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The Tatami Galaxy
Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei
Average Rating: 9 / 10

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Violence: 1 / 10
Nudity: 4 / 10
Theo Theme: 2 / 10
Neg Theme: 1 / 10

Brief Description:
A late-ramen binge and an encounter with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony lead a young man to flash back to his transformation from a hopeless romantic into a cruel "black cupid." (Funimation)

Suggested Age: 18+
Year Released: 2010
Licensor: Funimation
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03/20/2012: Atria35 [ Already Rated ]

What is you’re Rose-Colored life? How can you reach it? Our nameless protagonist, a new student in college, has decided that the best way to to his dreams is to do… a little bit of everything! This anime explores the ways small decisions can change the course of your life, while sending our protagonist on wild goose-chases to discover the name of his penpal, the girl that he’s fallen in love with.

As he enters college, our hero of sorts is innundated with innumerable choices for clubs and after-school activities. Which one shall he choose to gain popularity and the girl of his dreams? Each episode, it’s something different, from the biking club, to the film club, to his fellow resident’s prankster society. And from there on, you see our protagonist working hard, trying to reach his dreams, and all the while, getting distracted from what he really should be doing.

Returning a little bookbag charm to his senior.

What is great about this anime is how each story ties together. Little things from one episode carry into another- for instance, a pink kimono briefly mentioned and seen in one episode comes back two later as a fairly important object. Neko Ramen gets a particularly big spotlight. And a random appearance early on becomes key in the climax of the show.

The climax of it all turns out to be hilarious, fairly gripping, and almost cathartic as you finally see our protagonist battle with his demons of time and inactivity- to do what he should have been doing from the beginning, and get the girl that he should have been with all along. Like the viewer may be, he was too blind to see it, and that it was there in front of him all along.

The only thing that brings down the score for me was the unnecessary crudity in episode 4. It really could have been done without it, or kept it to a minimum. As it was, I think that those who aren’t interested in dealing with breats all episode long can skip it. Thankfully, the fifth episode brought the absudity and hilarity back to its former levels.

Nudity/Sexual Content- This does end up having enough sexual innuendo to make quite a few uncomfortable. In fact, this is taken to an almost embarassing extreme in the fourth episode, where the story centers around our protagonist as he deals with a guy that has a breast fetish. Thankfully, it goes back to fairly low levels, the fetish barely mentioned or dealt with. It does get a bit sketchy when dealing with other things, such as a guy who’s in love with a life-size doll, and there is almost some sexual activity (he chickens out before they kiss) that is mentioned/thought about by the protagonist.

Theological Themes- At first there seems to be a Groundhog's-day-esque thing going on (though he doesn't remember the other ones). Eventually it's discovered that Spoiler: these are all parallel universes, and there are little clues pointing to this before[/spoilers]

The following users rated this title without reviewing it: Mr. Hat'n'Clogs | GeneD.
Added: March, 2012