The Two’s Distance

I already talked a little about this serie’s concept in the ONA release. Go check it if you missed it.

This first episode starts exactely with the same mood and feel of the ONA.

Just from the first seconds, it’s easy to predict this is gonna be one really cute and charming anime about a relation ship that never comes to full bloom. The kind of anime that puts stupid smiles on your face lol or other reactions in more perverted people..

Anyway, Kana is more serious sister and seems kind of in denial about their true feelings and Yuki plays and manipulates her a lot. But, always in such a kawaii way that can’t not forgive her :)

To complete the love triangle, there’s Sakuya who has a crush on Kana.

Nothing really happens story wise. It’s just their normal daily life with some very funny situations but, it’s really enjoyable.

The animation isn’t really noticeable in this kind of anime. As for the art, it’s gorgeous both in the characters design and the backgrounds.

• Personal Enjoyment: 5/5

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I’m not sure if this will be part of the chronology of the series or just a "one-shot" pilot-like thing to see if a complete series will be made or not so, I’m naming it as episode 0.

Don’t be mislead by the title, Candy Boy has no boys in it. It’s a shoujo-ai about two sisters, Yuki and Kana. They are the most important person to each other. And they seem to like each other more than in a normal sister-relationship. But, their true feelings have never really been reveled so, when a new girl appears to like Yuki, things get complicated.

It’s a really short story, the synopsis practically gives you the whole plot but, it’s not for that that this ONA (released directly onto the Internet) is so good.

The simple scenes and the dialogs are really well done. There’s some really funny situations. While the story-line is kind of lacking, the directing and the way the story is told and progresses is awesome. Never such a simple story made me like it so much.

As for the characters, there’s not much development but, it doesn’t feel like it needed more. Also, this was supposed to be something like a standalone episode. Only more recently had it been decided to continue this story and make a series out of it. I’m not sure if the following episodes are going to have some continuity with this one or if they are just going to tell the story anew as if they were to separate series.

The art style is awesome, I really love it. The animation is very good, with a lot of details, some of the best I’ve seen recently.

There’s not much to say about this ten minutes, only that it was really good and will certainly put a smile on your face. Highly recommended.