a huge mansion that's partially a shop for Christmas goods that travels with them. Even
though they have everything they need, life isn't totally carefree for them. Saying
goodbye to the people they meet takes its toll on all the girls and also the people
they come in contact with. What will the girls do when given a chance to stop
their journey? The series started out well, but continued
to make no sense as the weeks passed. However, the story took a different approach
with its telling. Instead of setting up the story, the show began with no explanation
and the story told itself as the series progressed with everything being told
in the end. It was nice, but left me confused week after week until the end. However,
this didn't detract from the quality at all. Overall, it was a fun show with a
great story with tons of fanservice mixed in. |
| 1. h8er13
Three sisters travel around with their maid. How unoriginal
and boring that sounds. However, there's much more to that. Actually, there's
much more, but I don't wish to give away the story. The animation is very clean
and cute and so is the voice acting. There's also lots of nudity. Most of the
nudity, I would say is unnecessary, but it doesn't make this show any less enjoyable,
unless of course female nudity bothers you in some awkward way. After
watching the first episode, one would assume that Popotan might be another
comedic ecchi series with no plot, lots of panty shots and perverted men. As the
episodes progress, Popotan proves to be a very pleasant surprise. Sure,
there are lots of nude scenes with females bathing together, but there certainly
is also a plot with drama. With every following episode, I enjoyed Popotan
even more. The only downside to this wonderful new
anime is that after watching it, I was left with many questions. I don't believe
that these questions necessarily needed to be answered, as the message being delivered
by the anime was accomplished. Yet, I still would have wanted a couple more questions
answered. |
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